By Yvette Moore, Special Contributor… TAMPA, Fla.—By a vote of 889 to 20, General Conference delegates on May 1 made United Methodist Women an autonomous organization within the United Methodist Church. The historic vote separates the national policymaking body of women organized for mission within the denomination from the church’s mission agency for the first time in more than 70 years. “This is great result for United Methodist Women and for the church and positions us for the next 143 years of mission,” said Harriett Jane Olson, chief executive of…
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May 09 2012
The United Methodist Reporter » General Conference 2012: UMC facing ‘slow, agonizing, organizational death’
By Maria Dixon Hall, Special Contributor… The other day, in an attempt to get some distance between me and the traumatic event now forever etched in my brain as General Conference 2012, I decided to brave the Texas heat and work on my flowerbeds and ideas for the lawn. Isisas Barrario, my faithful landscape and lawn man for over eight years, stood by me in the heat as we discussed what to do about the yard. It’s important to know that when Isisas and I first met, I was single, working…
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