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The Hybrid Episcopacy Model: Maximum Flexibility, Minimal Bureaucracy by Nako Kellum, Monteen Pillay, Jeremy Rebman, and Jay Therrell AUGUST 27 , 2024 What God has done in our midst over the past two years is truly a miracle. We have been freed from a burdensome, top-down institution and empowered to join a movement that has grown […]

LEARNING TO TRUST AGAIN by Jay Therrell President pro tempore   AUGUST 15, 2024 The past few years have been hard for Methodists. In many cases, churches feel like denominational leaders lied to them. Some feel extorted and as though they were held for ransom. Many pastors also felt like they were prevented from telling

The Paris Olympics and the Mocking of God by Jay Therrell, President pro tempore JULY 29, 2024 I love the Olympics. Since I was a little boy, they’ve fascinated me. I’m not sure I’ve missed an opening ceremony since 1984 when the summer games were held in Los Angeles. I was nine years old, and

WELL DONE, GOOD AND FAITHFUL SERVANTS by Jay Therrell, President pro tempore   JUNE 30, 2024 It’s unusual for us to share something on a Sunday, but today is one of those rare instances that warrants it. Today is the last day for the Revs. Tim Carson and Patti Thue to serve on our Florida

The Difference Between Being a Servant and One Who Serves by Jay Therrell, President pro tempore JUNE 6, 2024 When I first began to feel called to being a pastor, I was the lay leader at Asbury United Methodist Church in Maitland, Florida – a suburb of Orlando. We had concluded a big night of

WINDSHEILDS ARE LARGER THAN REARVIEW MIRRORS by Jay Therrell, Conference Superintendent MAY 1, 2024 Dear Florida GMC Family, Today, The United Methodist Church’s General Conference removed the decades-long ban on the ordination and appointment of practicing LGBT clergy. Additional votes are expected to redefine marriage to be between two persons. As expected, this has caused

Should women be pastors by Jay Therrell, President pro tempore As we live into this new denomination, occasionally our Cabinet will come across a church needing a pastor and someone on the Pastor/Staff-Parish Relations Committee will share that they don’t want a woman pastor. It always makes me deeply sad. Some of our most gifted

Appreciating Our Pastors Dear Florida GMC Family, The Florida Conference of the Global Methodist Church is one month old, and we’re growing quickly! Praise God! We’ve now officially reached about 100 congregations. We are told that there are likely to be 70-80 additional churches disaffiliating at the December 2 special UMC annual conference and so

Global Methodist Church’s Convening General Conference Set for San Jose, Costa Rica The Global Methodist Church’s Transitional Leadership Council has announced that the new denomination’s convening General Conference will be held in San Jose, Costa Rica, September 20 – 26, 2024.Launched on May 1, 2022, with just 24 local churches in Bulgaria, the GM Church

CORRECTION – PLEASE READ Dear Florida GMC Family, When I was a layperson serving as lay leader at my home church in the Orlando area, we had a major renovation/construction project at the church. During the construction phase, we adopted a phrase: joyfully flexible. We encouraged one another to be joyfully flexible if your favorite