The July/August issue of Good News magazine features many words of appreciation (from bishops, professors, pastors, and lay people) for the Rev. Dr. James V. Heidinger II, who retired this week after 28 years of leading United Methodism’s flagship renewal ministry. He is variously described as “cheerful,” “passionate,” “gracious,” “patient,” “humble,” “sensitive,” “thoughtful,” “truthful,” and [...]
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ThinkerTwitter: MethodistThinker adds Twitter feed
Posted in Media, tagged UMC, United Methodist Church on June 5, 2009 |
In the right column of this page, just below the list of Today’s Most-Viewed Posts, you will now see a box labeled ThinkerTwitter. It features (primarily) quick summaries of interesting news items, plus links that will take you to additional information. In most cases, items in ThinkerTwitter feed will not be discussed here in the [...]
Podcast: John Wesley on ‘The New Birth’
Posted in Christian/Methodist History, Doctrine, Evangelism, Media, Podcasts, Preaching, Sermons, tagged Audio on March 30, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Posted below is the debut edition of The MethodistThinker Podcast, featuring timeless teaching by Methodist pastors and leaders. This week, a sermon by the founder of the movement: Anglican clergyman John Wesley! Click the audio player below for details — or download an mp3. (The podcast is 11-and-a-half minutes.) ∞ Next week, a sermon by [...]
Coming soon: The MethodistThinker Podcast
Posted in Bishops, Leadership Development, Media, Preaching, United Methodist Church on March 23, 2009 |
A recent post by Southern Baptist blogger Trevin Wax has stirred my thinking about how bishops and other UM leaders can more effectively sow into the lives of younger pastors and leaders. I continue to see articles and hear comments about the loss of young pastors from the ranks of the [Southern Baptist Convention]…. To [...]
Wesleyan Christian Advocate to end publication this month
Posted in Media, North Georgia Conference, United Methodist Church on March 9, 2009 |
The March 20 edition of the Wesleyan Christian Advocate will be the 172-year-old newspaper’s final issue “in its current format,” according to a story in the Advocate‘s March 6 edition. The newspaper of the North and South Georgia Conferences, battered in recent years by rising costs and declining revenues, then will go through a “two-stage [...]
Wesleyan Christian Advocate to ‘cease publication’; paper may merge with UM Reporter
Posted in Media, North Georgia Conference, United Methodist Church on February 3, 2009 | 1 Comment »
After a long financial struggle, the Wesleyan Christian Advocate, the 172-year-old newspaper of the North and South Georgia Conferences, will cease publication within the next six months. The paper, however, may continue in a different form as part of Texas-based UMR Communications, publisher of the UM Reporter, owner of the UM Portal web site, and [...]
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- Defying PC(USA) judicial commission, N. Calif. Presbyterians won't censure pastor who performed homosexual weddings ow.ly/aWLal - 2 days ago
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