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Response to Bishop Willimon
By Jay Voorhees, Special Contributor… Dear Bishop Willimon, This morning the net was abuzz with commentary about your UMR essay “Church By Committee.” Frankly there was little in the article that...
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On repairing broken trust in the UMC
By Ricky Harrison, Special Contributor… Ricky Harrison The first night of the 2012 General Conference opened with a grand worship service. There were bright lights, cool graphics, beautiful music,...
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Looking back, looking forward after GC 2012
By Alan Heath, CEO, UMR Communications… Alan Heath Halfway through the second week of General Conference, I sat down to record my observations as a first-time attendee. I was not a delegate, only a...
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Congo family performs at General Conference
By Elliott Wright, UMNS… TAMPA, Fla.—Four brothers and a sister from the Congo took the United Methodist General Conference to its knees and brought it to its feet as they sang “O Happy Day . . . when...
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United Methodists join Pan-Methodist covenant
By Rich Peck, UMNS… TAMPA, Fla.—After several hundred years of separation, members of six Pan-Methodist denominations have committed to ministry together. The United Methodist Church is the last of the...
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Q&A: A self-described fanatic for ecumenism
Bishop Thomas L. Hoyt Jr., the senior bishop of the Christian Methodist Episcopal (CME) Church, presides over the East Coast region for the 141-year-old historically African-American denomination. Long...
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No, Bishop Coyner, Judicial Council didn’t do us a favor
By Lonnie Brooks, Special Contributor… Bishop Mike Coyner offered us, in the Reporter, his views on the impact of Judicial Council Decision 1210 that struck down the plan for restructuring the general...
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Dealing with ‘wounded’ United Methodist Church
By Bishop Minerva Carcaño, Special Contributor… Bishop Minerva Carcaño Many good things happened at General Conference. They did not necessarily happen through legislative processes though some of the...
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Don’t blame bishops for General Conference ‘fiasco’
By William H. Willimon, Special Contributor… Bishop William Willimon General Conference in Tampa made history as the most expensive ($1,500 per minute!), least productive, most fatuous assemblage in...
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Northaven UMC takes historic vote to celebrate same-sex weddings
Photo Courtesy of Northaven UMC by Christy Thomas “I cried in church today. I cried because something deep within me felt like my church is standing with me, taking risks for me. They told me that I...
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