by Rev. Gil Caldwell | Aug 29, 2017 | Intersectionality, UMC, Way Forward |
By Rev. Gil Caldwell
by Rev. Liam Hooper | Aug 4, 2017 | Intersectionality, Transgender, UMC, Way Forward |
By Rev. Liam Hooper
by Reconciling Ministries Network | Jul 20, 2017 | UMC, Way Forward |
Reconciling United Methodists of Texas Conference unreservedly supports Bishop Karen Oliveto of the Mountain Sky Area. We pray her episcopacy will be long and fruitful—resulting in many disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world. We give thanks for...
by Rev. Carol Hill | Jul 20, 2017 | Intersectionality, UMC, Way Forward |
By Rev. Carol Hill
by Reconciling Ministries Network | Jul 17, 2017 | RMN News, UMC Conferences, UMC News |
We have wrapped up Annual Conference 2017 season and here are some recaps/reflections from what transpired as told by Regional Organizer, Laura Young, Deaconess: When people ask me why I do this work, a question I hear often, the short answer is very simple; the...
by Reconciling Ministries Network | Jun 28, 2017 | Sexual Orientation or Heterosexism, Transgender, UMC Conferences |
By Anonymous
by Rev. Liam Hooper | Jun 26, 2017 | Sexual Orientation or Heterosexism, Transgender, UMC Conferences |
By Rev. Liam Hooper
by Rev. Dr. David Krueger | Jun 23, 2017 | Sexual Orientation or Heterosexism, Transgender, UMC Conferences |
By Rev. David Krueger
by Reconciling Ministries Network | Jun 19, 2017 | Reconciling Movement/Process, Sexual Orientation or Heterosexism, UMC, UMC Conferences |
(Article originally written and translated from Danish website located here. Some translation errors are likely present) The Methodist Church in Denmark adopted at its annual conference in May an inquiry to the Judicial Council where the conference asked for a...
by Reconciling Ministries Network | Jun 7, 2017 | Reconciling Movement/Process, UMC, UMC Conferences, UMC News |
By Reconciling Ministries Network
by Matt Berryman | Jan 27, 2017 | UMC, UMC News, Way Forward |
By Matt Berryman, Executive Director
by Reconciling Ministries Network | Oct 30, 2016 | 2016 Annual Conference Season, Bishops, Book of Discipline |
Last week, three separate matters related to LGBTQ discrimination in The United Methodist Church were examined by the Judicial Council. Thanks to the ongoing witness and commitment to Biblical Obedience of a growing many, we know that regardless of any decisions...
by Matt Berryman | Oct 24, 2016 | UMC Conferences, Uncategorized, Way Forward |
by Matt Berryman
by Reconciling Ministries Network | Aug 19, 2016 | Bishops, Book of Discipline, Sexual Orientation or Heterosexism, Trials and Complaints, Way Forward |
After 44 years of official policies and practices discriminating against LGBTQ persons and our allies, The United Methodist Church continues to do harm through the judicial process when complaints are filed against those who are deemed “self-avowed practicing...
by Rev. David Livingston | Jul 21, 2016 | UMC, UMC Conferences |
By David Livingston
by Erica West | Jul 21, 2016 | Reasons I Stay, Sharing your story, UMC, UMC Conferences |
By Erica West
by Matt Berryman | Jul 16, 2016 | #ItsTime, Bishops, UMC, UMC Conferences |
By Matt Berryman, Executive Director
by Reconciling Ministries Network | Jun 26, 2016 | 2016 Annual Conference Season |
California-Nevada Conference Resolution
by Reconciling Ministries Network | Jun 23, 2016 | 2016 Annual Conference Season |
Pacific Northwest Conference Resolution
by Reconciling Ministries Network | Jun 19, 2016 | #ItsTime, 2016 Annual Conference Season |
Desert Southwest Conference Resolution
by Reconciling Ministries Network | Jun 17, 2016 | #ItsTime, 2016 Annual Conference Season |
By Reconciling Ministries Network
by Reconciling Ministries Network | Jun 16, 2016 | 2016 Annual Conference Season, Ordination |
We further stand with those in other annual conferences who have pledged themselves to evaluate, support, equip and deploy candidates for ministry based solely upon an understanding of their gifts for ministry and their readiness to serve Jesus Christ
by Reconciling Ministries Network | Jun 15, 2016 | 2016 Annual Conference Season, Ordination |
Testimony from Davis Covin
by Anonymous | Jun 10, 2016 | 2016 Annual Conference Season, Ordination, UMC Conferences |
Dear Siblings, I am writing you today as one of your own. I am a pastor who is doing my best to faithfully serve the church and this conference and to live out the calling that God has placed on my life. It is our church that raised me in the faith from my birth to my...
by Reconciling Ministries Network | Jun 9, 2016 | 2016 Annual Conference Season, Ordination, UMC Conferences |
June 9, 2016 Hempstead, NY – In a historic move, a clergy session of an annual conference has approved for ordination and commissioning numerous out queer clergy despite a 44-year history of official anti-LGBTQI bias in The United Methodists Church. The vote late last...
by Reconciling Ministries Network | Jun 8, 2016 | 2016 Annual Conference Season, Southern Initiative, Transgender, UMC Conferences |
As annual conference season parallels pride month, I am deeply proud of the Reconciling leaders of the South Carolina Annual Conference who penned the resolution passed today denouncing discrimination against trans people in all its forms. Informed by their faith in...
by Reconciling Ministries Network | Jun 8, 2016 | #ItsTime, 2016 Annual Conference Season, Bishops, Book of Discipline, UMC Conferences, Way Forward |
Yesterday in the North Texas Annual Conference, a resolution was passed to affirm the process put forth by the Council of Bishops at General Conference, sending a clear message that the majority of United Methodists in their conference are ready for a change in...
by M Barclay | Jun 6, 2016 | #ItsTime, 2016 Annual Conference Season, Bishops, Bullying, Sexual Orientation or Heterosexism, Transgender, UMC Conferences |
By M Barclay
by Reconciling Ministries Network | Jun 1, 2016 | 2016 Annual Conference Season, Ordination, Sexual Orientation or Heterosexism, UMC Conferences, UMC News |
The Clergy Session of the Baltimore-Washington Conference of The UMC did not accept the recommendation of the BOOM to vote T.C. Morrow into provisional membership as a deacon.
by Rev. Dr. Bonnie Beckonchrist | May 31, 2016 | #ItsTime, UMC Conferences |
By Rev. Dr Bonnie Beckonchrist