by Tom Lambrecht | May 31, 2017 | Blog
By Thomas Lambrecht For 45 years, The United Methodist Church has been in conflict over how the church should be in ministry with lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) persons. From the very beginning of this conflict, evangelicals have maintained...
by Tom Lambrecht | May 26, 2017 | Blog
By Thomas Lambrecht The Bishops’ Commission on a Way Forward for the Church is now in its fifth month of work. We have had three face-to-face meetings and are preparing for a fourth in July. Over these months, I have continued to hear criticisms of the Commission that...
by Tom Lambrecht | May 9, 2017 | Blog
By Thomas Lambrecht Last week’s decision by the Judicial Council regarding the election and consecration of an openly lesbian bishop in a same-sex marriage was very complicated and not entirely consistent. The Council strove to tailor its decision as narrowly as...
