Bishops close, reopen General Conference session
Bishops Judith Craig {left}, and Rosemarie Wenner (center) negotiate with the Rev. Amy DeLong, after dozens of demonstrators demanding a more inclusive church took...
Hearing the plea: Safe water for all
By Linda Bloom
May 16, 2016 | PORTLAND, Ore. (UMNS)
What happens to a community when there is no safe water supply? Look at Flint, Michigan.
The...
May 13 wrap-up: Laity Address, State of the Church Report
By Joey Butler
May 13, 2016 | PORTLAND, Ore. (UMNS)
After several days where General Conference delegates were clearly divided over Robert’s Rules vs. Group Discernment...
May 12 wrap-up: Rule 44 voted down
By Joey Butler
May 11, 2016 | PORTLAND, Ore. (UMNS)
After a roller coaster of “will-they-or-won’t-they” episodes usually reserved for love interests in a romantic comedy,...
‘Plan UMC’ gets tentative approval
UMNS Report by Heather Hahn
By a vote of 567 to 384, the 2012 United Methodist General Conference gave tentative approval to a slightly amended version...
GC2016: Alsted calls for humble submission
By Sam Hodges
May 12, 2016 | PORTLAND, Ore. (UMNS)
Bishop Christian Alsted challenged those attending General Conference 2016 to offer themselves humbly and in full...
Faithful Alternative to the Fiscal Cliff
Jim Winkler, General Secretary of the General Board of Church & Society
As President Obama and Congressional leaders continue negotiations to avert the so-called “fiscal cliff,”...
GC2012: Four elected to Judicial Council
Bishop Robert E. Hayes Jr. takes nominations for the United Methodist Judicial Council during the denomination's General Conference in Tampa, Fla. A UMNS photo by Mike...
Delegate Counts Per Annual Conference Released
Lake Junaluska, N.C.: The secretary of the General Conference, Rev. L. Fitzgerald Reist, released today a list of numbers of delegates by annual conferences....
April 27 wrap: First step to set-aside bishop
Delegates to the 2012 United Methodist General Conference in Tampa, Fla., are sitting at round tables for the first time, a step designed to...
