Recently, the United Methodist bishops released a thoughtful narrative on what it will look like in the United Methodist Church after the Global Methodist Church splits away and we move forward in history. We have an exciting and hopeful future. We will continue to be a diverse church of traditional, centrist, and progressive Christians, bound together by the love of Christ. We will value healthy diversity about the issues of our day and give people space to practice their faith in different contexts.
It is simply a false narrative that the UMC will be “progressive” and the GMC will be “traditional.” This binary way of thinking is being promoted by those who want to entice others to leave our denomination with them.
You may read the bishop’s narrative of our future yourself here. It speaks to the heart of why I wish to stay in the UMC.
