Church Leadership
Local Church
‘Sacred Trust’ report touts local church leadership
United Methodism should consider returning to its roots by relying more on lay people and ordained local ministers, deacons and elders, according to a church report.
General Church
Protocol process painful but fruitful
Participants in mediation talk about how agreement was found among markedly different perspectives for the future of The United Methodist Church.
General Church
Group of bishops calling for ‘deeper conversations’
Eight active and retired United Methodist bishops released a statement calling for the church to be open to new expressions of Methodist witness.
General Church
United Methodists behind closed doors
The United Methodist Church can be messy, but church law requires that nearly all meetings be open.