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Renewal & Reform Coalition responds to retired bishops’ call to alter UMC’s sexuality standards

Posted in Bishops, Book of Discipline, Doctrine, General Conference, Holiness, Ordination, Social Issues, United Methodist Church, tagged , on February 17, 2011 | 2 Comments »

The following statement was released Feb. 16 by the Renewal and Reform Coalition, composed of the Confessing Movement Within the United Methodist Church, Good News, Lifewatch, RENEW, Transforming Congregations, and UMAction. Links below have been added by MethodistThinker.com — Ed. – In early February 2011, a group of [32—now 36] retired United Methodist bishops issued [...]

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Podcast encore: Bishop Alfred Norris on ‘Vitality in Ministry’

Posted in Bishops, Church Renewal, North Georgia Conference, Ordination, Sermons, United Methodist Church, tagged , , on February 16, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

During February, while MethodistThinker is on hiatus from new postings, we’re showcasing podcasts from our fall 2010 season. This podcast features an address by Bishop Alfred Norris. Born in Louisiana in 1938, Alfred Lloyd Norris was educated at Dillard University in New Orleans and Gammon Theological Seminary in Atlanta. After serving for 16 years as [...]

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Riley Case: Seminaries and the decline of United Methodism

Posted in Bishops, Book of Discipline, Camp Meeting, Christian/Methodist History, Church Renewal, General Conference, Leadership Development, Ordination, Stewardship, UM Higher Education, United Methodist Church, tagged , on January 7, 2011 | 2 Comments »

The following commentary is by Riley B. Case, associate executive director of the Confessing Movement Within the United Methodist Church. Dr. Case served many years as a pastor and district superintendent in the UMC’s North Indiana Conference (now the Indiana Conference). He is the author of Evangelical and Methodist: A Popular History (Abingdon Press) and [...]

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Podcast: Bishop Alfred Norris on ‘Vitality in Ministry’

Posted in Bishops, Church Renewal, North Georgia Conference, Ordination, Podcasts, Sermons, United Methodist Church, tagged , , on October 18, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

The latest MethodistThinker Podcast features an address by Bishop Alfred Norris, currently interim president of Atlanta’s Gammon Theological Seminary. Born in Louisiana in 1938, Alfred Lloyd Norris was educated at Dillard University (New Orleans) and Gammon Seminary. After serving for 16 years as a United Methodist pastor and district superintendent in his native state, he [...]

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Podcast—Maxie Dunnam: ‘Pastor as Prophet, Priest, Evangelist’

Posted in Doctrine, Evangelism, North Georgia Conference, Ordination, Podcasts, Preaching, Sermons, United Methodist Church, tagged , , on June 8, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

The final podcast of our spring season features one of the most prominent United Methodist leaders of recent decades: Dr. Maxie Dunnam. Maxie Dunnam was born in Mississippi in 1934. After earning a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Southern Mississippi (1955), he went on to earn a Master of Theology from Atlanta’s [...]

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A salute to James Heidinger of Good News

Posted in Christian/Methodist History, Church Renewal, Doctrine, General Conference, Judicial Council, Media, Ordination, Social Issues, United Methodist Church, tagged , , , on July 3, 2009 | 1 Comment »

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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