Methodists
Methodist supporters of Israel-related divestment regroup after setback
By Emily McFarlan Miller — May 16, 2016
PORTLAND, Ore. (RNS) The contentious issue of Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions arises at the United Methodist Church's general conference.
Methodists reject alternative format for divisive LGBT discussions
By Emily McFarlan Miller — May 12, 2016
(RNS) The General Conference voted down a discernment process that would have allowed delegates to discuss contentious issues in small groups.
The Methodists gather to argue about gay people again
By David P. Gushee — May 12, 2016
It's a titanic clash, tragic, unresolvable, filled with conflict and pain.
Why do some mainstream churches dislike Israel?
By Jeffrey Salkin — May 10, 2016
This Israel Independence Day, let's celebrate the Israel that really exists. Not the one of imagined perfection.
Hillary Clinton: ‘Make countering BDS a priority’
By Emily McFarlan Miller — May 9, 2016
(RNS) On the eve of the Methodist General Conference, Hillary Clinton has expressed her opposition to the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement, or “BDS,” one of the major issues set to be considered at the conference.
6 things to watch at the Methodist General Conference
By Emily McFarlan Miller — May 7, 2016
(RNS) Delegates to the United Methodist Church's General Conference will consider more than 1,000 proposals over two weeks.
Methodist General Conference to discuss LGBT issues — again
By Emily McFarlan Miller — May 6, 2016
(RNS) More than 100 petitions to the United Methodist Church General Conference have to do with human sexuality. And some are saying "it's time" for a change.
Rev. Gil Caldwell, a ‘foot soldier’ for civil rights, turns his eye to LGBT rights
By Adelle M. Banks — May 5, 2015
DURHAM, N.C. (RNS) The Rev. Gil Caldwell walked onto the campus of Duke Divinity School, leaning on a cane, alongside thousands of Duke alumni arriving for a reunion. But unlike the others, he wasn’t returning for a stroll down memory lane. He had come here for a glimpse of what might have been. Some 60 […]
Survey finds record 19 percent of religiously unaffiliated Americans
By Cathy Lynn Grossman — July 20, 2012
(RNS) Unbelief is on the uptick. People who check "None" for their religious affiliation are now nearly one in five Americans (19 percent), the highest ever documented, according to the Pew Center for the People and the Press. By Cathy Lynn Grossman.
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