by Brett Bucklin Church attendance is dropping. As time continues to pass, more people are not attending a church, or becoming members of one. Why is church membership declining nation-wide?  Has church become a country club where we only belong if we fit in with the right people? This may be true, but it may […]

by Rev. Jackie Gardner As guaranteed appointments decline in the connection, reflecting on African American’s history of mistreatment, wonder what will this mean if there is a schism? African Americans have been with the Methodist connection from early on.  Richard Allen and Harry Hosier were there at the first conference, the Christmas Conference.  Hosier even traveled […]

My wife Joanie and I went at the end of April to Montgomery, Alabama for two reasons. First, I was invited to be interviewed for a documentary about the powerful ministry of my friend John Ed Mathison and how it has influenced my ministry. Second, we attended the Go Global Conference conducted by the Wesley […]