A group from a Kansas City United Methodist Church left on a mission trip to Guatemala, not knowing their biggest mission would be finding a way back home. Fourteen students ages 14 through 17 and five adults are stuck in Guatemala.
The United Methodist Church General Conference organizers have determined enough improper voting likely took place at the 2019 special session in St. Louis to nullify a key vote on how congregations can leave the denomination.
Writer Jonathan Merritt warns that recent decisions at the United Methodist Church's special gathering in St. Louis last week could send the denomination down the same path as the Southern Baptist Convention after their "conservative resurgence" decades ago.
ST. LOUIS (RNS) — A special session of the United Methodist Church decided Tuesday (Feb. 26) to strengthen the denomination’s ban on the ordination and marriage of LGBTQ people, by a delegate vote of 438-384.
ST. LOUIS (RNS) — In a surprise, the plan recommended by the United Methodist Church’s Council of Bishops was rejected Monday (Feb. 25) by the denomination’s decision-making body.
ST. LOUIS (RNS) — Delegates to a special session of the United Methodist Church decided Sunday (Feb. 24) to start deliberations over the denomination’s future by talking about money. Then they will talk about sex.