Listening Posts Offered Prior to Special Session of the General Conference

By The East Ohio Conference Delegation* The Special Session of the General Conference, that has been called to address a way forward for The United Methodist Church on the matter of human sexuality, will be held February 23-26, 2019, in St. Louis, Missouri. As East Ohio delegates to this Special Session of the General Conference, [...]

United Methodist Bishops Recommend a Way Forward

  For immediate release  May 4, 2018 United Methodist Bishops Recommend a Way Forward CHICAGO – United Methodist bishops, meeting in Chicago, engaged in a prayerful process to discern a way forward.  At the conclusion of the discernment process, the Council of Bishops strongly approved the following motion and rationale: Having received and considered the [...]

“We are the church of today,” Youth Tell EOC Delegates

By Rick Wolcott* A Special Session of General Conference has been called for February 23-26, 2019 in St. Louis, Missouri. Its purpose is to act on a report by the Council of Bishops based on proposals from the Commission on a Way Forward.  The Commission was created by action of General Conference 2016 and was tasked [...]