UMC Resources
Ask the UMC series: Is the United Methodist Church really...?
What should United Methodist congregations know about disaffiliation?
PDF of Book of Discipline amendments of 2019
Free 2016 Book of Discipline OR can purchase an e-book or print book from Amazon or other booksellers.
Progressive Resources
UMC Next: “The UMCNext group is a collection of ministers and others who are working on the future of what the UMC will be post-separation.” Rev. Dr. McKennon Shea
UMC Insight: This is a non-profit publication that was founded in December 2011 by Cynthia B. Astle, a veteran religion journalist who serves as Editor. UM Insight is sponsored by St. Stephen United Methodist Church of Mesquite, TX.
Reconciling Ministries Network
Rev. Dr. Steve Harper (recommended by Rev. Amy Coles)
Rev. Adam Hamilton Facebook video of his views of UMC issues (recommended by Rev. Dr. McKennon Shea)
Centrist Resources
Traditionalist Resources
Additional Resources from Congregants
-Submitted by MATT MILLER
Adam Hamilton:
Rob Renfroe:
https://www.youtube.com/c/GoodNewsMethodist
-Submitted by JAMIE COLLINS
Schism in the Body
https://www.theassemblync.com/long-form/united-methodist-church-gay-marriage/
-Submitted by SAMANTHA H KLEMME (6/14/22)
“What the Bible says about Homosexuality”
https://www.hrc.org/resources/what-does-the-bible-say-about-homosexuality
“Requiem for the UMC”
https://um-insight.net/perspectives/requiem-for-the-united-methodist-church/
-Submitted by GWEN RUSSELL
This video is very clear about what's happening with the Methodist Church!
Cornerstone UMC Houston Bishop Scott Jones Q&A 08-14-2022
This is by Dr. William Willimon who is a retired American theologian and bishop in the United Methodist Church and former Director of the Doctor of Ministry program at Duke Divinity School.
https://www.christiancentury.org/article/opinion/united-methodist-divorce-mistake
More recent and written by Bishop Kenneth Lee Carder who is a retired bishop of The United Methodist Church who served the Southeast Jurisdiction.
Here is the link for the video "Why We Are Staying In The UMC” by Adam Hamilton
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1unw5LwdiQ
-Submitted by JOHN THOMAS:
YouTube Links from Trinity on the Hill UMC's Fact Finding Team:
"Status of UMC Presentation" - a presentation on UMC's conflict over doctrinal and human sexuality issues
"Denomination & Legal" - the pros and cons of denominational choices facing our church and a discussion of legal issues concerning disaffiliation
https://www.trinityonthehill.net/denomination-update/
"Why I am leaving the United Methodist Church"
https://afnn.us/2022/10/16/why-im-leaving-the-united-methodist-church/
-Submitted by Dan Smoak
https://wesleyancovenant.org/2022/11/12/the-big-tent-has-collapsed/
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