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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 [...]
Chett Pritchett Development and Communications Associate Methodist Federation for Social Action After an inspiring International Gathering held at the Love Your Neighbor Tabernacle last night with over 300 in attendance, banners were hung today representing the members of the Common Witness Coalition. Hundreds of prayer ribbons were attached to the fence surrounding the Tabernacle. Hospitality [...]
In cooperation with the Love Your Neighbor/Common Witness Coalition, the Methodist Federation for Social Action (MFSA) has announced its schedule of major events for the 2012 General Conference April 24-May 4 in Tampa, Florida. The following information is an excerpt of the March 29th MFSA newsletter. . . . . . . . . . . . . [...]
Native American United Methodists Join Coalition for Full Inclusion Six Caucuses Support LGBT United Methodists—Face Debates at General Conference, April 24-May 5 Just days after Black and Asian caucuses in The United Methodist Church joined the Common Witness Coalition to work at the crossroads of issues, the denomination’s Native American caucus joined the coalition for [...]
I am delighted, excited, enthralled and enthused to read that the Black Methodists for Church Renewal and the National Federation of Asian American United Methodists have joined the Love Your Neighbor Common Witness Coalition. I have always felt if we are serious about the injustices against our own, we must also be serious about the [...]
The historic coalition of advocacy groups in The United Methodist Church made its first joint statement on the shooting death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin in Florida. “We are shocked by this shooting of an unarmed African American teen by an armed neighborhood watch person who contravened the directives of police by pursuing and shooting this [...]
The Methodist Federation for Social Action, Affirmation, and Reconciling Ministries Network would like to announce our two newest coalition partners! On Thursday, March 1st, Black Methodists for Church Renewal (BMCR) voted to support the Love Your Neighbor proposal and committed to partnering with us on General Conference strategies. The National Federation of Asian American United [...]
The Plumbline Position Papers by MFSA and the coalition partners are now available at plumblines.org. Petition tracking is available at http://calms.umc.org/2012/Menu.aspx. Search by word, paragraph, submitter, resolution or number. Once General Conference begins, we will add updates at gc12.org and you can follow Twitter updates using the hashtag #gc12love. To follow tweets from the General [...]
