Scott Field, Pastor of the First United Methodist Church of Crystal Lake, recently re-branded “First Church,” next moved on to the impact the late February St. Louis international convention would have on Crystal Lake. First he told a little of … Continue reading
Questions and and answers were the next order of business for Scott Field, the minister of the First United Methodist Church of Crystal Lake. I asked why we were sending any money to the Northern Illinois Conference. Part of Field’s … Continue reading
Crystal Lake First United Methodist Church Pastor Scott Field explained some of the background of the Methodist Church. It comes from an evangelical theology in which the United Methodist Church requires a three-fourths vote of the membership is required to … Continue reading
The United Methodist Church is what is called a “connectional” church. For starters, that means all churches follow the same standards. Secondly, under the current Church Discipline, Crystal Lake Methodist Pastor Scott Field said, “If I were in a same … Continue reading
During the third week of February next year there will be headlines concerning what Methodists do at a special conference in St. Louis. A fight has been going on since 1972 in the church about homosexuality. At issue is whether … Continue reading
The following was published on the Chicago Catholic Blog Sunday, July 29th. McHenry County Blog has received permission to reprint the column by Cardinal Francis George: Reflections on “Chicago values” Recent comments by those who administer our city seem to … Continue reading
Whenever homosexuals win a victory, it is trumpeted all over the media. At the world convention of the United Methodist Church in Tampa this week, the homosexual agenda took a beating, however, and I couldn’t find a line of type … Continue reading
Shortly after noon, the following email arrived from the United Methodist Church group Good News: After a very emotional morning of debate on the General Conference floor regarding homosexuality, hundreds of onlooking demonstrators crossed the bar of the conference right … Continue reading
Just in from the Confessing Movement web site: Thursday, May 3 – Day 9 of General Conference Update, 10:45 am: The full petition regarding human sexuality has been defeated with 368 votes in favor and 572 votes against. As delegates prepared to take … Continue reading
The big news out of the Tampa’s Methodist convention for friends of Israel and for those who know the impact of Motorola and Caterpillar on the Illinois economy is the overwhelming defeat of liberal efforts to force Methodist investments out … Continue reading
Below is the Institute for Religion and Democracy’s take on the votes this morning for United Methodist Church Judicial Council slots. It’s a slightly different twist on the Good News email published earlier today. Good News from General Conference Some … Continue reading
Here is an update from Mark Tooley of the Institute of Religion and Democracy about what happened Saturday: Update from General Conference Your prayers are being heard! The Church and Society legislative committee, finishing its work Saturday night, rejected attempts … Continue reading
I got two emails Saturday describing what is happening in Tampa during the early stages of the General Conference of the United Methodist Church. The Conference is the counterpart of the quadrennial political party conventions in the United States, except … Continue reading
Every four years the United Methodist Church holds a convention. Just like the Republicans and the Democrats. This year Methodists affiliated with the UMC will convene in Tampa. (The vibrant Korean Methodist Church is not one of those affiliated.) There … Continue reading
News out of the every four year international conference of the United Methodist Church that I didn’t see in the mainstream media is that the 2008 General Conference delegates in Houston rejected liberals’ efforts to endorse homosexual marriage. Mark Tooley, … Continue reading
News out of the every four year international conference of the United Methodist Church that I didn’t see in the mainstream media is that the 2008 General Conference delegates in Houston rejected liberals’ efforts to endorse homosexual marriage. Mark Tooley, … Continue reading
Immediate past Northern Illinois Conference of the Methodist Church Joesph Sprague was infamous for supporting the homosexual agenda. Until this week, I have not seen evidence that his successor Hee-Soo Jung was following in his footsteps. Now, The Institute of … Continue reading
Immediate past Northern Illinois Conference of the Methodist Church Joesph Sprague was infamous for supporting the homosexual agenda. Until this week, I have not seen evidence that his successor Hee-Soo Jung was following in his footsteps. Now, The Institute of … Continue reading
