The Rev. Rob Renfroe says Good News and its partner the Wesleyan Covenant Association will be at General Conference, but with a limited agenda focused mainly on extending disaffiliation rights.
The Rev. Mark R. Holland, Mainstream UMC director, says General Conference should not add to the Book of Discipline a “top-down, uniform” exit path from the denomination.
A group of more than 270 delegates has issued a statement endorsing what many call “the three R’s” — regionalization, the Revised Social Principles and the removal of language about LGBTQ people.
In wide-ranging joint board meetings at Emory University, officials with the United Methodist boards of Global Ministries and Higher Education plotted an ambitious future despite the continuing challenge of diminishing resources.