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What if we Rethink Church?
Written: 3/20/2009
n What if Church wasn’t just a building, but thousands of doors, each opening to a different concept or experience of church? n What if Church was less about Sunday and more about the other days of the week? ...

Delegates expand knowledge of Church
Written: 5/16/2008
For more on General Conference 2008 see "Summary of major actions" By Joseph Harris, Director of Communications Exactly 40 years after delegates voted to create The United Methodist Church*, and within 40 miles of where that happened, people from 129 annual conferences gathered at the Fort Worth, ...

General Conference 2008 Summary of major actions
Written: 5/16/2008
By United Methodist News Service (View more related stories and photos online at http://umns.umc.org and www.umportal.org. ) The 2008 United Methodist General Conference opened April 23 with Communion, using a table created from trees destroyed by Hurricane Katrina. For the next 10 days, delegates...

Tal Oden retraces General Conference path since 1964
Written: 4/18/2008
By Holly McCray The question asked of Tal Oden seemed simple. What is a favorite memory from General Conference? He could not choose one. Oden is preparing to attend his 14th General Conference. He said, "The high points are numerous at every General Conference. There are usually five to 10 maj...

General Conference 2008
Written: 3/21/2008
What is General Conference? Internet class is free Take a free online course to get a basic working knowledge of the Church’s legislative process that is followed at General Conference. Go to: http://moodle.umcom.org/moodle/index.php.  The course, "Exploring General Conference...

Brothers ready for General Conference
Written: 3/7/2008
Tom, left, and Bill Junk are brothers and lay delegates to General Conference. By Holly McCray They plan to travel there together, but brothers Bill and Tom Junk don’t expect to see each other much during the 10 days they’ll be at the General Conference of The United Methodist Church, set for ...

Delegates count down to General Conference
Written: 2/22/2008
Judy Benson of Frederick and Bob Long of Oklahoma City lead the 2008 General and Jurisdictional delegation from Oklahoma Conference. By Holly McCray Two months remain before the 2008 UM General Conference convenes in Fort Worth, Texas. The window of preparation and study is rapidly closing for the...

New general secretary
Written: 10/19/2007
Oklahoma church leaders congratulate Erin M. Hawkins, second from right, who was installed Oct. 4 as general secretary for the denomination’s General Commission on Religion and Race (GCORR). Oklahoma City hosted the commission’s ceremony and fall board meeting. The UM agency, headquartered in Wa...

Major efforts under way to recruit young clergy
Written: 3/10/2006
Rocio Del Carmen Ramirez sported green hair and a punk look when she played piano at her inner-city Chicago church—a style that many older church members disparaged. "I’m grateful for the compassion of that pastor. The pastor always said God wanted her to give me time," said the 26-year-o...