by Mitch Randall | Mar 4, 2021 | Opinion
The United Methodist Church, with 80 million members, is undergoing a schism centered primarily around LGBTQ+ equality. Conservatives hold to a “traditional” understanding of sexuality and marriage, while progressives advocate for all Methodists’ inclusivity and...
by Tiffany A. Nagel Monroe | Mar 1, 2019 | Opinion
United Methodists from around the world gathered together on Feb. 23 in St. Louis for a four-day Special Session of the General Conference. The work of this gathering focused on human sexuality, specifically ordination of LGBTQIA+ clergy and same-sex marriage. In... by James Gordon | Jul 17, 2017 | Opinion
John Wesley could be a pain. He was dogmatic, opinionated, partisan and stubbornly hard to shift from what he believed was the central ground of Christian faith. But that made him neither an exclusive nor a separatist from other Christians. In 1749, he preached a... by Amanda Greene | Jan 6, 2012 | News
WILMINGTON (RNS) William McNeill remembers two things about sitting in the pew at Singletary United Methodist Church in Dublin, N.C. as a boy. He can still hear the choir singing the old gospel hymn “Bringing in the Sheaves,” which the young McNeill thought was... by Daniel Burke | Dec 6, 2011 | News
(RNS) A list of the Episcopal Church’s 75 commissions, committees, agencies and boards spilled over eight PowerPoint slides during a recent presentation by its new chief operating officer, Bishop Stacy Sauls. By his count, there are also nearly 50 departments and...
