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Q&A: Music, worship at General Conference

Marcia McFee will serve as music and worship director for General Conference 2012 in Tampa, Fla. A UMNS file photo by Kathleen Barry. Q&A by...

GC2012: Bishops limit meetings, shift roles

Bishop Larry M. Goodpaster, president of the Council of Bishops, says proposed reforms to the council could change the way bishops lead the church....
The Book of Discipline, 2008

GC 2012 and The Book of Discipline

Do we understand how the church works? By the Rev. Joan G. LaBarr* | Photo by Jesse N. Love Did you know The United Methodist Church...

Do we understand how the church works?

United Methodists raise their hands in praise during opening worship for  the 2008 United Methodist General Conference in Fort Worth, Texas. A UMNS file photo...

Tampa Event Geared to Immigrant Detention

Young United Methodists from North Carolina march during the Immigration Rally on the Mall March 21. UMNS photos by John Coleman. By Elliott Wright April 18, 2012,...

Bishops urged to bring peace to GC2012

Bishop Larry M. Goodpaster. A UMNS file photo by Ronny Perry.  A UMNS Report By Heather Hahn* View in Photo Gallery TAMPA, Fla. (UMNS) — United Methodist bishops...

GC2012: Where views on marriage differ

Photo: Julie Bruno (left) and Susan Laurie lead a procession through the Fort Worth Convention Center, site of the 2008 United Methodist General Conference in...

GC2012: Will the UMC say ‘I do’ to all?

By Kathy L. Gilbert*  A UMNS file photo by Mike DuBose. The communion chalice, broken at the 2004 General Conference in Pittsburgh in protest of the...

Clergy pension changes on the table

By Heather Hahn from the March-April 2012 issue of Interpreter Magazine Active United Methodist clergy in the United States could see their retirement benefits change...

GC2012 to include call to repentance

A UMNS Report by Kathy L. Gilbert and Linda Bloom.  UMNS photo by Mike DuBose. Historically, the treatment of indigenous people by Christian churches —including...

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