General Conference Recap: … and Know that I am God

By Rick Wolcott* https://player.vimeo.com/video/942723701?h=9302d99e55&title=0&byline=0&portrait=0 To download the video above, first click the share button in the upper right corner of the video window, then click the Vimeo link. Then, on the Vimeo page click the download link underneath the video window. Nearly 800 delegates from across the worldwide United Methodist Church gathered in Charlotte, North [...]

Delegates Vote to Reduce Number of Bishops and Adopt 2025-2028 Budget

By Rick Wolcott* The morning business session on the last day of the postponed 2020 General Conference began with a report from the Interjurisdictional Committee on Episcopacy proposing a reduction from 39 to 32 bishops serving the five jurisdictions in the United States. Delegates approved the report with 631 voting in favor and 65 voting [...]

‘Get Out of God’s Way,’ Bishop Urges

By Rick Wolcott* “When was the last time you testified about God’s grace at work in your life? When was the last time you gave witness to how God carried you through a situation or circumstance that you know that it was only by the grace of God that you survived and still have a [...]