“The twitter community held the General Conference accountable.” - The Rev. Becca Clark The last day of GC2012 is a good time to catch up on some stories from earlier in the week. This interview is from Wednesday, the day after guaranteed appointment came up on the floor of General Conference, and was passed as …
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May 03
Human sexuality amendments fail
During morning plenary, delegates voted down two amendments to the Social Principles that sought to acknowledge members of the United Methodist Church disagree on homosexuality. Tita Parham and Kathy Gilbert are covering this story for UMNS; I’ll talk with them on tonight’s GC2012 Radio podcast. I went out to the hall during the break and …
May 02
Trust – You can’t require it, you can only give it.
“The only way to get trust is to give it first.” the Rev. Sergei Nikolaev
May 02
Conversation with Bishop William Boyd Grove
Bishop William Boyd Grove has been a busy man since January. He’s the resident bishop for the West Virginia Annual Conference, a role he stepped into after Bishop Earnest S. Lyght retired on December 31, 2011. This week at General Conference, he’s also sitting in several plenary sessions as an “advising” bishop. He explains that …
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May 18
Harriett Jane Olson Reflects on #gc2012
by Leigh Rogers
Harriett Jane Olson, the top executive of United Methodist Women, shares her thoughts on how to rethink the church’s structure in light of the failed support for restructure proposals at General Conference 2012.
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