One of my projects leading up to General Conference is the ALERT, a collection of United Methodist values that a group I’m affiliated with feels is threatened by the church restructure: either by its effects or by the focus on the restructure that draws energy from other initiatives.
I hope you read it and discuss. This publication was mailed to General Conference delegates and about 2000 have been distributed at GC itself.
Jesus already gave us the structure of church: very, very small. Wesley agreed. Conference just argues over how many angels can dance on the head of a pin.