LGBTQ+ delegates applaud change, but ‘there's still work to do’
General Conference 2024 was a good start toward full inclusion of LGBTQ+ people, North Central Jurisdiction delegates say. But there is still work to be done.
Read MoreAvoid the echo chamber and walk alongside other cultures
"I know that my episcopal area is not the only area dreaming of new ways of being better siblings to those who were here first . . . We collectively have the opportunity to do a good thing,” Bishop Plambeck (Dakotas-Minnesota Episcopal Area) told North Central Jurisdiction delegates.
Read MoreWesleyan Vile-tality: A Call to United Methodist Renewal
Dr. Ashley Boggan D. of the General Commission on Archives and History urges NCJ delegates to embrace "Wesleyan vile-tality" as a core aspect of Wesleyan identity.
Read MoreNorthern Illinois Conference seeks to yield to God’s leading: 2024 Conference Summary
Observing a Wesleyan spiritual practice rather rallying around a slogan, members of the 2024 session of the Northern Illinois Conference of met from June 16 to 18 in Schaumburg to yield to God as they recognized ministry milestones, worshiped, and voted on policies and resolutions.
Read MoreBishop's State of the Church Address, 2024
"We don’t have 330 churches. We have 330 experiments. We are missional incubators," said Bishop Dan Schwerin in his State of the Church Address at Annual Conference. "Yield to the call forward and get on an experiment for the gospel!"
Read MoreStronger Together: A time to celebrate our connexion
"Our Northern Illinois Conference has many reasons to celebrate," observes Rev. Fabiola Grandon-Mayer, Northern Illinois Conference's director of connectional ministries. "Although we are not all the same, come from diverse backgrounds, and have different opinions, we are one in Christ Jesus. As we work for the kin-dom, we are not islands; we are one body working together to make a difference in this world."
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