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Delegates raise their hands during a session of the 2019 United Methodist General Conference in St. Louis. The coronavirus pandemic has led organizers to postpone General Conference again to 2022, leaving delegates with mixed emotions. File photo by Kathleen Barry, UM News.

Another GC2020 delay brings relief, chagrin
While not disputing COVID-19’s ongoing threat, some delegates expressed frustration that so many big decisions about The United Methodist Church’s future remain on hold.
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The Rev. Stanley R. Copeland. Photo courtesy of the Rev. Stanley R. Copeland

A vision of new United Methodism
Just as the world will face a new normal due to ways that COVID-19 has changed us, the new United Methodism will definitely be different, writes a Dallas pastor.
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A group of traditionalists committed to leaving The United Methodist Church has chosen "Global Methodist Church" as the name for the denomination they are planning to form. They also unveiled this logo. Logo courtesy of the Global Methodist Church.

Planned denomination gets name
‘Global Methodist Church’ is choice of traditionalists planning to separate from The United Methodist Church.
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The Rev. Paul T. Stallsworth. Photo courtesy of the Rev. Paul T. Stallsworth

Can a divided church serve a divided society?
As The United Methodist Church heads toward possible separation, a pastor reflects on what history can teach us.

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