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Western Jurisdiction should take ‘executive action’ on gay rights
By Gilbert Caldwell, Special Contributor … I have just received the “WE WILL NOT BE SILENT” statement approved by the Rocky Mountain Conference. I was particularly inspired by these words: “RESOLVED,...
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Q&A: It takes discipline to edit Discipline
It’s said that the two items no one wants to see being made are laws and sausages. Perhaps the United Methodist Book of Discipline should be added to that list. It takes almost six months—and a process...
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Fall 2012 Judicial Council roundup
by Neill Caldwell, United Methodist News Service… ELK GROVE VILLAGE, Ill. (UMNS) — A United Methodist bishop can be placed in involuntary retirement, the denomination’s top court has ruled. The ruling...
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UM agency leaders welcome news that Boy Scouts may end ban on gay scouts,...
Gilbert Hanke Editor’s note: At the bottom of this story is a further statement issued Jan. 31 by Gilbert Hanke of United Methodist Men. Leaders of two United Methodist agencies — United Methodist Men...
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Ogletree: Change UM church law regarding homosexuality
Rev. Thomas Ogletree By Thomas Ogletree, Special Contributor… As a lifelong United Methodist, an ordained elder in the New York Conference, and a scholar specializing in theological and social ethics,...
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Recently Read: The United Methodist Church is Split on Gays. But is Schism...
Sarah Stankorb at Slate.com offers a exhaustive chronicle of the recent months actions and conversations suggesting schism in the United Methodist Church. The issue, as it had been for us at that youth...
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United Methodist conferences petition denomination on behalf of LGBT rights
(RNS) An Upstate New York bishop has dismissed a 2013 complaint that accused a retired United Methodist pastor of breaking church law by officiating at several same-sex weddings, including his...
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Christian Unity and the New Moralism
The United Methodist Church was engineered to hold disparate streams of the broad Christian tradition together. Born amidst the fervor of the modern ecumenical movement, it joined liberals,...
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Blest Be The Tie That Binds
*by Bishop Scott Jones During the last four months, I have had multiple invitations to break my vows. Many people have suggested that, in the name of protesting against perceived injustice, I should...
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