In thinking about what a good split would look like in the United Methodist denomination, I hope we finish well. I hope that those that leave follow through with their commitments. I also hope that those that stay follow through with theirs as well.
What are those commitments. I try to pick out the ones that I think are most relevant at this time. Are there others you would include?
So…I’ve learned a lot about YouTubing over the last 3.5 years. I currently have the second largest United Methodist YouTube channel in the Dakotas. Embrace Church is beating me, but I’m beating Dakota Wesleyan.
How did this happen when I post primarily on church finances? I go over 8 things to think about to increase your views in this post. Most are super easy to fix and, because I’m cheap, they won’t cost a dime.
Many of us are fortunate enough to know what a good home feels like. It might be your biological home or with your in-laws or even with a group of good friends, but it’s so important to have a good home if we are going to do our best work.
In this week’s offering, I give you three questions to ask yourself (either as an individual or a church) to help in discerning if the UMC or GMC will be a good home.
By default, I’m a transactional person. I tend to focus on the things I can count…especially the dollars. Over the years I’ve had to accept that a healthy balance sheet is meaningless if lives are not being transformed.
Sheri Meister shares her thoughts and experiences in working with Transactional Churches vs Transformation Churches.
I received this great question from one of our pastors in the Dakotas UMC: Our church has faithfully paid our pension bills so why would we owe more if we choose to leave the denomination?
Pensions are a complicated topic, but an analogy occurred to me that may help.
What is the destination for the United Methodist denomination? Is it staying unified? Is it separating amicably? Either of those are fine destinations, but our real destination is making disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world. What’s stopping us?
It took me a long time to accept that the United Methodist denomination was heading for a split. Does it have to be a messy, heavily litigated split? I hope not. It’ll be painful, but possibly we can lessen the damage by keeping these four principles in mind.