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Hey UM’s…. Is your annual conference on board with this decision of the 2012...

At the 2012 General Conference, the following legislation passed with 870 votes for an 33 votes against: Disability Awareness as AC Theme (20472-CO-Non-Dis)Each Conference shall designate that at least...

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The United Methodist Trust Clause

Originally posted on Mitchell Lewis:The Trust Clause in the Church Law The United Methodist Church has a trust clause requirement that dates back to the days of John Wesley. The Methodist Episcopal...

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My Question About Bishop Coyner’s Plan

Bishop Coyner of the Indiana Conference has offered some very interesting ideas about one possible way forward in the UMC. The meat of the proposal is this: “What if we allowed each AC around the world...

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The Return of the Local Option

A plan has recently emerged to preserve the unity of the UMC. I encourage you to read it carefully and prayerfully. The proposal begins by diagnosing a very serious problem in our denomination: we have...

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Methodism Means Connectionalism

I take it for granted that the UMC will begin a formal division after the 2020 General Conference. We no longer practice a common polity, and thus we cannot hold together as an institution. As the...

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