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Key Bishops and Advocacy Group Leaders Propose Plan of Separation
By Walter Fenton A prominent group of 16 United Methodists released a detailed proposal today calling for an amicable separation of The United Methodist Church. The group included individuals representing all the major advocacy organizations affiliated with the church and eight bishops from around the world, including Bishop Kenneth Carter, current president of the Council … Continue Reading
Why a Mediated Negotiation?
By Keith Boyette This year, The United Methodist Church is 52 years old. Of course, the Methodist movement, currently composed of approximately 80 distinct Methodist denominations worldwide, is much older than that. The UM Church was formed from the union of The Methodist Church and the Evangelical United Brethren Church in 1968. Methodism, as with … Continue Reading
Global UM Leaders Reimagine a New Methodist Movement
Traditionalist United Methodist leaders from around the world have agreed on an expansive vision for a new, global Methodist church. Meeting in Atlanta, Georgia, March 2 – 4, episcopal leaders from Africa, Eurasia, the Philippines, and the United States, were joined by traditionalist clergy, and renewal and reform group leaders from the Confessing Movement, Good … Continue Reading
Transitioning to a New Church… in God’s Time
By Keith Boyette On May 5, the day The United Methodist Church’s General Conference was set to convene, UM advocacy groups, representative of each of the theological streams in the church, released comments on the significance of its postponement. Each of the groups (Mainstream UMC, Reconciling Ministries Network, UMForward, and the Wesleyan Covenant Association) remain … Continue Reading
Preparation for Launch
By Keith Boyette In Ecclesiastes 3, Solomon reminds us that there is a time for every activity under the heavens. The times we live in seem strange indeed. Any sense of normalcy has been replaced by the knowledge we have never walked this road before. Many routines have been disrupted. The journey we are on … Continue Reading
A Sure Hope for a Faithful Future
By Keith Boyette The United Methodist Church is now less than one year away from a defining General Conference that was postponed earlier this year due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Given the long delay, some United Methodists are wondering if the Protocol for Reconciliation and Grace through Separation has been derailed. And concerns about it … Continue Reading
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Gratitude for God’s Hidden Acts
By Keith Boyette November 24, 2021 Have you ever felt alone in standing resolutely for the Lord? That somehow God has focused His attention on some other part of creation, abandoning you to your circumstances? Certainly, the prophet Elijah felt that way. In 1 Kings 19, having defeated the prophets of Baal, Elijah is forced … Continue Reading
Prayer is the Work
By Carolyn Moore November 19, 2021 I’ve heard it said that prayer is not preparation for the work. Prayer is the work, and I absolutely believe that. It is why I have personally emphasized the work of prayer in this movement called the Wesleyan Covenant Association. More than two years ago, we launched the International … Continue Reading
Mr. Simon Mafunda Joins WCA’s Leadership Team
By Walter Fenton November 16, 2021 The Wesleyan Covenant Association is pleased to announce that Mr. Simon Mafunda has joined its leadership team. He will serve as the association’s Africa Coordinator, facilitating the flow of information between the Global WCA and Methodists in Africa, and communicating African Methodist perspectives to WCA council members and staff. … Continue Reading
The God Who Delights In Small Beginnings
By Keith Boyette November 12, 2021 The Wesleyan Covenant Association recently celebrated its fifth anniversary. Many of you will recall our first gathering in Chicago, Illinois in October of 2016. We came together out of a desperate desire to be the people who had been called of God to contend for the faith. We longed … Continue Reading