In my last post, I surveyed the membership changes in the United States over the last quadrennium, compared to the
Read MoreAuthor: Tom Lambrecht
When the numbers come out for the delegation for General Conference, it represents a good opportunity to step back and
Read MoreThe United Methodist Reporter recently reported that the North Georgia Annual Conference is considering whether or not to sell the
Read MoreAcknowledging that “usual approaches … have failed to end the discrimination that is destroying our church,” the group “Love Prevails”
Read MoreThis past Saturday, 36 United Methodist pastors and 9 clergy of other denominations joined to do a service of holy
Read MoreThe Judicial Council met recently to consider a long list of cases posed by various annual conferences. I have given
Read MoreThe news broke over the weekend that more than 30 United Methodist clergy from the Eastern Pennsylvania Annual Conference plan
Read MoreThis is the last in a series of three posts attempting to describe what we mean by our clergy covenant
Read MoreIn my last post (you can read it here), I began to answer the question what we and others mean
Read MoreA recent post by Kevin Nelson on the Reconciling Ministries Network blog examined the issue of “covenantal harm” — the
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