It’s a Math Thing
In conversations about United Methodist disaffiliations, I’ve heard lots of talk about people voting “abstain” and how those “should be counted”. First some disaffiliation background… In disaffiliation votes, in order to succeed, a vote must garner 67% (66.6%) or more “yes” votes of the “members present.” So, if 100 members are present, a church would […]
Reading the wrinkles
Well, we received word today of another wrinkle in the Protocol to split the United Methodist Church amicably. The Annual Conference of Liberia passed a resolution regarding the Protocol on Friday that takes issue with all of the main planks in the Protocol’s platform. You can read the entire resolution here –> https://peopleneedjesus.files.wordpress.com/2020/02/resolution-of-the-lac-umc-to-the-global-church-for-partners.pdf A few […]