Methodism
For 250th anniversary of Asbury crossing, a tour of America’s historic Methodist churches
By Kit Doyle and Emily McFarlan Miller — October 22, 2021
(RNS) — Religion News Service selected a variety of historic Methodist churches to highlight during the 250th anniversary of Francis Asbury's arrival in America.
Jeff Sessions cleared in church complaint, perplexing some top Methodists
By Jack Jenkins — August 9, 2018
(RNS) — The dismissal of the case, several bishops and other leaders say, makes an unfounded distinction between personal behavior and political actions.
United Methodists debate, lobby and worry in advance of LGBT decision
By G. Jeffrey MacDonald — August 2, 2018
(RNS) — The United Methodist Church's decade-long debate over LGBT clergy and same-sex marriage is heading for a showdown in February that will determine whether the denomination will split up or go forward together.
The meaning of a religious ‘moment’
By Martin E. Marty — September 29, 2016
Only believers in inevitable and enduring progress, or who idolize their own efforts and causes, forget that episodes and moments come and go -- for better and/or for worse.
United Methodism’s global evangelical transformation
By Mark Tooley — May 27, 2016
(RNS) Decades ago it never occurred to me nor to many evangelicals in United Methodism that our church's membership decline and theological liberalism in America would be reversed by dramatic growth in Africa.
Hillary Clinton best understood as a Methodist (COMMENTARY)
By Guthrie Graves-Fitzsimmons — February 1, 2016
(RNS) To understand Hillary Clinton’s pragmatic politics, you must understand her Methodism.
Analyzing America’s vigilante love affair with guns (COMMENTARY)
By Marcia Pally — December 16, 2015
(RNS) Guns represent retaining control over and against government, even for those with no violent agendas.
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