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Mainline Protestants are having a political moment. Can they move from protest to power?
As mainline clergy and seminarians began filing to run for Congress this year, most launched campaigns that struck a more centrist tone than their colleagues protesting in the streets.
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Michael Roberts: Reflections from a Courtroom Pew: Part 2
We have good United Methodists who are able and willing to make this simple case. And if a ruling comes against our own polity and ability to govern ourselves, then it may not matter how much we had spent.
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Dallas: A hotbed of outlandish churches
Dallas has always been a hotbed of church craziness. As a young youth director in Odessa, Texas, I was invited to meet with the leaders of First UMC Dallas to discuss serving as their youth director. They never called.
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Michael Roberts: Reflections from a Courtroom Pew
With Jonesboro (Arkansas) FUMC in the midst of a lawsuit, its facilities under a temporary order, and all accounts frozen, I was appointed to serve as a part-time pastor while continuing in my Conference role.
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In Dallas, Methodist bishop creates a church in exile
The public statement said Tuggle and his predecessor, Paul Rasmussen, have been appointed by the bishop elsewhere but did not say where.
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RMN’s Response to Harare as a Second Site for General Conference 2028
Questions center around the safety of delegates and other Conference attendees and the integrity of our shared commitments.
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Youngest adults outpace parents’ generation in worship attendance
Amid anecdotal claims of a Gen Z religious revival, religion data analysts have been working over the last year to determine what, if anything, is changing in the religious lives of America’s young people.
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James Howell: Evangelism Matters
People who know precious little about Christianity have a dim awareness that we profess to care for the wounded and lost. So let’s go do that.
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Paul Seay: Can Local Churches once again become incubators for pastoral ministry?
The path to pastoral ministry, as we currently practice it, leaves the local church behind.
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Bishop Debra Wallace Padgett: World Methodist Council 'On the Move'
The World Methodist Council plays a far-reaching and significant role within the Christian movement.
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Kevin Slimp: What Highland Park Forgot
My first annual conference took place at Highland Park, on the corner of the Southern Methodist University campus. I attended my first youth ministry workshop, led by the youth director of Highland Park, in 1981.
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Rebekah Simon-Peter: Can a Denomination in Decline Plan for Widespread Renewal?
Rebekah Simon-Peter asks, "Can a denomination whose decisions are increasingly shaped by decline actually enact widespread renewal?"
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Teresa Angle-Young: When the Plan Changes
There is something reassuring about having a direction and believing we understand the path ahead. The problem, of course, is that life rarely consults our plans.
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Blake Bradford: When Church Governance Makes Headlines
Recent headlines have prompted several people to ask this former Arkansas district superintendent what he makes of the governance issues involved.
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Kay Kotan: Are Your Attraction Expectations Unwittingly Sabotaging Your Ministry?
What if the problem isn’t the quality of your worship, the relevance of your sermons, the friendliness of your hospitality, or the number of programs you offer?
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Aleze Fulbright: Life as a United Methodist
A congregation may sincerely desire to grow while unconsciously expecting newcomers to adapt to its established culture.
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Dennis Atwood: Simple Gratitude
In these complex times, there is a simple biblical movement that can help us pivot from worry, anxiety, anger, and fear to a simple, authentic gratitude.
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Michael Roberts: Wesley on Politics
From a Wesleyan perspective, when it comes to politics, a little humility is always in order. And yet, that does not tend to be the image that we see projected in the commercials.
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Wil Cantrell: Reflections from Calgary
I spent last week in Calgary at the United Methodist Leadership Gathering – a meeting of roughly 300 United Methodist Leaders from across the globe, largely convened to inspire reformation and renewal in the United Methodist Church.
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Bill McKibben: Elections should not be this important
In democratic societies, elections should always be important. But they shouldn’t, ideally, be the deciding factor between continued stability and whatever kind of creeping fascism we’re playing with.