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United Methodist Leaders: Long Soft on Hamas, Increasingly Anti-Israel

Morally muddled hot takes from the United Methodist Church on the recent massacres and war launched by the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas are simply the latest chapter in a long history of United...

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Compilation of United Methodist False Teachings by Top Denominational Leaders

In an apparent panicky effort to limit the ongoing mass exodus of conservative church members, many United Methodist bishops and other liberal leaders have been suggesting that the UMC is solidly,...

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Beware Liberal NRSVue Bible Translation Update

In partnership with others, the extremely liberal National Council of Churches (NCC) has recently conducted an ambitious update of the New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) translation of the Bible,...

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Churches, Cuba & Communism

A July 23 New York Times full page ad implored; “Let Cuba Live!” Readers may have expected the ad to offer solidarity to anti-regime protests and to call for an end to Cuba’s 62-year-old Communist...

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Christian Left Rallies Against Filibuster in DC, Links Senate Rule to Fascism

Prominent members of the Christian Left gathered in Washington, DC on Monday afternoon to “make holy trouble” and rally against the Senate filibuster rule. One speaker called the push to do away with...

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Race and Religion in the Post-Election

In a recent podcast Jim Winkler, President and General Secretary of the liberal and declining National Council of Churches (NCC), discussed polarization, race and religion with Michael Reid Trice of...

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Better Than Ezra: “Draw the circle wide” for Pagan Idolaters, Enthuses...

National Council of Churches President and General Secretary Jim Winkler offers embarrassingly bad exposition of the Old Testament Book of Ezra this week. Writing for the ecumenical council’s...

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NCC Korea Prayer Gathering Blames Both Sides

On Thursday June 7 the Friends Committee on National Legislation (FCNL), a lobbyist wing of the Religious Society of Friends, in conjunction with the National Council of Churches (NCC) hosted a prayer...

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A Broken Process: Lobby Agency Puts Liberal Americans In Charge of Making UMC...

The United Methodist Church’s controversial General Board of Church and Society (GBCS) has now released a public draft of its proposal to rewrite the entirety of the denomination’s Social Principles,...

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UMC Lobby Office Disregards General Conference, Lobbies for Taxpayer Funding...

Last week, most United Methodists around the United States and elsewhere were making plans to celebrate fatherhood. But under the leadership of the Rev. Dr. Susan Henry-Crowe, the United Methodist...

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NCC: Yay Cuba! (P.S., We Still Exist)

The United States, for the very first time last week, abstained on a vote at the United Nations (U.N.) condemning the American embargo against Cuba. This resolution is perennially “used by Cuba and...

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Religious Leaders Wear Orange Jumpsuits, Protest Guantanamo Outside U.S. Capitol

Several top religious leaders donned orange jumpsuits and demanded that the United States government close its prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. They appeared in a series of short videos released by the...

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NCC Frets Anti-BDS Legislation

Officials with two church councils are raising concerns about Israel’s interactions with human rights and humanitarian aid groups following the arrest of a Palestinian World Vision official accused by...

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Progressive Clarion Call at Claremont’s Commencement

General Secretary and President of the National Council of Churches (NCC) and former General Secretary of the United Methodist General Board of Church and Society (UMGBCS) decried white supremacy, male...

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Belief: Oprah’s Documentary Series Exploring Spirituality

Officials from several religious traditions, including the National Council of Churches, have partnered with former talk show host and author Oprah Winfrey to promote a new television series...

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After the Pope, What’s Next? NCC Conversation on the Papal Visit to DC

On October 7 at Capitol Hill Presbyterian Church, the National Council of Churches (NCC) hosted a conversation on Pope Francis’s visit to Washington, DC. The purpose of the meeting was for a number of...

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Conference Call Encourages Christians to Support Iran Deal

On August 27, the Friends Committee on National Legislation (FCNL), a Quaker lobbying organization, hosted a conference call focused on the pending Iran Nuclear Deal, which Congress will likely vote in...

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How Churches Should NOT Address Political Issues

What are good and bad ways for a church or denomination to officially address political issues? Few churches can honestly say that they have no witness on social issues whatsoever. Most of those...

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What is the Foundation for United Methodist Political Lobbying?

The differences between IRD/UMAction and groups like the United Methodist Church’s General Board of Church and Society (GBCS) or the unofficial Methodist Federation for Social Action (MFSA) are well...

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Does Gay UMC Group Want to “Burn the Damned Church Down”?

Will the national leadership of the Reconciling Ministry Network (RMN), the main unofficial United Methodist caucus seeking church acceptance of homosexual practice along with extra-marital sex more...

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