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...