Methonerds, this is a special blog post just for you. It relates, however, to a Judicial Council decision that has significant implications for the whole church. In case you are not a United Methodist and are punishing yourself for some great sin by reading about our church politics, or you are a United Methodist and…
Dr. Bill Arnold is a friend and dialogue partner. I got to know him first by our common work on the University Senate. We both care very much about the church, the work of ministry, and theological education. We are committed to the UMC and would see denominational division as a very sad and regrettable…
I’ve thought for some time that, while we have significant theological and ethical disagreements in the UMC, a large part of our difficulty with ecclesial disobedience at present is structural. Every tradition has internal disputes, but how we deal with these will come to bear in important ways on our life together–and whether life together is…