Rural church nominations for consideration of the Key Taylor Award are needed by June 3. Congregations can nominate themselves. For 2012, an amount of $1200 will be awarded. The award, sponsored through the United Methodist Foundation, is to call attention to the mission work of all rural churches by honoring Read more »

United Methodists from five continents addressed a wide range of challenging issues, including church structure and human sexuality, and engaged in an Act of Repentance toward indigenous people during their 10-day legislative gathering.   Meeting in the Tampa Convention Center, steps away from the waters of Tampa Bay, the 988 Read more »

A compromise restructure plan for The United Methodist Church, adopted earlier this week by the 2012 General Conference, was declared “unconstitutional” May 4. That unanimous ruling came from the nine-member United Methodist Judicial Council, which had been asked by General Conference to make a declaratory decision on the constitutionality of Read more »

Many of the clergy in the NC Conference are already engaged in the model of discipleship that District Superintendents will be leading as the Conference moves forward in the new paradigm. This video tells some of Chad’s huddle story. Read more »

The new president of The United Methodist Church’s Council of Bishops gave a nod to the challenges and difficulties of the 2012 General Conference during the closing worship service late May 4 at the Tampa Convention Center.   “Many of us, sisters and brothers, leave hurt,” said Bishop Rosemarie Wenner Read more »

The 2012 United Methodist General Conference spent the last hours of its last day May 4 scrambling to downsize agency boards, after the denomination’s top court ruled the “Plan UMC” restructuring legislation unconstitutional. After months of denomination-wide talk about agency reconfiguration, delegates tried to salvage some part of the movement Read more »