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The Dar es Salaam Dilemma: Progressive United Methodists have a choice to make.

January 30, 2024 By Rev. Dr. Scott Field Which will it be at the upcoming UMC General Conference:  Door # 1, Door # 2, or Door # 3? The long-running daytime TV gameshow, Let’s Make a Deal, is famous for its three-door challenge. Behind one door is a fabulous prize. Behind another is a “Zonk” …

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Africa and the UMC General Conference: Prepositions Make All the Difference

January 23, 2024 By Rev. Dr. Scott Field Ah, the diminutive preposition! Such a small literary fragment, so easily overlooked, and carrying such distinctive meaning. A preposition is a word governing a noun or pronoun and expressing a relation to another word or element in the clause. The power of prepositions came to mind recently concerning the …

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Disaffiliation Disarray: Our Street-Level Response

January 17, 2024 By Rev. Dr. Scott Field, President A recent round of conversations with various regional leaders of the Wesleyan Covenant Association as well as the monthly meeting of the WCA Global Council highlighted the present disaffiliation disarray among many Methodists. While “official disaffiliation” in the US under paragraph 2553 of the Book of …

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I thought I was clear but apparently I need to explain a few things for Brother Holland

December 19, 2023 By Rev. Dr. Scott N. Field Dear Friends and Frequent WCA Outlook Readers, My apologies for this blog piece. I wanted to write something more Christmas-y, but since several of our constituents noted that one of the unofficial UMC refereeshad called me and the WCA out not once but twicerecently, I’ve chosen …

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Ghost of Christmas Past…or Christmas Future? Decolonization comes to the UMC General Conference Delegates in 2024

December 12, 2023 By Rev. Dr. Scott N. Field A Christmas Carol… beyond the story penned by Charles Dickens. The familiar story of the three ghosts visiting Ebenezer Scrooge during the night before Christmas describes the possibility that our decisions of the past will continue to determine our future…unless we make a change. An astute reader …

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For Every People and Nation: What is Fair for Some Should Be Fair for All

December 5, 2023 By Rev. Dr. Scott N. Field  “…and there before me was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, tribe, people and language, standing before the throne and before the Lamb.” Revelation 7:9 This is the wondrous season in which we look back to the birth of our Savior in Bethlehem …

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