Life Together in the United Methodist Connection (Polity course)

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Why does the United Methodist Church do things the way it does?

Why is our pastor being reassigned?

Why don’t we get to vote on our new pastor?

What are the rules – and why are they the rules?

What happened at the February, 2019 special session of General Conference in St. Louis, or may happen at General Conference 2020, that may affect us?

And what does any of this have to do with trying to be a place and a people that embody the Kingdom of God?

This course will help church leaders answer questions, help newcomers to the UMC get their bearings, and help longtime members consider the specific structural challenges the church faces in the 21st Century.

The book The Method of Our Mission: United Methodist Polity & Organization by Laceye C. Warner, Will be provided for this Class.   

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