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The Rev. Tom Griffith points out that the genius of the Methodist connection isn't making disciples, but making congregations that serve as faith communities where disciples are nurtured after they receive God's gift of faith. more »
May 21, 2012 by Tom Griffith in Issues (3 Comments)
Erin Hawkins, top executive of the General Commission on Religion and Race, expresses her views that Plan UMC guts the church's objective of monitoring for racial justice. more »
May 2, 2012 in Call to Action/Connectional Table Restructure
General Conference adopts a structure plan assembled by a group of some 20 delegates after negotiations broke down in legislative committee. The UMC's agencies to monitor discrimination against women and people of color are eliminated. more »
May 2, 2012 by Heather Hahn in Call to Action/Connectional Table Restructure (1 Comments)
Dr. Maria Dixon gives a process analysis of why the seeming compromise on restructure proposals for The United Methodist Church blew up in the final moments of the legislative committee's work. more »
May 1, 2012 in Call to Action/Connectional Table Restructure
In Cynthia Astle's experience, The United Methodist Church has achieved its streamlined structure by sacrificing its commitment to racial and gender justice. more »
May 3, 2012 in Views from a Ridge (1 Comments)
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The Rev. Jeremy Smith analyzes the similarities between the Connectional Table and Call to Action proposals with UMC Plan B, finding that Plan B also enhances executive power. more »
Apr 13, 2012 by Jeremy Smith in Jeremy Smith (3 Comments)
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Rev. Jerry Eckert points out that a wave of clergy retirements on the horizon are being ignored by virtually all of the proposals to restructure The United Methodist Church. more »
Apr 10, 2012 in Jerry Eckert (8 Comments)
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The Rev. Jeremy Smith of Hacking Christianity examines the large-church bias behind the recent open letter endorsing the Connectional Table/Interim Operations Team radical restructure proposal for The United Methodist Church. more »
Apr 4, 2012 by Jeremy Smith in Jeremy Smith (1 Comments)
The Rev. Forbes Matonga, vice dean of Africa University, gives a view from the Central Conferences on the proposed Connectional Table/Interim Operations Team restructure of The United Methodist Church. more »
Mar 22, 2012 in Call to Action/Connectional Table Restructure (2 Comments)
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Demonstrators streamed into the delegates' area after the General Conference voted to retain The United Methodist Church's anti-LGBT stances. An effort to close the session to delegates only met with such a backlash that bishops were forced to negotiate a compromise with the demonstrators to reopen the afternoon session. more »
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Ecumenical celebrations, ministry with the poor, technology and a new structure for The United Methodist Church's general agencies marked proceedings on May 1 and 2 at the 2012 General Conference in Tampa, Fla. more »
Findings of religion historian and author Diana Butler Bass trace the current social development affecting Christian denominations including The United Methodist Church. more »
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United Methodist executives question the wisdom of the Call to Action restructure plan that would collapse nine of their agencies into a single unit. more »
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