All of Us, All of Him
Keith Boyette Down through the ages, various Christians have been given credit for the adage “Work as if it depends on you, pray as if it depends on God.”...
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Pastoring in Plague-Times
By Chappell Temple You might say that he showed up at just the wrong time. For it was just after coming back to his home town at the age...
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...
Catalyzing a Global Church Planting Movement
By Steve Cordle I stood before the township supervisors, requesting zoning approval so that our new church could build its first facility. “We have thirteen churches in this township...
Remembering our First Love
By Leah Hidde-Gregory “But you walked away from your first love—why?” Revelation 2:4 (The Message) Several weeks ago at a gathering of district superintendents, a colleague asked what I...
Resource: Why the Wesleyan Covenant Association Supports the “Protocol of Reconciliation and Grace through Separation”
Many WCA members and friends have requested a resource that briefly clarifies the main terms of the “Protocol of Reconciliation and Grace through Separation” and explains why the WCA...
Five Reasons Why You Ought to Join the WCA Now
By Carolyn Moore Since General Conference 2019, multiple conversations have produced multiple proposals for multiple ways through our current crisis. Negotiations have produced several significant legislative proposals to be...
Embracing a New Beginning
By Keith Boyette With the recent announcement of the Protocol of Reconciliation and Grace through Separation, and now the release of its implementing legislation, many United Methodists are focusing...
Reservations and Hope about the Protocol
By Tim McClendon Will The United Methodist Church separate into two or more denominations? Only its General Conference can say for sure. The recently announced “Protocol for Reconciliation and...
Why I Said Yes to Prayer
By Leo Park “Truly I tell you, whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven. Again,...
Life’s Too Short
By Talbot Davis I spent most of my childhood and adolescence pursuing a two-fold dream: one, to become the Texas state champion in tennis for kids my age; and...
Leaning Forward: Why I Support the Separation Plan
By Joseph F. DiPaolo For years there has been tension among traditionalist United Methodists between those leaning in and those leaning out – that is, between some who wanted...
An Invitation to Stop Fighting and Heal our Souls
By Jeff Greenway When “The Protocol of Reconciliation and Grace through Separation” was released earlier this month it generated a wave of reactions across The United Methodist Church. I...
A Protocol for Peace
By Chappell Temple He’s not exactly a theologian, but we could perhaps call him a prophet of sorts. For six years before the United Methodist Church was even formed,...
Pressing On: Our Journey to a New Future
By Gregory D. Stover “Beloved, I do not consider that I have made it my own; but this one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward...
Count Me In
By Carolyn Moore I have been on social media enough in the last few days to know that the latest plan for denominational separation along theological lines is not...