General Conference

Episode 341: Christy Thomas – The UMC Must Die

Our guest for #341 is our friend Christy Thomas. Christy is a retired UMC Elder and journalist from Texas. She writes at the website The Thoughtful Pastor on Patheos. You may remember Christy from our coverage of the United Methodist Church’s General…

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One Plan to Rule Them All

The church is starting to crack at the seams. And by the church, I mean the United Methodist Church. We’re in the middle of a fight – we want to know who is compatible with Christian teaching, and who is not. We’ve been arguing about it for years. “The practice of homosexuality is incompatible with…

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I’m not Methodist.

I am not Methodist. I know bits and pieces of the history of the UMC but I would never dare to speak on it because I don’t know near enough. I am not a clergy person and I don’t have a mantle full of theology degrees to boast. I’m a lay person. I grew up…

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