General Conference
UMC Future
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Disaffiliation Wave Faces Complexities, Lawsuits, Emotional Distress
Reports from various annual conferences show the difficulties being encountered by churches that want to disaffiliate from The United Methodist Church, along with the emotional distress caused to those who want to stay in the denomination. Read more
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Some Large Texas Churches Vote on Disaffiliation
The Woodlands United Methodist and Faithbridge, two large traditional churches near Houston, both voted Aug. 7 for disaffiliation, while a third large church, Wildwood, adopted a resolution to stay in the denomination. Read more
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'UMsConnected' Offers a Way Station on the Journey toward a New UMC
The splintering of The United Methodist Church is wounding souls across the denomination. Fortunately, there's now a way station on the journey toward the UMC's future: a "metaverse movement" called UMsConnected. Read more
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It's Not the Bible, It's Any Authority at All
While authority is indeed the key issue in the United Methodist disintegration, it isn't related to the Bible. The question of the Bible (and for that matter science) is just a sideshow. There is a much bigger problem. Read more
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Bishops Etchegoyen and Nacpil on Autonomy and Connectionalism
Given current separations from the denomination and questions about the future for those who stay, The United Methodist Church is in a time of reconsidering what it means to be connected as a church. Read more
