What Form Of Unity, Exactly?“A new form of unity” is the buzzword in United Methodist circles. For a church less than a year away …
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Stopping the Flood of Competing Agendas at GC2019
Plugging the Leaky Dam The whole goal of the Special General Conference, set for St. Louis at the end of February 2019, is for it …
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Gay Panic harms Women and Equity in The United Methodist Church
From the Legal World When confronted with charges of harm to another person, occasionally defendants will claim "Gay Panic" in …
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The Odd Persistence of Ritter’s Two-Class Methodism
As I write this, the Bishops of The United Methodist Church are gathered in Chicago, debating and discerning what proposal they …
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