BY HEATHER HAHN UMNS REPORTER TAMPA, Fla. (UMNS) — The 2012 United Methodist General Conference spent the last hours of its last day May 4 scrambling to downsize agency boards, after the denomination’s top court ruled the “Plan UMC” restructuring legislation...
Teaser:GC delegates approve the restated Clergy Retirement Security Program. By Joey Butler* Thursday, May 3, 2012 | TAMPA, Fla. (UMNS) United Methodist clergy in the United States will continue to participate in a retirement program that includes a monthly pension payment. By a vote of 819...
Teaser:A decision to have each of the church's five U.S. jurisdictions separately bear the cost of their bishops was deemed "unconstitutional." by Linda Bloom A decision to have each of the five U.S. jurisdictions of The United Methodist Church separately bear the cost of episcopal...
BY LINDA WORTHINGTON UMCONNECTION STAFF David Hosey, a delegate from the Baltimore-Washington Annual Conference, speaks during a May 2 debate at the 2012 United Methodist General Conference in Tampa, Fla. Hosey spoke in favor of divestment from corporations profiting from Israeli...
Teaser:Delegates approved petitions dealing with the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, but they did not approve a measure to divest from specific companies. The Rev. We Hyun Chang, a delegate from the New England Annual (regional) Conference, holds a map of illustrating Israeli expansion into...
Teaser:Enthusiasm, expectations high as Vanguard Wave of malaria campaign begins. Imagine No Malaria announced today the commitment of 12 United Methodist annual conferences to support the denomination’s effort to end preventable malaria deaths in Africa. The annual conferences are part of...
Teaser:A restructuring proposal receives tentative approval from GC delegates. BY HEATHER HAHN UMNS REPORTER M. Garlinda Burton, top staff executive of the United Methodist Commission on the Status and Role of Women, speaks about proposed church restructuring on May 2 during the 2012 United...
Teaser:Lovett Weems discusses the struggle over measurements.Feature Word:MeasureFeature Caption:Lovett Weems discusses the struggle over measurements.
Teaser:United Methodists join 5 African-American denominations in full communion agreement. BY LINDA BLOOM Pan-Methodist church leaders join together at the 2012 United Methodist General Conference in Tampa, Fla. From left are: Bishop Sharon Zimmerman Rader, United Methodist Church; Bishop...
Teaser:Historic vote separates the national policymaking body of women organized for mission within the denomination from the church's mission agency for the first time in more than 70 years. By Yvette Moore May 1, 2012 By a vote of 889 to 20, General Conference made United Methodist Women an...
