Library of Related Articles
Category | Title | Link to Original Document | Date |
North Alabama Conference of the UMC | Disaffiliation Process for North Alabama Conference | 04/19/2022 | |
North Alabama Conference of the UMC | North Alabama Disaffiliation Q&A’s | 2022 | |
North Alabama Conference of the UMC | Bishop Debra Wallace-Padgett presentation of Stay UMC | 06/26/2022 | |
North Alabama Conference of the UMC | Message from Bishop Wallace-Padgett: Seven Impressions from the 2022 North Alabama Annual Conference | 07/06/2022 | |
North Alabama Conference of the UMC | A letter and video from the NAC3 Team written for North Alabama Conference churches discerning disaffiliation. It also describes the commitments of North Alabama Conference leadership about how we will conduct ourselves as we approach the 2024 General Conference. | 06/02/2022 | |
North Alabama Conference of the UMC | Message From NAC3 Team: Sharing the same feelings and holding to the same truths | 07/28/2022 | |
North Alabama Conference of the UMC | Message From NAC3 Team- A vision for our future | 08/25/2022 | |
Stay UMC | Strategies suggested by #stayumc. A Coalition of North Alabama Methodists Working to Stay in the UMC | 07/10/2022 | |
Stay UMC | Stay UMC Website & About | 2022 | |
Bishop | Council of Bishops’s hope for unity | 11/04/2021 | |
Bishop | Part 1 of the UMC’s Response to the arguments being made about violation of church law and doctrine | 07/20/2022 | |
Bishop | Part 2 of the UMC’s Response to the arguments being made about violation of church law and doctrine | 07/20/2022 | |
Judicial Council Rulings | Court Clarifies Disaffiliation Rules | 02/09/2022 | |
Judicial Council Rulings | Good News Organizations Interpretation of Judicial Council Rulings | 02/11/2022 | |
Judicial Council Rulings | Bishops discern ways for churches choosing to separate from UMC; seek court’s guidance on Jurisdictional Conferences | 03/16/2022 | |
Judicial Council Rulings | Judiciary Council rules that Annual Conferences can not leave as one | 05/10/2022 |
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Judicial Council Rulings | Judiciary Council creates new church law regarding Jurisdictional Conferences | 05/20/2022 | |
Judicial Council Rulings | Judiciary Council modifies the new church law it created regarding Jurisdictional Conferences | 06/01/2022 | |
Judicial Council Rulings | Four Q&As on ¶2548.2 disaffiliation decision by the Judicial Council | 08/25/2022 | |
Financial Implications | Wespath explains how pensions will be handled for individuals in disaffiliation | 04/29/2022 | |
Financial Implications | Wespath policies regarding how pensions are treated for clergy departing the UMC | 06/15/2022 | |
Property & Trust | Those Wanting to Leave the UMC Hit Roadblocks on Alternative | 08/25/2022 | |
Property & Trust | South Carolina Supreme Court enforces Trust Clause with Episcopal Churches | 04/20/2022 | |
Property & Trust | California-Nevada Board of Trustees adopts disaffiliation agreement template with 20% Market Value of property | 06/06/2022 | |
Property & Trust | Missouri Courts reject lawsuit by local church citing that that the state has no place in settling church disputes | 06/23/2022 | |
Property & Trust | Federal judge refuses to allow lawsuit by a local church challenging the trust clause in Wisconsin regardless of merits or lack thereof, because of the separation of church and state | 07/25/2022 | |
Protocol | The Original Protocol – Agreement | 2020 | |
Protocol | Stay UMC summarizes the Protocol | 2022 | |
Protocol | The Original Protocol – Legislation | 2020 | |
Protocol | The Original Protocol – FAQs | 2020 | |
Protocol | WCA Response to sponsors of the Protocol not keeping their part of the agreement | 06/10/2022 | |
Protocol | Wespath Reversal in Protocol Agreement in Treatment of Global Methodist Churches | 03/21/2022 | |
Protocol | A Statement about the Protocol of Reconciliation and Grace through Separation | 06/01/2022 | |
General | Stay UMC addresses concerns about Disaffiliation | 2022 | |
General | Summary of the UMC Struggles | 04/01/2022 | |
General | Article about the history of schisms in Methodism | 05/02/2022 | |
General | Bishop urges end to falsehoods, pivot to future of the UMC | 08/23/2022 |
General | African Pastor describes difficulty in Africa of changing the definition of marriage away from Scripture | 05/31/2022 | |
General | Ramifications for Local Churches of Recent Developments | 06/03/2022 | |
General Conference Postponement | Attempts to Get Vaccines to African Delegates Deemed Inappropriate | ||
General Conference Postponement | Bishops, others denounce WCA’s vaccine plan | 01/18/2022 | |
General Conference Postponement | Early Announcement Hinting at Cancellation of 2023 GC | 02/04/2022 | |
General Conference Postponement | African Delegates Request that General Conference Not be Delayed | 02/21/2022 | |
General Conference Postponement | Groups offer conflicting calls on General Conference | 02/23/2022 | |
General Conference Postponement | Official Announcement of Postponement of General Conference | 03/03/2022 | |
Other Conferences | Website of Woodlands UMC in Texas showing their research and process of discernment | 2022 | |
Other Conferences | Abide South Georgia: We are a community of lay and clergy who desire for the South Georgia Annual Conference to remain together as a part of the United Methodist Church. | 2022 | |
Other Conferences | Brentwood Disaffiliation Report | 07/07/2021 | |
Same Conference | Guntersville UMC Disaffiliation FAQ Page | ||
News Articles, Opinion Pieces, & Commentaries | |||
Article Commenting on the Current Situation | Article by UMC Bishop Mike Lowry reflecting his experiences with UMC leaders who do not believe in the Trinity, the Divinity of Jesus, and embrace universal salvation | 06/29/2020 | |
Article Commenting on the Current Situation | Article by retired Bishop William H. Willimon stressing the importance of staying together. | 08/17/2022 | |
Article Commenting on the Current Situation | Opinion article on the pointlessness of having doctrines, church law, and the Discipline when bishops refuse to, or arbitrarily enforce it, causing a dysfunctioned, unmanageable organization | 06/02/2022 | |
Video Commenting on the Current Situation | Sermon by John Robbins of Pulaski Heights UMC on Staying in the UMC | 05/29/2022 | |
Article Commenting on the Current Situation | Commentary discussing the shortening time for a congregation to disaffiliate | 07/28/2022 | |
Video Commenting on the Current Situation | Should I Stay or Should I Go? A discussion hosted by the Connectional Table | ||
Article Commenting on the Current Situation | Commentary on how openness to all emerging sexual identities may eventually erode the concepts of monogmy and adultery | 07/19/2021 | |
| Video Commenting on Current Situation | Rev. Rob Renfroe explains the theological and spiritual issues surrounding the division within The United Methodist Church. | Watch | 6/23/2022 |
Article Commenting on the Current Situation | ST Kimbrough, Jr. on John Wesley and Division | 04/28/2022 | |
Article Commenting on the Current Situation | Adam Hamilton describes his “Three Buckets” approach to Biblical interpretation which erodes the authority Scripture, leaving the right to reject undesired passages to the reader | 03/11/2014 | |
Videos Commenting on the current Situation | A series of videos with Adam Hamilton aiming to provide information and conversation among clergy and laity who want to work together for the future of the United Methodist Church–holding together various backgrounds and theological positions to offer the strongest possible witness to the love of Jesus Christ. | ||
Article Commenting on the Current Situation | Adam Hamilton’s address at Asbury UMC in Birmingham | 05/11/2022 | |
Article Commenting on the Current Situation | A Thinking Christian’s Response to “Adam Hamilton Comes to Birmingham” | 05/16/2021 | |
Article Commenting on the Current Situation | Rev. Steve West comments on what is keeping him a part of the UMC | ||
Article Commenting on the Current Situation | Rev. Steve West responds to Chris Ritter of the WCA about a Two Methodism’s Comparison Chart | ||
Article Commenting on the Current Situation | Methodist Cleric on Bible: Not Reliable | 06/15/2022 | |
Article Commenting on the Current Situation | Addressing Myths about the Future UMC | 06/15/2022 | |
Article Commenting on the Current Situation | An outside article commenting the broader Biblical and creedal principles at stake in the current human sexuality debate | 07/20/2022 | |
Articles Commenting on the Current Situation | SGAUMC Posts Disaffiliation Considerations | 06/21/2022 | |
Articles Commenting on the Current Situation | WCA calls on United Methodist churches to withhold their apportionments | ||
News Article (Other Conferences) | Johnson shares her story of transitioning to trans woman | 10/11/2021 | |
News Blog Post | Global Methodist Church (GMC): Where did it come from? | ||
News Article (Other Conferences) | Lesbian UMC bishop facing complaint for saying Jesus held ‘bigotries,’ is being made into ‘an idol’ | 12/04/2018 | |
News Article (Other Conferences) | Resistance to Transitional Plan Accelerates | 01/07/2020 | |
News Article (Other Conferences) | Open Letter to California-Nevada Conference Concerning Glide Memorial UMC and it not functioning as a Christian Church | 06/24/2018 |
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News Article (Other Conferences) | First drag queen certified as a candidate for United Methodist ministry ‘speaking in a new way to new people’ | 04/15/2021 | |
News Article (Other Conferences) | Mt. Bethel Sued by Conference | 09/08/2021 | |
News Article (Other Conferences) | Mt. Bethel Allowed Legal Representation from WCA | 11/15/2021 | |
News Article (Other Conferences) | Mt. Bethel describes current state following settlement with Conference | 06/01/2022 | |
News Article (Other Conferences) | Mt. Bethel Church Says It’s Not Joining Foundry Network | 08/27/2022 | |
News Article (Other Conferences) | Iowa Bishop Allows Each Church to Determine Marriage Policy | 12/03/2021 | |
News Article (Other Conferences | Western Jurisdiction Bishops pronounce that they will not enforce the discipline if they consider the Discipline inappropriate | 11/06/2019 | |
News Article (Other Conferences) | WCA Response to Iowa Defiance of Discipline | 12/07/2021 | |
News Article (Other Conferences) | Bishop Placed on Leave by Bishop Oliveto. The Bishop on leave Intervened at Oliveto’s former church since it did not reflect Christian beliefs or practices | 03/10/2022 | |
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News Article (Other Conferences) | The Baltimore / Washington Board of Ordained Ministry chooses to ignore Discipline requirements for ordination candidates | 06/10/2022 | |
News Article (Other Conferences) | Bishop Scott Jones retires two years early because “Increasing disobedience and escalating conflict” | 06/17/2022 | |
News Article (Other Conferences) | Florida’s veto of an entire class of new UMC clergy | 06/09/2022 | |
News Article (Other Conferences) | Explanation of how all provisional candidates for ministry were rejected because several did not pass Discipline requirements that were going to be ignored by the presiding bishop of Florida | 06/21/2022 | |
News Article (Other Conferences) | Historic Methodist Church started by John Wesley now hosts same sex marriages | 06/30/2022 | |
News Article (Other Conferences) | A Baptist article detailing the happenings in Annual Conferences around the world in the UMC debates | 06/30/2022 | |
Possible Affiliations | |||
Potential Affiliations (Free Methodist) | Free Methodist Affiliation Agreement | 02/19/2020 | |
Potential Affiliations (Free Methodist) | Free Methodist Bishop speaks at Guntersville First UMC | 06/05/2022 | |
Potential Affiliations (Free Methodist) | Bishop Keith Cowart presentation on Free Methodist | 06/12/2022 | |
Potential Affiliations (GMC) | THE TRANSITIONAL BOOK OF DOCTRINES AND DISCIPLINE THE GLOBAL METHODIST CHURCH (GMC) | 05/2022 | |
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Potential Affiliations (GMC) | Global Methodist Church Website | ||
Potential Affiliations (GMC) | Connectional Giving formula for the Global Methodist Church | 06/08/2022 | |
Potential Affiliations (GMC) | A more up-to-date explanation of funding in the Global Methodist Church, indicating that maximum church apportionments would be no more than 5% | 06/08/2022 | |
Potential Affiliations (GMC) | How the Global Methodist church plans to provide health insurance and retirement benefits for local churches through Wespath | 07/20/2022 | |
Possible Affiliations (GMC) | A Comparison of The United Methodist Church & The Global Methodist Church | ||
Possible Affiliations (The Foundry Network) | Dr. Robin Scott of Asbury UMC presentation of “The Foundry” Independent Church | 08/23/2022 | |
Possible Affiliations (The Foundry Network) | Former UMC Large-Membership Churches Start New Network | 08/25/2022 | |
Possible Affiliation (Independent Wesleyan Church) | Pastor Gresh Harbuck of ONEighty presentation Independent Wesleyan Church |
