by Jay Therrell August 12.2022 After decades of conflict on a variety of theological issues within The United Methodist Church, hope appeared for an amicable separation in January 2020 with the announcement of the Protocol of Reconciliation and Grace Through Separation. The Protocol represented a mediated settlement between theological conservatives, centrists, and progressives to end …
by Elizabeth Fink August 5, 2022 Would you believe me if I told you that from the age of 18 to the present, I have had at least 13 different addresses and attended eight different churches? I think it is safe to say that I had good reason to refer to myself as a nomad …
By Jay Therrell 8/2/2022 Right after my election as president of the Wesleyan Covenant Association, the Holy Spirit very clearly began prompting me to pray a four-word prayer: Lord, make a way! It was one of those moments when the presence of the Holy Spirit was clear and palpable. Since that time, I have found …
By Jay Therrell July 29, 2022 The Wesleyan Covenant Association is excited to announce two strategic initiatives that will enable it to better carry out its mission of advocating for theologically conservative churches to depart The United Methodist Church for the Global Methodist Church. Today, the WCA is launching the No Church Left Behind Fund. …
By Jay Therrell July 22, 2022 Playwright Arthur Miller’s famous play The Crucible is a story about the Salem witch trials from the 17th century. More importantly, it’s an allegory of that not-so-long-ago chapter in American history known as McCarthyism when U.S. Senator Joe McCarthy conducted a national “witch hunt” for communists. Inside The United …
By Jay Therrell July 15, 2022 When I was a l little boy, I remember hanging out with a friend and his family. We were driving somewhere, and the traffic was bad. My friend’s dad got frustrated and uttered a non-Methodist word. He then turned around and looked at both of us and said, “Boys, …
By Jay Therrell July 8, 2022 As more and more congregations are discerning where their future lies, I offer some of the things I considered as I made my decision to join the Global Methodist Church. I was humbled to be one of the initial drafters of the GMC’s Transitional Book of Doctrines and Discipline. …
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By Joe DiPaolo July 1, 2022 In last week’s Outlook article, I mentioned some of the problems facing our UM Church bishops in the wake of the unfolding division of the denomination: mounting membership losses, both by attrition and a growing exodus; looming financial liabilities, along with the long-term prospect of declining income; the problem …
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“The church has been described in a variety of ways, but I particularly like the imagery of an orchestra, where many different instruments play different harmonies, creating one beautiful piece of music,” said the Rev. Dr. Suzanne Nicholson, Professor of New Testament at Asbury University (Wilmore, Kentucky). “Of course, in the last few decades of …
By Joe DiPaolo June 24, 2022 The United Methodist Church is coming apart. One annual conference in Europe has already departed to unite with the Global Methodist Church, and hundreds of US congregations have already been approved for disaffiliation during this not-yet completed annual conference season. With General Conference postponed again, and no possible passage …
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