A recent poll reports that 53% of college faculty holds an unfavorable view toward “evangelicals” (www.jewishresearch.org/PDFs2?FacultyReligion.07.psd).  When, in the same poll, Muslims were given only a 22% unfavorable rat...

Evangelicals have always been suspicious of the National Council of Churches (NCC).   Back in the 1940s the NCC (then the Federal Council) sought to control religious broadcasting and drive “fundamentalists” off the air (the main reason for the formation of the National ...

Evangelical United Methodists are sometimes seen as malcontents when it comes to complaining about the denomination.   It is not uncommon to hear:  “United Methodism is far too liberal”; “United Methodism has lost its way”; “United Methodism is apostate.” 

These remarks shoul...

Methodist Federation for Social Action (MFSA) is celebrating its 100th birthday.  MFSA was founded in 1907 in an effort to bring added social consciousness to the church.  Its Social statements became the forerunner of our Social Creed today.   Though not an official agency of th...

Times change.  United Methodism was once on the forefront of programs and resources in support of traditional marriage and the Christian home.  The church emphasized Christian Home Month, celebrated Mother’s Day (now waylaid by feminist concerns), directed programs on Marriage Encounter an...

Bishops and others working with General Conference are to be commended for urging a new tone of civility in the debates leading up to and during next year’s General Conference at Fort Worth.   In a nation in which secular political discourse is becoming increasingly uglier could the United...