Whether you are a newcomer to United Methodism, a longtime member, or a passerby looking askance, these days it is obvious there …
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Would Election by Lottery help or hurt #UMC General Conference?
The United Methodist Church is a representative democratic institution, meaning that ~800 delegates from the regions of United …
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The Future of the Global Methodist Church is in the Past
A close review of our Methodist church history yields a rather convincing 1939 parallel of how a like-minded movement to today's …
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Bishops: The #UMC Needs the Magic of the Gathering
United Methodist bishops are asked to use their one unique superpower—to convene—to allow elected delegates to gather and do their …
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