Tag: The United Methodist Church
GC 2020 nominations are now open
![Michigan Delegates at the 2016 General Conference in Portland, OR](https://michiganumc.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Screen-Shot-2018-10-12-at-2.33.21-PM-1.png)
The process is in place to nominate delegates, clergy and laity, for election to serve at the 2020 General and Jurisdictional conferences. Nominations are due by February 15, 2019.
Court assesses constitutionality
![2016 Book of Discipline](https://michiganumc.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/2016-Discipline.jpg)
Top court urged during hearing to rule in advance on constitutionality of legislation to come before special 2019 General Conference.
Celebrating a shared Wesleyan heritage
![Methodist family together in London.](https://michiganumc.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/British-Amer-Methodists.jpg)
Two sister churches — The Methodist Church in Britain and The United Methodist Church– look to increase their global connection.
Rescuing Outler’s visions
Scholar says the late Rev. Albert Outler’s famous Uniting Conference address has been misinterpreted.
Witnesses recall birth of UMC
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They were in Dallas, 50 years ago, at the union of the Methodist Church and Evangelical United Brethren Church.
50 years of witness
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Bishop David A Bard gives thanks for five decades of sharing God’s love as a United Methodist Church.
A church came together in 1968
![Forming the UMC](https://michiganumc.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Uniting-Conference2.jpg)
When much of the world was splitting apart, Wesleyan Christians were coming together to form a new denomination.
UMC membership tops 12.5 million
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The worldwide United Methodist Church grows even as the U.S. continues to see its membership and worship attendance slide.
Be like John Wesley
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Missional, counter-cultural, sacramental, and marginal … words that describe Wesley’s drive to spread holiness.