These articles are about the Commission on a Way Forward and the Plans they eventually produced, and also including two other plans produced by two other groups: conservative bishops (the Traditionalist Plan) and United Methodist Queer Clergy Caucus (the Simple Plan). There are analyses of these plans and comparison charts produced by various folks.
Intro to the Special Called General Conference of 2019 (from UMC.org, with many helpful links)
Articles from the Western Methodist Justice Movement (WMJM)
- Resources on Four of the Plans - Narrative and History
- What's the Best Way Forward? (collection of opinions)
- "A Central Conference 101" Primer
- WMJM Supports One Church Plan
Articles from United Methodist News Service (UMNS)
- The Commission on a Way Forward Report
- The "Way Forward" for the UMC is explored in this series of 18 videos.
A Non-Exhaustive Primer on the Plan's Inconsistency with Methodist Theology, by Jack Amick, Director, Global Migration at UMCOR
[Note: This article hits the core of the issue with the Traditionalist Plan. Thanks to Cynthia Astle of UM-Insight for publishing it!]
March 14, 2019
Special to United Methodist Insight
While it could be argued that the so-called “Traditional Plan” is mean-spirited, judgey, and inconsistent with the Constitution of the United Methodist church, I would like to highlight in this article some of the ways that declaring homosexuality incompatible with Christianity, is actually inconsistent with Methodist theology. Read it here.
(Rev. Jack Amick is Director of Global Migration at the United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR). The views expressed here are his own and do not necessarily reflect policies of UMCOR.)