StrangeSights: A “Chicago rat hole”; free vintage bus rides in Croatia; and, dog DNA detectives in Italy…
DAVID ADAMS provides a round-up of some stories on the odder side of life…
In the US, UMC’s North Georgia Conference blocks church departures
United StatesRNS A regional body of the United Methodist Church in the US state of Georgia will temporarily block member churches from leaving the denomination, citing the spread of “defamatory” misinformation about the United Methodist Church and its disaffiliation procedure. In an email sent on Wednesday, the North Georgia Conference of the United Methodist Church announced […]
US Bishop slams “negative rhetoric” as conservative Methodists declare end to moratorium
United StatesRNS In his first official address as president of the United Methodist Church’s Council of Bishops, Bishop Thomas Bickerton of the New York annual conference called out conservative groups that are encouraging United Methodist churches to join a splinter denomination, citing divisive rhetoric and “accusations and statements that are just not true”. Bickerton accused […]
Vote delayed again, some United Methodists say they quit. Now what?
RNS Last week, when the United Methodist Church postponed – for the third time in as many years – a vote on an orderly plan to split the mainline Protestant denomination long riven by disagreement over the full inclusion of its LGBTQ members, some conservative United Methodists announced they were finally done: They would launch […]
Parting ways: Reformed Church in America splits as conservative churches form new denomination
KATHRYN POST, of Religion News Service, reports that as a new denomination is created, some who remain in the RCA are concerned for its survival…
ESSAY: WHY THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH’S PLAN FOR SEPARATION IS GOOD FOR EVERYONE
In an article first published on Religion News Service, Rev CAROLYN MOORE, founding pastor of Mosaic Church in Evans, Georgia, and the vice-chairwoman of the Wesleyan Covenant Association, writes about why she’s hopeful about the latest plan for separation of the UMC…