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Showing posts with label Council of Bishops. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Council of Bishops. Show all posts
Thursday, June 1, 2023

News Roundup - June 1, 2023

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Below is a run-down of significant (United) Methodist stories from the past month. Council of Bishops Recommended 2026 General Conference :...
Monday, August 29, 2022

Recommended Viewing: David W. Scott on Colonialism and the Church

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Dr. David W. Scott, Director of Mission Theology for Global Ministries and blogmaster of UM & Global , was invited to present to the Cou...
Friday, February 1, 2019

Recommended Reading: UK response to UMC bishops' letter to global LGBTQ community

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On December 28, The United Methodist Church's Council of Bishops issued a " letter to the global LGBTQ community ." The letter...
Monday, November 12, 2018

Recommended Reading: Methodist bishops' statements on migration

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In light of recent debate about caravans of migrants from Central America traveling through Mexico to the United States, episcopal leaders f...
Wednesday, May 9, 2018

Recommended Readings on UMC constitutional amendments

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On Monday, the Council of Bishops announced the results of voting on five constitutional amendments approved by General Conference 2016 . S...
Monday, May 7, 2018

Recommended Readings: Bishops on A Way Forward

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The United Methodist Church's Council of Bishops met last week to, among other things, act on the recommendations of the Commission on a...
Friday, May 4, 2018

Why the UMC is not the SBC

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Today's post is by UM & Global blogmaster Dr. David W. Scott, Director of Mission Theology at the General Board of Global Ministries...
Tuesday, November 21, 2017

55 Futures for the UMC

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Today's post is by UM & Global blogmaster Dr. David W. Scott, Director of Mission Theology at   the General Board of Global Ministri...
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Thursday, September 14, 2017

Creation Care Updates

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Christians are once again in the midst of the Season of Creation , a month-long focus by Christians from many traditions around the world on...
Thursday, November 3, 2016

Recommended reading: Bishops plan for called General Conference in 2019

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The Council of Bishops made plans to call a special General Conference in February or March of 2019, as described in this UMNS article rele...
Thursday, August 4, 2016

Jacob Dharmaraj: An Office of Christian Unity & Interreligious Relationships or a Research Institute?

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Today's piece is written by Rev. Dr. Jacob Dharmaraj, President of the National Federation of Asian American United Methodists . It is...
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Thursday, July 28, 2016

The Commission on a Way Forward in the context of global UMC structural reform

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Today's post is by UM & Global blogmaster Dr. David W. Scott, Director of Mission Theology at   the General Board of Global Ministri...
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Thursday, May 19, 2016

Recommended readings: Bishops at GC2016

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While the story of the UMC's General Conference 2016 is being told as a story about debates over sexuality (which it is), looked at anot...
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Tuesday, February 17, 2015

Change is afoot as UMC looks toward more global future at GC2016, GC2020

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The past several weeks have been significant ones for The United Methodist Church in its efforts to move toward a more global footing as a d...
Tuesday, November 4, 2014

The global appeal of holy conferencing

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Today's post is by UM & Global blogmaster Dr. David W. Scott, Assistant Professor of Religion and Pieper Chair of Servant Leadership...