Called for A Purpose
By Bishop Mark J. Webb “You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you so that you…
Witnessing Boldly
By Bishop Scott Jones Years ago, I quit praying, “God, please bless what I am doing.” Instead, I have prayed…
The Early Growth of the Global Methodist Church
A Report from Rev. Keith Boyette, Transitional Connectional Officer I sometimes hear people say: “The Global Methodist Church (GM Church)…
Bishop Scott Jones Joins Global Methodist Church
By Walter B. Fenton United Methodist Bishop Scott Jameson Jones, the former leader of the UM Church’s Great Plains and…
Bishop Mark Webb Joins Global Methodist Church
By Walter B. Fenton United Methodist Bishop Mark J. Webb, the former leader of the UM Church’s Upper New York…
How Beautiful Upon the Mountains
By Walter B. Fenton Fortunately, other than sore muscles and bruised egos, we returned safely to the lodge after an…
Immanuel – God With Us: A Meditation on Isaiah 7:14
By Keith Boyette The incarnation is a linchpin of the Christian faith. Orthodox Christianity, as confessed in the Apostles’ and…
The Imperative of Prayer
A Message from the Global Methodist Church Prayer Steering Committee Recently Rev. Dr. Terry Teykl challenged and inspired some Global…
The Way Home: A Meditation on Isaiah 35:1-10
By Nako Kellum Many people go home for the holidays. Before the Covid-19 Pandemic, I used to go back to…
A Changed Nature: A Meditation on Isaiah 11:1-10
By Suzanne Nicholson A modern fairy tale describes a scorpion asking a frog to give him a ride across a…
Remembering the Future: An Advent Meditation on Isaiah 2:1-4
By Daniel G. Topalski The Advent season starts with a prophetic reminder of the last days – the days to…
Giving Thanks
By Keith Boyette With grateful hearts, we pause to give thanks to and praise God for his extraordinary acts in…
A Reflection on Psalm 133
By Walter B. Fenton How very good and pleasant it is when kindred live together in unity! Psalm 133.1 As…
Leaning Into Our Mission
By Keith Boyette The mission of the Global Methodist Church is to make disciples of Jesus Christ who worship passionately,…
Global Methodist Church’s Transitional Leadership Council Elects New Leader
By Walter B. Fenton Oklahoma attorney Cara Nicklas has been elected to serve as chairwoman of the Global Methodist Church’s…
The Church, Millennials and Connection
By Walter B. Fenton Just when many local churches in the United States despaired of ever attracting Millennials (26 –…
Big Challenges and Big Faith in Bulgaria
By Walter B. Fenton “We never believed we’d be living in a time like this,” said the Rev. Tsvetan Iliev,…
Hurricane Ian Disaster Relief Efforts Continue
Within a day of Hurricane Ian making landfall in Florida, disaster relief provided through the generosity of donors to the…
In Appreciation of Our Clergy
By Keith Boyette Gratitude – thankfulness – is a wonderful attitude. Gratitude means someone or something has been seen, acknowledged,…
Each Church Fully Alive for Christ – Nehemiah Journey 2.0
By Scott Pattison & Jill Jackson-Sears Two years ago the Revitalization Task Force of the Wesleyan Covenant Association, under the…
Disaster Relief Funds Needed in the Wake of Hurricane Ian
Many of our sisters and brothers in Florida and elsewhere have a long road ahead of them as they assess…
Taking the High Road
By Walter B. Fenton As it has done so often, Africa Initiative continues to exhibit grace, wisdom, and courage in…
A Fresh Start
By Keith Boyette This past Saturday, 82 churches in the Central Texas Conference completed the process of withdrawing from The…
A New Formula: Multiplying Methodism after Division
By Walter B. Fenton The Rev. Dr. Jeff Greenway and Bishop Emeritus Mike Lowry pull no punches in their newly…
Clergy Deployment in the Global Methodist Church
By Keith Boyette The decision on who will be the pastor of a congregation is among the most important decisions…
Advance Approval of Local Church and Clergy Membership in the Global Methodist Church
By Keith Boyette Since the Global Methodist Church launched on May 1, 2022, we have received member congregations in Eurasia,…
Global Methodists, Methodically Organizing for a Faithful Future
By Walter B. Fenton Less than four months from its origins, the Global Methodist Church continues to welcome local churches…
Church Planting, the GMC, and You
By Steve Cordle “I think you’d make a good church planter.” I was surprised when a fellow pastor said that…
Embracing a Rich and Vibrant Faith
By Walter B. Fenton The Global Methodist Church’s Transitional Leadership Council (TLC) adopted a catechism for the new denomination on…
Multiplication in the Kingdom of God
By Keith Boyette “We have five Methodist churches in this county and most of them are struggling. Why do we…
A Rich Past to Fuel a Faithful Future
By Walter B. Fenton The tyranny of the present is an ever present danger to the church. We can become…
Preparing the Way: Baptisms, Connectional Funding and Benefits
By Keith Boyette The Global Methodist Church celebrates several recent developments – baptisms at a new church plant, the announcement…
The Bible and the Creeds
By Walter B. Fenton “Pastor, the service was particularly moving this morning,” said Christina as she, her husband, and three…
Let Us be Christ’s Church in the World
By Walter B. Fenton Since the launch of the Global Methodist Church its Transitional Leadership Council (TLC) has, on a…
The Global Methodist Church in the Public Square: Restraint and Modesty
By Walter B. Fenton One of the running jokes among students at the divinity school I attended went like this:…
Bulgarian Global Methodists Committed to a Faithful Future
By Walter B. Fenton “We notified Bishop [Patrick] Streiff about our intentions to leave The United Methodist Church; we sent…
Forging Ahead: Key Updates from the Global Methodist Church
By Keith Boyette Periodically, we will devote an article regarding developments in the Global Methodist Church. Our focus will be…
Connectional Funding in the Global Methodist Church
By Keith Boyette Just seven weeks old, the Global Methodist Church is, as anticipated, a small collection of local congregations…
Patchwork of Exit Terms Create Confusion
By Walter B. Fenton When The United Methodist Church’s Commission on General Conference postponed the 2020 General Conference for the…
Confusion and Clarity
By Walter B. Fenton Transitions inherently involve some degree of confusion. A sense of certainty is lost and where one…
Moving Forward with Senior Executive and New Council Members
The Global Methodist Church’s Transitional Leadership Council has appointed the Rev. Keith Boyette as its Transitional Connectional Coordinating Officer beginning…
Global Methodist Church and Asbury Theological Seminary Partner in Church Planting Initiative
By Walter Fenton May 11, 2022 Asbury Theological Seminary and the Global Methodist Church have entered into an agreement for…
The Spirit of a New Connection
By Walter Fenton May 4, 2022 Since John Wesley and his friends founded the Methodist movement in the middle of…
A New Beginning
By Keith Boyette April 27, 2022 The Transitional Leadership Council, the body charged with leading the Global Methodist Church until…
Chaplaincy and the Global Methodist Church
By Bob Phillips and Gary Clore April 20, 2022 “How shall we sing the Lord’s song in a strange land?”…
In the Middle of Holy Week
By Walter Fenton April 13, 2022 In a small Bible study class for teenagers, a boy volunteered to read one…
Learning about the Global Methodist Methodist Church
April 6, 2022 The Global Methodist Church has recently posted a number of resources on its website to introduce the…
Ramifications for Local Churches of Recent Developments
By Walter Fenton March 30, 2022 Late last year the UM Church’s Commission on General Conference publicly shared that it…
Hopes and Aspirations
By Walter Fenton March 23, 2022 Perhaps the easiest and safest posture to adopt about any new venture is a…
How Clergy Align with the Global Methodist Church
By Keith Boyette March 16, 2022 As 2022 began much of the world was starting to breathe a little easier.…
The Process for Congregations to Join the Global Methodist Church
By Keith Boyette March 9, 2022 With the announcement that the Global Methodist Church will begin operations on May 1,…
Global Methodist Church Sets Official Launch Date
With humility, hope and joy, a 17 member body of theologically conservative Methodist clergy and laity, known as the Transitional Leadership…
Death and Life
By Walter Fenton March 2, 2022 Almost every family has at least one good storyteller in its midst, or even…
What We Believe Matters
By Keith Boyette February 23, 2022 The foundation of the Global Methodist Church is the person and work of Jesus…
Bishop Mike Lowry Joins Transitional Leadership Council
By Walter Fenton February 16, 2022 Bishop Mike Lowry, recently retired leader of The United Methodist Church’s Fort Worth Episcopal…
A Global Church Full of All God’s People
By Angela Pleasants February 9, 2022 Over the past few years, I have had the honor of working alongside twenty-two…
The Local Church in the Global Methodist Church
By Walter Fenton February 2, 2022 All things considered, many theologically conservative local United Methodist churches are relatively healthy and…
A Timeline for the Global Methodist Church
By Walter Fenton January 26, 2022 As most countries around the world emerge from strict lockdowns in response to the…
Transitional Leadership Council Members and the Formation of the Global Methodist Church
By Walter Fenton January 19, 2022 “Like so many United Methodists, I am ready for the Global Methodist Church to…
Launch of Global Methodist Church Eagerly Anticipated
Keith Boyette January 12, 2022 As chairperson of the Transitional Leadership Council of the Global Methodist Church (in formation), I…