General Conference 2016 Updates 2

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Scenes from Day 6, General Conference

Scenes from Day 7, General Conference

Scenes from Day 8, General Conference

Scenes from Day 9, General Conference 

Breaking Up Is Hard to Do

by Karen Oliveto

May 15, 2016

We Desperately Need Adults at General Conference #UMCGC

by Patrick Scriven

May 15, 2016 

Delegates, supporters stand with LGBTQ people

Kathy L. Gilbert and Sam Hodges

May 14, 2016│PORTLAND, Ore. (UMNS) 

We ARE they

Erik Alsgaard  |  May 13, 2016 

Indigenous Filipinos bring pleas for justiceCorrects name

By Kathy L. Gilbert and Gladys Mangiduyos

May 14, 2016│PORTLAND, Ore. (UMNS) 

Remember rural churches, advocates say

By Linda Bloom

May 14, 2016 | PORTLAND, Ore. (UMNS) 

Bishop Devadhar: Listen to each other and God

By Beth DiCocco

May 14, 2016 | PORTLAND, Ore. (UMNS) 

May 14 wrap-up: Young ambassadors share hope, committee work finishes

By Barbara Dunlap-Berg

May 14, 2016 | PORTLAND, Ore. (UMNS)

Bishop Ough receives gavel, becomes Council of Bishops president

May 12, 2016

By: Christa Meland 

GC2016 plenary pauses for Black Lives Matter demonstration

By Jessica Brodie

May 16, 2016│PORTLAND, Ore. (UMNS)

Clergy offer support to LGBQT pastors despite GC2016 action

By Kathy L. Gilbert

May 16, 2016│PORTLAND, Ore. (UMNS)

Five elected to Judicial Council

By Linda Bloom

May 16, 2016 | PORTLAND, Ore. (UMNS) 

Clergy-related petitions pass GC2016

By Sam Hodges

May 16, 2016 | PORTLAND, Ore. (UMNS) 

Bishops vow to work toward unity, accountability

By Heather Hahn

May 16, 2016 | PORTLAND, Ore. (UMNS)

Delegate asks for legislation first, presentations laterUpdates with vote on rules

By Sam Hodges

May 16, 2016 | PORTLAND, Ore. (UMNS) 

May 16 wrap-up: Week Two begins with elections, celebrations, protests

By Joey Butler

May 16, 2016 | PORTLAND, Ore. (UMNS)

United Methodists Agree on Homosexuality

May 16, 2016 

I Thank God General Conference Is Not the Church

by James C. Howell

May 16, 2016

A $20 Million Coup in the United Methodist Church

by Sara Baron

May 16, 2016 

The Necessary End of a One-Size-Fits-All #UMC

by Jeremy Smith

May 16, 2016 

Live Report: St. Paul Delivers a Speech at General Conference Addressing the LGBTQI Debate

by Chris Owens

May 16, 2016 

It's Time to Let Go

by Kathryn J. Johnson

May 16, 2016 

Weeping Over a Will for Destruction

by Dalton Rushing

May 16, 2016

I Thank God General Conference Is Not the Church

by James C. Howell

May 16, 2016 

Church hanging onto unity despite cracks in the wallsUpdates with reaction, more quotes

By Kathy L. Gilbert and Sam Hodges

May 17, 2016 | PORTLAND, Ore. (UMNS)

Conference pleads with bishops for leadership

By Kathy L. Gilbert and Sam Hodges

May 17, 2016 | PORTLAND, Ore. (UMNS) 

GC2016 proposal calls for new panel on growth

By Heather Hahn

May 17, 2016 | PORTLAND, Ore. (UMNS)

Bishop Abrahams urges Wesleyan commitment to the marginalized

By Linda Bloom

May 16, 2016 | PORTLAND, Ore. (UMNS) 

Term limits for bishops fails at GC2016

By Sam Hodges

May 17, 2016 | PORTLAND, Ore. (UMNS) 

United Methodists Grapple with Being a Worldwide Church

By Elliott Wright

May 17, 2016, PORTLAND, Or

The United Methodist Church Reaffirms Its Commitment to the Four Areas of Focus

By Mary Andreolli

May 16, 2016, PORTLAND, Ore 

May 17 wrap-up: Schism rumors quashed

By Joey Butler

May 17, 2016 | PORTLAND, Ore. (UMNS)

An Offering for a Way Forward from the Council of Bishops

May 18, 2016 

AN OFFERING FOR A WAY FORWARD FROM THE COUNCIL OF BISHOPS

by Reconciling Ministries Network | May 18, 2016 

Why I Support the Bishops’ Way Forward

5/18/2016

By the Rev. Dr. Karen Oliveto 

Mandatory penalties ruled unconstitutional

By Linda Bloom

May 18, 2016 | PORTLAND, Ore. (UMNS) 

Text of Next Steps and Continuing Discussions from Statement from Council of Bishops for #umcgc on May 18, 2016 

Passed: The Bishops lead a very Methodist way forward

May 18, 2016 by UMJeremy

The Bishops were requested to lead, and they did, and the General Conference voted to let them…eventually. 

GC2016 puts hold on sexuality debateUpdates with plan approved

By Heather Hahn and Sam Hodges

May 18, 2016 | PORTLAND, Ore. (UMNS)

Mandatory penalties ruled unconstitutional

By Linda Bloom

May 18, 2016 | PORTLAND, Ore. (UMNS)

GC2016 recalls, laments Sand Creek Massacre

By Sam Hodges

May 18, 2016 | PORTLAND, Ore. (UMNS)

May 18 wrap-up: Sexuality dominates debate in unexpected ways

By Joey Butler

May 18, 2016 | PORTLAND, Ore. (UMNS)

Bishop Swanson: ‘Evil is going, too.’

By Tamica Smith Jeuitt

May 18, 2016 | PORTLAND, Ore. (UMNS)

Oklahoma Indian Missionary Conference celebrates 40 years of voting rights

By Kyle Wallace

The Three Essentials of the Wesleyan Gospel

by Morgan Guyton

May 19, 2016

The Means Are the Ends at #UMCGC

by Jason Valendy

May 19, 2016 

All In: Bishops Gambling On The Middle Against Both Ends

by Jeremy Smith

May 19, 2016

A Bumpy Rollercoaster Ride Forward on Unity

by Cynthia B. Astle

May 18, 2016