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Methodism Today
Featured ArticlesNEW! Board of Church and Society publically opposed pro-life provision in healthcare reform bill. (11/24/09)
The partisan political advocacy of the Board of Church and Society and the Women's Division are on full display, as evidenced in this new post to The Methodist Thinker website. Using resolutions passed at General Conference 2008 (that they authored), these agencies are able to advocate in the public square for public funding for abortion. Renew provided a research piece for this article.
Read the full article in The Methodist Thinker here.
Read Renew's report on the 2008 Book of Resolutions here.
Board of Church and Society Sex-Ed Writer: Sex Outside of Marriage Can Be "Moral, Ethical"(10/8/09)The Board of Church and Society continues to push the envelope on morality, theology, and political advocacy. A sex-education column in their current webzine "Faith in Action" argues that persons can have a "moral, ethical sexual relationship" outside the covenant of marriage--a position totally against historic Christian teaching and the United Methodist Book of Discipline. Please read more about this outrageous position here.
Good News Projects Defeat of Controversial Amendments(8/09) With all U.S. annual conferences now having completed voting on 32 constitutional amendments passed by the 2008 General Conference, the United Methodist renewal organization Good News is projecting that at least 24 amendments will be defeated, including all six of the most controversial ones. (As of July 17, fifty U.S. conferences, representing 88% of the total votes cast in the US and 82% of the votes cast worldwide, have shared their vote tallies.) This leaves not enough remaining votes to overturn the resounding voice from the denomination that votes NO on crucial matters regarding church separation between U.S. and Central Conferences and pastoral authority in regards to membership. Read the entire article here.
Great Websites
Get the latest news headlines from the official news agency of the United Methodist Church,the United Methodist News Service: http://feeds.feedburner.com/umnsheadlinesKeep up to date from the leading voice on the renewal of the United Methodist Church--Good News: The Magazine and Movement of Methodism Renewal: www.goodnewsmag.org
An independent news organization, The United Methodist Reporter, publishes stories on the web through their website, The United Methodist Portal: www.umportal.org
The Methodist Thinker--a website featuring news, commentary, audio, transcripts--focusing particularly on the North Georgia Conference and Southeastern Jurisdiction of the United Methodist Church: www.methodistthinker.com |
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