Palmer: Trust God’s promise and go forth
By Kathy L. Gilbert
May 11, 2016 | PORTLAND, Ore. (UMNS)
Bishop Gregory V. Palmer laid out a path for the 2016 United Methodist General Conference:...
Two bishops differ on same-sex union
Retired Bishop Melvin Talbert speaking in May of 2012 at the Reconciling Ministries tabernacle located near the site of the General Conference in Tampa,...
Plan UMC Revised still partly unconstitutional
By Linda Bloom
May 10, 2016 | PORTLAND, Ore. (UMNS)
One of the proposed plans to re-align the structure of The United Methodist Church will need...
UMC Cyber Campus Offers Education Anytime, Anywhere
By Vicki Brown*
Training materials for annual conference Boards of Ordained Ministry, presentations from a churchwide sexual ethics summit, and a lecture by a well-known...
Updated: United Methodists respond to deadly tornadoes
Ida Rose (right) receives a hug from Sheri Mathews, Spiritual and Emotional Care Team supervisor for the Arkansas Conference Disaster Response Team. Rose is...
HIV/AIDS is limited priority for church
By Kathy L. Gilbert
May 9, 2016|PORTLAND, Ore. (UMNS)
In a world where 37 million people are living with HIV/AIDS, a budget of $62,000 for the...
GC2016 adopts most rules but defers Rule 44
By Heather Hahn
May 10, 2016 | PORTLAND, Ore. (UMNS)
In ordering their work, the 2016 General Conference delegates late May 10 adopted all but one...
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....
Church body proposes more open stance on homosexuality
By Heather Hahn | Feb. 11, 2015 | MAPUTO, Mozambique (UMNS)
The United Methodist Church could have openly gay clergy and clergy could officiate at same-sex...
GC2016: Remaking the denomination’s map?
By Heather Hahn
May 4, 2016 | UMNS
Could reshaping the map of The United Methodist Church help strengthen the denomination?
Delegates to the 2016 General Conference,...
