United Methodist Church
These UMC deacons are more like doulas than circuit riders
How Sacred Stones Ministries is bringing new ministry models to birth
by Eric Smith
Three United Methodist pastors and their delight in ministry
A visit to three congregations around Austin, Texas
The United Methodist meeting offered no clear way forward. What now?
The UMC, a global church, prides itself on its democratic and decentralized polity. All this shapes its response to LGBTQ couples and clergy.
The Methodist mess in St. Louis
The UMC's response to declining membership is to spend millions deciding who else we can exclude.