by Tom Lambrecht | Aug 27, 2014 | Blog
How is the growing acceptance of same-sex marriage related to other opinions about sexual morality? That is a question explored by Mark Regnerus (associate professor of sociology at the University of Texas) in a recent study on relationships in America. In a survey...
by Tom Lambrecht | Aug 19, 2014 | Blog
United Methodist Communications does some excellent work with church advertising, training courses for church leaders, and the Imagine No Malaria campaign. I did a double-take, however, when I saw the cover of the new United Methodist Program Calendar. It has the...
by Tom Lambrecht | Aug 13, 2014 | Blog
Inquiring minds want to know: Is The United Methodist Church starting to reverse its 45-year record of decline? A recent report on church vitality in U.S. United Methodist Churches (UMNS story, Vital Congregations Report) found that the number of “highly vital”...
by Tom Lambrecht | Aug 5, 2014 | Blog
There has been a lot of talk lately about finding ways for United Methodists to coexist together in the same denomination despite deep divisions over how the church should minister to and with GLBTQ persons. At the 2012 General Conference, Adam Hamilton and Mike...