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GREAT NEWS FROM THE JUDICIAL COUNCIL!

The Judicial Council made a ruling to uphold the doctrinal standard of the United Methodist Church regarding homosexuality.  CLICK HERE to read more.

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A word from The Confessing Movement President

     2009 has been a busy year for United Methodists!  Following our 2008 General Conference, every Annual Conference in United Methodism is voting on 32 potential Constitutional Amendments.  For many months, your Confessing Movement leadership has been at work praying, educating and preparing folks to respond to these critical issues facing our denomination.

 

     I want to express my deepest appreciation to our Executive Director, Senator Patricia Miller, our Associate Directors (Dr. Bill Bouknight and Dr. Riley Case) and our former President The Rev. Rob Renfroe.  While the final outcome of these vital votes is still unknown, I want to celebrate the outstanding effort put forth by our team.  Conference Coordinators and workers have given their best in this important endeavor.  Anyone familiar with these Constitutional Amendments has to understand the critical nature of this work.

           

     The leadership team has done a remarkable job, communicating about these potential amendments!  The keys have been: prayerful strategizing, building grass-roots communication and work teams, and diligent follow-up.  Praise God for all who have participated in this vital ministry!

 

     As I think about the future of the Confessing Movement within The United Methodist Church, I am excited!  I am encouraged…as I remember our commitment to connect with people who are sometimes referred to as the “Methodist Middle,” those who choose not to align with any caucus group.  Those in the “Methodist Middle” are going to have much to say about the future of our great denomination.  Some suggest, and I tend to agree, “Their votes will be determinative!”  We will continue our educational efforts to help those of the “Methodist Middle” see how much they have in common with the mission of The Confessing Movement!

 

     Your Confessing Movement Board of Directors are committed to being proactive, not reactive!  From the beginning of our work together in The Confessing Movement, this has been our focus!  We have, and will continue to accentuate the positives of our great denomination, and work together to continue the faithful doctrinal distinctives of United Methodism.

 

     We will continue to remember who we are…United Methodist Christians committed to: Jesus…the uniquely divine Son of God, the only Savior of the world, and the Lord of all.  We commit ourselves to make sure our ministry is faithful to scripture.  In contrast to Gretta Vosper’s beliefs, described in her book: With or without God: Why the Way We Live is More Important than What We Believe, our desire is to live by the precepts of Scriptural holiness, to preach it and invite all to a Scriptural wedding of right belief and right action!!

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Mississippi Annual Conference in Turmoil

On July 12, 2009, a lesbian couple gave their testimony during the Mississippi Annual Conference worship service.  Bishop Hope Morgan Ward defends her decision to allow the testimony in a letter to the conference that states, “As your bishop, I have been given responsibility to uphold the doctrine, discipline and polity of The United Methodist Church.  This is a responsibility I remember and embrace in this instance and in every instance.  The Mississippi Conference has consistently supported the positions on homosexuality stated in The Discipline of The United Methodist Church.”  Many evangelicals are deeply troubled by the use of a worship service to seemingly promote the homosexual lifestyle under the guise of “including those who have felt hurt or marginalized by our church (Bishop Ward),” despite the church's position on the practice of a homosexual lifestyle.  The Board of Directors of the Mississippi Fellowship of United Methodist Evangelicals (MSFUME) issued an open letter stating their specifics concerns regarding the event. 

 

 

CLICK HERE to read the complete statement of Bishop Ward

 

CLICK HERE to read the open letter from the Board of Directors of the MSFUME.

 

CLICK HERE to watch the YouTube video of Renee Sappington and Connie Campbell

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Dr. John Ed Mathison, current Board Member of The Confessing Movement and former President, has launched a new ministry called John Ed Mathison Leadership Ministries.  His goal is to provide opportunities to train pastors and laity to become leaders in transforming the world!  Please visit his website at www.johnedmathison.org for more information.

2005 Unity Statement

Unity is the critical issue in The United Methodist Church today. This was evidenced by discussions at the 2004 General Conference and the subsequent appointment of the Unity Task Force by the Council of Bishops.

Read the 2005 Unity Statement


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Friday 31. of July 2009
The One Thing

Remind me again what the one thing is. Let me be blunt but honest in terms of my personal prayer time and conversations with God. It may be surprising to some that I would be asking that question after all these years, but probably not to clergy and laity who have a few years in the journey from hav...

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Wednesday 06. of August 2008

Pastor Steve Nelson

RE: A Sad Day For Evangelicals?

It would appear that there is a vast lack of spiritual leadership and the ethical compass is broken in the Western Jurisdiction.  They have District Superintendents who fail to discipline and urge their pastors to be faithful to the discipline and to the ordination vows to God that they made.&n...

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Thursday 31. of July 2008

Pastor Steve Nelson

RE: A Sad Day For Evangelicals?

We are in a spiritual battle and Robert Rules, the Three Rules, and the rules for holy conferencing are all being manipulated by the liberals to further the gay agenda.  The recent decision by the Western Jurisdiction to become reconciling along with the mixed messages sent by the bishops in th...

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Thursday 19. of June 2008

Dr. Maxie Dunnam

A Sad Day For Evangelicals?

Introductory Note: This article was written for the United Methodist Reporter following the June 13th issue where two articles were published based on a statement by Dr. Eddie Fox. After Dr. Dunnam wrote this article, he discovered Dr. Fox had not made the statement credited to him. To base two p...

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Thursday 01. of May 2008

Verle L. Mitchell

Re: April 30th Report From General Conference

I stand in complete incredulity regarding how we, as a Wesleyan denomination, could ever have arrived at where we are now.  Our leadership seems not to believe the Bible, that we are sinners, that the power of God through Christ TRANSFORMS LIFE and that from the beginning book of Genesis&n...

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Wednesday 30. of April 2008

Re: April 29th Report From General Conference

Thank you so much for your continuing efforts to steer our church to more Godly principles and actions, and for the reports from General Conference.  I read with deepening dismay the reports about issues that divide and do little to call the world into relationship with Jesus.  Were it not...

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Monday 28. of April 2008

Rev. Harry J. Teuchert

For the folks who wanted to remove the American Flags from our sanctuaries!

The Confessing Movement's report on the General Conference of The United Methodist Church included this bit of information yesterday.  There was a proposal to remove the US flag from our church sanctuaries.  This was voted down, but this shows how far the liberal element is prepared t...

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Happenings Around the Church

09/13/2009
ON BEING GENERIC EVANGELICAL

A man was talking about his Friends Church.  “It is hard to identify it as a Friends Church,” h...

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08/30/2009
FULL COMMUNION: LUTHERANS, UMs AND HOMOSEXUALITY

One of the more refreshing experiences of my ministry was serving for eight years in Indiana on a Un...

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08/24/2009
Diversity, Or Not So Much

    One of the more discouraging experiences of my ministry was serving on the Jurisd...

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