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General Church
With some congregations considering leaving The United Methodist Church or just wondering about its future, Ask The UMC offers a series of questions and answers to help clear up some common misperceptions or misinformation around disaffiliation. Graphic by Laurens Glass, United Methodist Communications.

Ask The UMC: Is The United Methodist Church really... ? Part 10

This article addresses several issues including whether a re-vote on disaffiliation is allowed, whether United Methodist seminaries teach doctrines contrary to those of church, and whether The United Methodist Church endorses critical race theory.
General Church
Dr. David W. Scott. Photo © Hector Amador.

The many meanings of connectionalism

Church divisions have raised a host of questions about what it means to be connected, prompting a new look at this basic characteristic of Methodist community.
Bishops
The Standing Committee on Central Conference Matters, an international United Methodist leadership body, gathers in front of the entrance to a medieval castle in Braunfels, Germany. During a meeting in Braunfels, the group discussed the challenges facing its proposed Africa Comprehensive Plan, which would add five more bishops to the continent. Photo by Klaus Ulrich Ruof, Germany Central Conference.

Plan to add 5 African bishops faces challenges

An international United Methodist group has long been working to increase the number of bishops on the African continent but learned of financial and other difficulties now facing the plan.
Bishops
Amid the vitriol about rising church disaffiliations, Council of Bishops President Thomas J. Bickerton delivers a midterm State of the Church address. He called people who are staying United Methodist to change the conversation and reclaim God’s calling on the church. Photo courtesy of United Methodist Communications.

Bishop: Time to move from rancor to revival

Amid rising church disaffiliations, Council of Bishops President Thomas Bickerton called people who are staying United Methodist to change the conversation and reclaim God’s calling on the church.

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