Bible

Photo courtesy of the Council of Bishops.

Bishop Arichea, Bible scholar, dies at 87

United Methodists remember the bishop for his far-reaching scholarship on the New Testament and his advocacy for LGBTQ inclusion.

General Church

The Wesleyan Covenant Association has posted the first draft of the “Draft Book of Doctrines and Discipline for a New Methodist Church.” The document, a rule book for a proposed spinoff denomination from The United Methodist Church, was introduced Nov. 9 at Asbury United Methodist Church in Tulsa, Okla., during the association’s global gathering. Photo by Sam Hodges, UM News.

Scripture key to first draft of WCA discipline

The first glimpse of how a new Methodist denomination might look is available in the initial draft of a Book of Doctrines and Discipline released by the Wesleyan Covenant Association.

Mission and Ministry

An ecumenical gathering to commemorate and celebrate the 450th anniversary of the publication of the Bible in Spanish, known as La Biblia del Oso, which was published by Casiodoro de Reina in 1569, is set for Oct. 27 in San Antonio. Photo by Mike DuBose, El Interprete.

Celebrating the first complete Bible in Spanish

“The Bible of the Bear,” the first complete Bible translation to Spanish, will be celebrated at a ceremony in San Antonio.

Theology and Education

A panel on the back wall inside of Joannes de Dooper Church in Pijnacker, Netherlands, depicts the wedding feast at Cana. Photo by Hpruxpbvm, courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.

Ask The UMC: Was the wine at the wedding at Cana alcoholic?

During the temperance movement, there was an argument that somehow the wine in the Gospels was miraculously non-alcoholic, but is there evidence in the biblical text to support that argument?

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