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May 20 wrap-up: Budget passes, with increase

By Joey Butler May 20, 2016 | PORTLAND, Ore. (UMNS) Budget passes with slight increase General Conference delegates on May 20 approved a general church budget of $604...

Bid to divest from settlements fails

By Erik Alsgaard May 20, 2016 | PORTLAND, Ore. (UMNS) An amendment offered during debate on socially responsible investing that sought to divest from illegal settlements...

GC2016 rejects divestment on fossil fuels

By Sam Hodges May 20, 2016 | PORTLAND, Ore. (UMNS) After prolonged, impassioned debate, General Conference 2016 chose not to add a fossil fuels investment screen...

GC2016 passes $604 million general church budget

By Heather Hahn May 20, 2016 | PORTLAND, Ore. (UMNS) Goodbye, historically low budget. Hello, slight increase. General Conference delegates on May 20 approved a general church...

Stanovsky: ‘We will not leave divided’

By Charmaine Robledo May 20, 2016 | PORTLAND, Ore. (UMNS) On the last day of the 2016 General Conference, Bishop Elaine Stanovsky of the Mountain Sky...

May 19 wrap-up: New missionaries, special GC costs

By Joey Butler May 19, 2016 | PORTLAND, Ore. (UMNS) A day after tabling potentially contentious legislation on human sexuality, General Conference 2016 moved through its...

29 new missionaries commissioned at General Conference

By Elliott Wright May 19, 2016 | PORTLAND, Ore. (UMNS) “We commission you to take the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ into all the world.”...

May 18 wrap-up: Sexuality dominates debate in unexpected ways

By Joey Butler May 18, 2016 | PORTLAND, Ore. (UMNS) — Last week it was debating how to debate. Today, it was voting on whether to...

GC2016 recalls, laments Sand Creek Massacre

By Sam Hodges May 18, 2016 | PORTLAND, Ore. (UMNS) Concerns about legislation and the future of The United Methodist Church got set aside for a...

GC2016 puts hold on sexuality debate

Updates with plan approved By Heather Hahn and Sam Hodges May 18, 2016 | PORTLAND, Ore. (UMNS) General Conference delegates apparently have hit the pause button on the denomination's...

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