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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

Florida GMC Prayer Network Dear Florida GMC Family, Jesus tells us, “Ask and you will receive. Seek and you will find. Knock and the door will be opened.” John Wesley said, “God does nothing except in answer to prayer.” And E.M.Bounds said, “Only God can move mountains, but faith and prayer move God.” The Homecoming

Idalia Update #2 Dear Florida GMC Family, At our Homecoming event on Saturday, September 9th, the Rev. J.D. Walt shared this quote: “Why not be changed into fire? There is so much at stake and we are just sitting in the pews!”  Missions and Disaster Relief provide an opportunity for us to get out of

Setting Expectations Dear Florida GMC Family, We are very excited about our first-ever Florida GMC event this coming Saturday, September 9, 2023, at New Hope Church in Brandon. The event is called  Homecoming, and the theme is simply: Welcome Home! We have close to 800 people registered which will make it a standing-room-only event in

IDALIA UPDATE #2 Dear Florida GMC Family, Today is a day we have been waiting for: the Florida Provisional Conference of the Global Methodist Church is officially active! We give thanks to God for all He has done to get us this far. I’m reminded of something Maxie Dunnam taught me, “God’s grace will never

After Idalia A Message from Florida GMC Disaster Recovery Dear Florida GMC Family, As many of you are aware, Hurricane Idalia made landfall in Florida’s Big Bend Area near Keaton Beach just before 8 a.m. with maximum sustained winds of 125mph (Category 3).  The storm has flooded streets, downed trees, and power lines with widespread power