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...
This Christmas, help a child be born AIDS-free
Nashville, Tenn.: This World AIDS Day, the United Methodist Global AIDS Fund (UMGAF) Committee invites all who are interested in helping a child be...
Mandatory penalties ruled unconstitutional
By Linda Bloom
May 18, 2016 | PORTLAND, Ore. (UMNS)
Imposing a mandatory penalty during the “just resolution” process for a clergyperson admitting to committing a...
Plan UMC’s fate still up to GC2016
By Heather Hahn
May 10, 2016 | PORTLAND, Ore. (UMNS)
The 2016 General Conference now has the responsibility of determining what happens to three commissions that...
Trial set for theologian who officiated at son’s wedding
By Heather Hahn and Kathy Gilbert*
A United Methodist theologian and retired elder in the New York Annual (regional) Conference will face a church trial...
Africana Hymnal Project Film Documentary Wins Emmy
NASHVILLE, Tenn. Feb. 3, 2015 /Discipleship Ministries/ – A documentary film tracing the history of black sacred music, produced by Discipleship Ministries as part...
Become an Immigrant Welcoming Congregation
Sign in front of the United Methodist Building in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Noel Andersen)
By the Rev. Noel Andersen*
Congregations across the United States are embarking...
Repent — Reconcile — Restore
WASHINGTON, D.C. — In light of recent decisions by grand juries in Missouri and New York, as well as concern of ongoing police violence...
Complaint ends against elder accused of being ‘practicing’ lesbian
The Rev. Sara Thompson Tweedy speaks at a Methodist In New Directions event in 2013. MIND is an unofficial group in the New York...
GC2012: King preaches message of inclusion
Bishop James King (left) and the Revs. Motoe Yamada (center) and Kim Reisman sing during evening worship on April 25 at the 2012 United...
