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UMW leaders, UM bishops disparage Arizona immigration law, rally for ‘comprehensive immigration reform’

Posted in Bishops, Politics, Social Issues, United Methodist Church, United Methodist Women, tagged , , on May 19, 2010 | 13 Comments »

This post is by Liza Kittle, president of the RENEW Network, a renewal group that “advocates on behalf of evangelical women in the United Methodist Church” and “promotes mission outreach that offers Jesus Christ.” — Ed. In March, when House Speaker Nancy Pelosi publicly thanked the United Methodist Church for helping secure passage of a [...]

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UM renewal leader: ‘The UMC is worth fighting for’

Posted in Church Renewal, General Conference, Politics, Social Issues, United Methodist Church, tagged , on April 7, 2010 | 17 Comments »

Two weeks after many United Methodists were dismayed to discover that a General Board of the United Methodist Church was closely involved in passage of the sweeping new health-care law that has vastly expanded federal power and could lead to doctor shortages and medical delays, many evangelicals in the denomination are receiving a letter from [...]

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United Methodist Church facing health bill fallout

Posted in Bishops, Book of Discipline, Ethics, General Conference, Politics, Social Issues, United Methodist Church, tagged , on March 31, 2010 | 20 Comments »

In the wake of enactment of costly and controversial health-care legislation that will significantly broaden the federal government’s power over the U.S. health-care system — as well as over states and individuals — United Methodist bishops and other church leaders are attempting to mollify laity and clergy unhappy about the UMC’s role in supporting the [...]

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House Speaker thanks UMC for help in passing health bill

Posted in Book of Discipline, Ethics, General Conference, Politics, Social Issues, United Methodist Church, tagged , , on March 24, 2010 | 20 Comments »

Moments before Sunday night’s passage of a mammoth health-care bill that the New York Times described at the “most sweeping social legislation enacted in decades,” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi specifically thanked the United Methodist Church for “endorsing” the controversial bill. [W]e are proud and also humbled today to act with the support of millions of [...]

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UM pro-life group urges Sen. Ben Nelson: ‘Do no harm’

Posted in Bishops, Book of Discipline, Doctrine, Ethics, Politics, Social Issues, United Methodist Church, tagged , on January 27, 2010 | 3 Comments »

The United Methodist pro-life organization known as Lifewatch is urging Sen. Ben Nelson (D-Neb.), a United Methodist layman, to reconsider his support of the recently passed Senate health bill, even as passage of a final health bill grows increasingly unlikely in the wake of last week’s U.S. Senate election in Massachusetts. In December, Sen. Nelson [...]

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A United Methodist pro-life prayer guide

Posted in Bishops, Book of Discipline, Doctrine, General Conference, Politics, Prayer, Social Issues, United Methodist Church, tagged , on January 21, 2010 |

Friday (Jan. 22) marks the 37th anniversary of the United States Supreme Court’s decisions in the cases of Roe v. Wade and Doe v. Bolton. Taken together, the two rulings (authored by Justice Harry Blackmun, a United Methodist) effectively voided dozens of state laws aimed at protecting unborn children from abortion. Since then, abortion doctors [...]

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‘Church and Society’ decries pro-life amendment to health bill

Posted in Book of Discipline, Ethics, General Conference, Politics, Social Issues, United Methodist Church, tagged , , on November 20, 2009 | 8 Comments »

A representative of the United Methodist General Board of Church and Society (GBCS) appeared at a news conference this week to denounce an amendment — included in the recently passed House health-care bill — that would prohibit taxpayer-funded abortion. Linda Bales Todd, director of the Louise and Hugh Moore Population Project at GBCS, was among [...]

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Mark Tooley profiled in WORLD magazine

Posted in Bishops, Church Renewal, Politics, Social Issues, United Methodist Church, tagged , on September 29, 2009 | 10 Comments »

The Oct. 10 issue of WORLD, the Christian-based newsmagazine, offers a profile of one of the United Methodist Church’s most influential and controversial figures, Mark Tooley of the Institute on Religion and Democracy (IRD). For years, Tooley has been a thorn in the side of UM leaders who have sought to move the church away [...]

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‘Church and Society’ urges repeal of ‘conscience’ rule for health-care workers

Posted in Ethics, Holiness, Politics, Social Issues, United Methodist Church on April 3, 2009 | 4 Comments »

The United Methodist General Board of Church and Society (GBCS) is urging repeal of a federal regulation that seeks to protect doctors, nurses, pharmacists, and other medical employees who refuse to participate in care that violates their moral or religious beliefs. The Obama administration has indicated its intent to rescind the “Provider Refusal Rule” and [...]

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‘The George Bailey Effect’

Posted in Ethics, Politics, Social Issues on January 31, 2009 |

In response to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s recent comment that increased funding for government-supplied contraception services would ultimately “reduce costs of the states and to the federal government,” WorldNetDaily today posted an article I co-authored more than a decade ago with Christian financial teacher Larry Burkett. The piece is titled, “The George Bailey Effect,” playing [...]

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Top ten Methodist Thinker posts of 2008

Posted in Bishops, Book of Discipline, Christian/Methodist History, Discipleship, Ethics, Judicial Council, North Georgia Conference, Politics, Sermons, Social Issues, United Methodist Church on January 1, 2009 |

A year-end review of site stats shows that the following were the most-viewed posts in 2008: Joe Whittemore: ‘Enough is enough’ ‘Church and Society’ to Obama: End protections for unborn Judicial Council sends controversial cases back to conferences New research: What Americans really believe General Board of Church and Society goes to court Source documents [...]

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