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Is your Pastor a Reader or a Listener?
Knowing one’s self allows for clarity for others to know how to help you lead–and how you can be a better leader by giving others what they need as well.
We Called It: Looking back at the Rise of the Global Methodist Church
On the eve of the launch of the GMC, it’s time to look down memory lane and see what we wrote about its parent: the WCA.
Shall Progressives Inherit the United Methodist Church? No. Not yet.
With the GMC starting on May 1st, progressives and conservatives alike are claiming this will lead to a progressive takeover of The UMC. It won’t.
Global Methodist Church: Where did it come from?
The GMC is the latest in a long line of disgruntled Methodists who have removed people, property, and finances from The UMC.
Church and Christian Reflections
Varied reflections on Christian topics, including Church in a time of COVID-19.
Making sense of theology with charts

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Relief or Ruin? General Conference postponed to 2024
General Conference has been postponed until 2024–here’s what progressives, conservatives, and bishops have in response.
State of the UMC in 1000 words, part 3
The Ghost of Methodism Future is finally here. Will we avoid the future we don’t want?
State of the UMC in 1000 words, part 2
The UMC is stuck “in the meantime” while the WCA thrives “in the mean time”
State of the UMC in 1000 words, part 1
A primer on the history that led us to this situation in The UMC and a lament of what could have been.