United Methodists for a Gracious Exit

Byhenry September 23, 2018

This is something I can support: United Methodists for a Gracious Exit. No matter what we do as a church, we need to be gracious to others.

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All Tangled Up in Solutions
Byhenry June 24, 2009
Imagine being on a ministry committee with the responsibility for examining the plan for Jesus and his congregation (the disciples) going to Jerusalem that final week. What would you consider? What would you recommend? From my observations of the various decision making bodies in churches, I suspect there would have been a few people who…
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UMC Prejudice or Inertia
Byhenry December 26, 2008
I’ve watched with some concern the posts by John the Methodist, and more recent commentary by John Meunier on the same topic. There are things I would like to say, but I’m hampered by a complete lack of knowledge of the particulars. This morning I read Shane Raynor’s report, and he has some rather interesting…
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How About Planting a Church?
Byhenry March 3, 2010
That’s what Allan Bevere suggests as the ordination process, based on his experience in Cuba. I find the idea attractive, at least for certain types of ministry. There might be other ways to test various gifts. It does relate to a problem I’ve noted amongst United Methodist ministers, many of whom come out of seminary…
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In the UMC Debate, Keep This in Mind
Byhenry May 26, 2014
… from Joel Watts on Maxie Dunnam.
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UMC General Conference Endorses Clergy Letter Project
Byhenry May 12, 2008
I’m a little behind the power curve on this one, but I found out about these via an e-mail from Michael Zimmerman of the Clergy Letter Project. The first resolution is #80990 (tracking) which includes the line: * endorses The Clergy Letter Project and its reconciliatory programs between religion and science, and urges United Methodist…
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When One Issue Drowns Out Others
Byhenry November 26, 2018
After interviewing Allan R. Bevere a few days ago I discovered another video. First, here’s my interview with Allan. We were talking about the United Methodist Church General Conference in 2019 looking for a way forward as a denomination with regard to same-sex marriage and related issues. The new video is from the Adventist News…
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