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On Sunday, April 29th, the Love Your Neighbor Coalition gathered for a joint worship that was led by the Reverends Tanya Linn Bennett and DeLyn Celec. Writer and theologian Dr. James H. Cone preached a message that shed light on contemporary issues of faith and justice, titled, “The Cross and the Lynching Tree.” Watch Dr. [...]
Ann Craig interviews United Methodist Deaconess Rachel Harvey, Associate Executive Director of Reconciling Ministries Network, about the future of our work and what lies beyond General Conference
On May 4, 2012, at the Love Your Neighbor Tabernacle, United Methodists from all over the country gathered to affirm their support for marriage equality and celebrate clergy who have affirmed to offer the church’s blessing to all couples. Currently, The United Methodist Church prohibits clergy from performing weddings and recognizing same-gender couples.
An interview with Bishop Judith Craig of the UMC’s East Ohio Annual Conference at the 2012 General Conference in Tampa, Florida
Delegate Albert Long speaks at the Love Your Neighbor Luncheon at the Tabernacle on May 3, 2012.
Rev. Nina Nichols interviews Uli Schompp about the carbon footprint.
Pastor Joseph Tolton interviews Bishop Julius C. Trimble about justice and the intersections of oppression. Profit from pain is inhumane.
Pastor Joseph Tolton interviews Rev. Sandra Cabrera. “No human being is illegal. Drop the ‘I’ word.”
Conversations with Jill Warren, Tim Tennant-Jayne, Jan Olsen, and Tiffany Steinwert Remember: Chaplains are here for you! The Love Your Neighbor Coalition recognizes that General Conference can be a stressful and sensitive time for many who attend or watch online. Affirmation: United Methodists for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Concerns is providing a Chaplain [...]
An interview with Mary Larson at the Love Your Neighbor Tabernacle
Rev. David Weekley, an openly transgender United Methodist clergyperson, and Giselle Lawn, a transgender Reconciling United Methodist, speak at the Love Your Neighbor Tabernacle.
A peaceful demonstration at the 2012 General Conference of The United Methodist Church
United Methodist Clergy Rally to Support for Marriage Equality United Methodists from across the United States will gather to affirm their support for marriage equality. The event will celebrate clergy who affirm they will offer the Church’s blessing to all couples. Currently, the United Methodist Church prohibits clergy from performing weddings and recognizing same-gender couples. [...]
On Sunday, April 29th, the Love Your Neighbor Coalition gathered for a joint worship that was led by the Reverends Tanya Linn Bennett and DeLyn Celec. Writer and theologian Dr. James H. Cone preached a message that shed light on contemporary issues of faith and justice, titled, “The Cross and the Lynching Tree.”
RMN Board Director Rev. Dr. Derrick Spiva leads a cross-cultural training session in the Love Your Neighbor Tabernacle with the assistance of Rev. Dr. Jimmy Dube and Rev. Sifiso Mpofu.
Young adults sing about love in a witness during breaktime at General Conference.
Sue Laurie interviews Bishop Jack Tuell about the call to listen to the Holy Spirit and the experience of following God’s leading.
Sue Laurie interviews openly gay New Jersey delegate Mark Miller (#standwithmark). We all have to grow as we listen for a deeper revelation of God. God loves us so much.
- Laurie Goodstein, The New York Times - The United Methodist Church, at its convention in Tampa, Fla., on Thursday, voted not to change long-contested wording in its book of laws and doctrines that calls homosexuality “incompatible with Christian teaching.” The vote was 61 percent to 39 percent against the change to the church’s “Book [...]
- Irie Price, Lubbock Online - Two Lubbock-area delegates are among the nearly 1,000 attending and voting in the United Methodist Church’s General Conference meeting taking place in Tampa, Fla. The Rev. Jimmy Nunn, Northwest Texas UMC conference director of mission and administration/church development, and the Rev. Rich Jones, pastor of Wolfforth UMC, will vote [...]
- Matt Smith, The Bay Citizen - Delegates at the United Methodist Church’s global convention on Thursday rejected proposals to eliminate a rule declaring homosexuality “incompatible” with Christianity. The 572 to 368 vote was a defeat for gay rights activists who have tried for years to change church doctrine. “God is weeping,” said Karen Oliveto, [...]
- Candace Chewell Hodge, Religion Dispatches – The United Methodist Church voted today to keep intact its section in the Book of Discipline that calls homosexuality “incompatible with Christian teaching” and sanctions only heterosexual marriage. New wording would have removed those passages. The vote came after a debate that became contentious when one African delegate compared homosexuality to bestiality and declared [...]
My name is Giselle Lawn, from Calhoun, Georgia, in the North Georgia Conference, and I love the Lord. I lived my entire life in the closet, suppressing the person God had created me to be and living according to societal norms and expectations until six years ago. Please join with me for a short prayer. [...]
