The 2008 United Methodist General Conference in Ft. Worth, Texas, provides our denomination with an opportunity to take another major step forward toward reform, renewal, and revitalization! The Renewal and Reform Coalition desires to build on the momentum of the significant gains made at Pittsburgh in 2004 and Cleveland in 2000 and we plan on working to see the progress extended into the next quadrennium.
During General Conference 2008, updates were posted on The Confessing Movement website as well as this "one stop shopping" center for all of the General Conference news and information that the Renewal and Reform Coalition posted. Check it out today!
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We are United Methodists who love our church and who are centered on Christ. We believe in the historic Christian faith and are especially grateful for our Wesleyan understanding of God’s grace and his call for personal and social holiness. We are committed to renewing the United Methodist Church by promoting biblical truth and by praying for God’s Spirit to unite his people around our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
Thank you for your interest in the Confessing Movement. If we can be of any service to you or if you have a prayer request, please contact us. If you want to join with others in working to renew The United Methodist Church, please give us your contact information.
With God’s grace and because of people like you, we believe that the best years are ahead for the church we love.
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Thursday 01. of May 2008
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Verle L. Mitchell
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Re: April 30th Report From General Conference |
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I stand in complete incredulity regarding how we, as a Wesleyan denomination, could ever have arrived at where we are now. Our leadership seems not to believe the Bible, that we are sinners, that the power of God through Christ TRANSFORMS LIFE and that from the beginning book of Genesis&n...
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Wednesday 30. of April 2008
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Re: April 29th Report From General Conference |
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Thank you so much for your continuing efforts to steer our church to more Godly principles and actions, and for the reports from General Conference. I read with deepening dismay the reports about issues that divide and do little to call the world into relationship with Jesus. Were it not...
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Monday 28. of April 2008
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Rev. Harry J. Teuchert
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For the folks who wanted to remove the American Flags from our sanctuaries! |
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The Confessing Movement's report on the General Conference of The United Methodist Church included this bit of information yesterday. There was a proposal to remove the US flag from our church sanctuaries. This was voted down, but this shows how far the liberal element is prepared t...
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Friday 25. of April 2008
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Rich Buckley
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Re: April 25th Report From General Conference |
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Scrap the whole conference system and let us dues-paying church members vote on each issue through a direct mail-in vote. Let the membership also set the ballot issues through direct vote of interest well in advance then mail us all official ballots and let us mail in our v...
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Wednesday 23. of April 2008
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Johnny Hines, Jr.
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Too Many Resolutions! |
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Riley Case, in his commentary on umdecision2008.org about the glut of resolutions, has struck a nerve with me, also. That we have way too many resolutions is quite obvious. But, we also have too many resolutions that represent only a slim majority, at best. To address this situation, I would like to...
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Wednesday 23. of April 2008
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Pastor Phil Smith
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Re: Happenings: GC Legislation Groups 12 & 13 |
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Okay, I'm sufficiently overwhelmed now with all that nonsense! Are there any petitions regarding simply being the church the Scripture tells us to be? Good grief!
Pastor Phil Smith
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Friday 18. of April 2008
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Jim Beery
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Re: Happenings: GC Legislation Groups 8 & 9 |
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Praise the Lord! I thought I was the only United Methodist who feels the OPEN BIBLES should be added to the ' open minds, open hearts, open doors' statement. I appreciate your efforts so much - you are the salvation glue that holds the United Methodist Church together. Without your...
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