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I would like to invite you to join me here every weekday and take a moment to reflect on the Thought for the Day. Simply stated, these are short messages based on scriptural truth that can be applied to our daily spiritual journeys. May your personal relationship with our Heavenly Father grow and bear immeasurable [...]
By Dr. Sandra Richter As a professor of Old Testament, I am often asked to address the idea of God as “male.” The questions run along a similar vein: “Why does the image of ‘father’ dominate the portrayal of God throughout the Bible? Don’t you as a woman find the ‘maleness’ of the OT troubling? [...]
The Indiana Confessing Movement group is sponsoring twelve regional meetings to discuss key issues that will be facing the 2012 General Conference.
Renewal group leaders share with the bishops their thoughts and concerns about the current and future state of The United Methodist Church. To read their letter, CLICK HERE.
The Call To Action Committee recently commissioned independent research to look at factors contributing to church vitality and to make an operational assessment of the connectional church and how the denomination is currently using available resources. The results of this research can be found at www.umc.org/ctaresearch . The committee will begin addressing areas of need [...]
Out of concern for the welfare of all God’s people, and, out of special concern for the people of The United Methodist Church, we, United Methodist Bishops – retired, believe The United Methodist Church should remove the following statement from The Book of Discipline (2008): “…The practice of homosexuality is incompatible with Christian teaching. Therefore [...]
