This category is a collection of articles grouped into subcategories at the left about the Special Called General Conference of The United Methodist Church held in Saint Louis, MO, U.S.A. in February, 2019, and about the future of The United Methodist Church (UMC) as it is unfolding since. This special gathering of all the official delegates from all the Annual Conferences of the worldwide UMC, in raucous and contentious debate, continued the discriminatory language against LGBTQ persons and relationships, and added punitive measures. Many individuals, pastors, churches, conferences, jurisdictions, and even bishops have spoken out against this result. This site attempts to keep up with the resulting struggle for the future of the UMC.

There is an overwhelming amount of information here. The situation it covers is messy, discouraging, inspiring, and ultimately hopeful, in my opinion. This set of pages began when the United Methodist Association of Retired Clergy asked me to try to keep up with what was happening in the UMC. As UMARC is not neutral, neither am I nor this site. You can read UMARC's founding values here, and my faith commitments here.

Note that individual stories are updated as new information becomes known. This page lists the most recently updated pages. (Nearly all the links to web sites or resources open in a new window.) --Ben Roe