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Is There Room for Traditionalist Pastors in The United Methodist Church?

June 11, 2024 By Rev. Dr. Scott Field Is there still room for traditionalist pastors in the United Methodist Church?  I get a fair number of contacts asking this question. Here’s my answer: Yes, but probably not for long.  Let’s recognize that one of the most difficult spots for pastoral ministry in the US today …

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Is it time for you, and your congregation, and maybe your annual conference to consider leaving the United Methodist Church now?

June 4, 2024 By Rev. Dr. Scott Field If you read the WCA Outlook you are aware that in the past couple of years over 25% of United Methodist congregations in the USA have left the denomination. Many others, however, decided to suspend such a disruptive decision to see if it would be warranted. After …

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Some things in the rearview mirror are closer than they appear, and others are farther away…at least for former, now disaffiliated, United Methodists.

May 29, 2024 By Rev. Dr. Scott Field Judging by the vigorous, often impassioned, always earnest, recent social media posts in the subculture of all things Methodist, it seems that those of us who have disaffiliated from United Methodism may be having trouble with our depth perception. Literally, depth perception is our ability to see objects …

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The Bright Red Line: Why Methodists Aren’t United

May 22, 2024 By Rev. Dr. Scott Field From the perspective of the Wesleyan Covenant Association, the outcomes of the UM General Conference (April 23 – May 3, 2024) were understandably discouraging. However, as one Filipino observer put it, the decisions of the General Conference drew a bright red line. A number of previously contested …

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Pivot Point for the Wesleyan Covenant Association

May 14, 2024 By Rev. Dr. Scott Field After the UMC General Conference… In the aftermath of seismic changes approved at the recent United Methodist General Conference, our email inbox is overflowing. The phone calls, texts, and WhatsApp chats are surging. For the most part, these all seem to settle into four types of inquiries.  …

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Update 4 UMC General Conference

Update #4 from the WCA from the General Conference – UMC General Conference: The African Message

May 3, 2024 by Rev. Dr. Scott Field, President of the WCA A Historic General Conference in Charlotte…no doubt about it. Today (Friday, May 3) the UMC General Conference concludes. The dramatic shift signaled by decisions made here will take time to unpack. We’ll start some unpacking ourselves in next Tuesday’s WCA Outlook and in …

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WCA Outlook General Conference Update #3: MainstreamUMC signals imminent shutdown.

May 2, 2024 by Rev. Dr. Scott Field, President of the WCA Take a Victory Lap…Mission Accomplished! This was in the MainstreamUMC blogpost Tuesday (April 30) Today we ended the LGBTQ funding ban! Finally. It was on the consent calendar and passed without a peep. The funding ban was the issue that indirectly launched what …

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Update #2 from the WCA from the General Conference – What Do You Make of the UM General Conference So Far?

April 30, 2024 by Rev. Dr. Scott Field, President of the WCA Update #2 from the WCA from the General Conference Judging from social media feeds, those paying attention to the United Methodist General Conference as Week 2 begins seem to have one of three reactions. This is amazing! The New United Methodism is being …

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Update #1 from the WCA from the General Conference – Bishop Bickerton is right. Though there are no active fault lines in or near Charlotte, NC, United Methodists are on the edge of a seismic event.

April 26, 2024 by Rev. Dr. Scott Field, President of the WCA Update #1 from the WCA from the General Conference A little information: The thrice-delayed 2020 General Conference of the United Methodist Church runs from April 23 to May 3 in Charlotte, North Carolina. Watch the proceedings each day through livestream at www.resourceumc.org or …

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