Tag: Traditionalist
Liberians want changes in Protocol
![Liberia Conference considered changes in Protocol](https://michiganumc.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Liberian-Conference-960-Feb-2020.jpg)
Liberia’s General Conference delegates are mandated to work for changes in the financial aspects of the Protocol and lower the percentage of votes needed for a conference to leave The… Continue Reading Liberians want changes in Protocol
Two conferences to vote on Protocol
![Bishop Yambasu at GC 2016](https://michiganumc.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Yambasu-preaching-2016.jpg)
A Protocol of Reconciliation & Grace through Separation made global news on January 3. Legislation to enact it at GC2020 will be considered in Michigan and Sierra Leone in March.
Traditionalist event draws big crowd
![Chris Ritter is a proponent of the traditionalist approach](https://michiganumc.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Ritter-Chris.jpg)
Those gathered in Alabama around a Traditionalist church considered a future that’s, “a season of messiness, a season of building, that’s also an opportunity.”
Love of UMC moved plan forward
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A panel of United Methodists and their chief mediator, Kenneth Feinberg, explain how the Protocol of Reconciliation & Grace Through Separation plan was formed. Read more and view the video… Continue Reading Love of UMC moved plan forward
Reaction aplenty to separation plan
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Rev. Kennetha Bigham-Tsai, chief connectional officer of The United Methodist Church, is among those sharing thoughts on the new plan for possible separation of The United Methodist Church.
Take a deep breath
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“If I was still a local church pastor,” says Rev. Jack Harnish, “I would tell my congregation something like this from the pulpit this morning. ‘Take a deep breath.’”
WCA anticipates new, traditionalist church
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The Wesleyan Covenant Association (WCA) recently held its fourth global gathering, drawing about 1,000 to Asbury UMC in Tulsa, Oklahoma with another 2,000 watching by simulcast.
Group drafts separation plan
![Worship Center at 2019 GC. Talks continue about unity or separation of UMC.](https://michiganumc.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/2019-GC-Worship-Center-UMNS.jpg)
The Indianapolis Plan for proposed UMC separation, is being put forward by a group including traditional, progressive, and centrist viewpoints.