Resources

Discernment Resources

• Prayer Guide
• Discernment Calendar and Learning Opportunities
• Discernment Discussion, February 26, Part 1
• Discernment Discussion, February 26, Part 2
• Q&A with Pat Sparks, St. Peter's United Methodist Church
• Q&A with Christie Hale, Faith United Methodist Church
• Q&A with Heather Sims, Cornerstone Methodist Church
• GMC Answers Submitted by the Discernment Committee
• UMC Book of Discipline including Paragraph 2553 which governs disaffiliation
• PeopleNeedJesus.net - “UM Fallout: A Compendium” - blog by an llinois Methodist pastor. His blog is well-grounded and this blogpost is an ongoing catalog of online articles from all perspectives
• www.umc.org
• https://globalmethodist.org/
• A Pastoral Conversation among peers who differ – two essays by Rev. Dr. Tom Pace and Rev. Dr. Chappell Temple - https://www.stlukesmethodist.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/A-Pastoral-Conversation-Regarding-Homosexuality-Same-Sex-Marriage-and-the-Church.pdf
  *Paper copies available in the Church library to be checked out or used by groups
• Moral Vision of the New Testament – Richard Hays
• The Next Methodism: Theological, Social and Missional Foundations for Global Methodism. Editors: Ken Collins and Ryan Danker
• The United Methodist Church: Our Truths
• The United Methodist Church: Our Beliefs
• Global Methodist Church Resources
• Two Methodisms: A Comparison Chart