Critics say George Washington rarely mentioned Jesus. Dr. Timothy Holder says he affirmed his faith in his church, just not in political speeches. Full interview: youtu.be/FT286X_A3bY #GlobalMethodist

“As long as you still hold title to the property, you have leverage.” Three years later there was still no memorandum of understanding, and the property had already been sold. Rev. Jake Dell (@jakedell73) on the lesson he documents in his book: a verbal promise is all that's left once the vote is taken, and that naivete is how the flock gets preyed upon. Full interview: youtu.be/r6ASUUZwJyg #GlobalMethodist

“Affinity groups based on race and culture within our churches… actually perpetuate racial difference and resentment.” The church has accommodated the world’s race-consciousness for years, and the GMC is already seeing the results: conservative Black churches that rejected it, and Korean-American churches insisting on a conference of their own. Full episode: youtu.be/laI5XhSLe20 #GlobalMethodist

No one spoke against the GMC’s new Articles of Faith. It would have taken a very tacky, hard-hearted person to stand against a document God himself was said to have pretty much authored. When one vote came in against it, it was presumed to be a mistake. youtu.be/KTltE4KIknw

“I do not know why you were clapping, because I'm talking about you.” Rev. Jake Dell (@jakedell73) recalls Washer's 1990s sermon to a youth convention, and what it taught him: you can't depend on people to connect the dots. Leave that space, and listeners decide the critique belongs to someone else. Full interview: youtu.be/r6ASUUZwJyg #GlobalMethodist

“Nobody in Johannesburg was debating whether or not racism is okay.” The GMC already renounces racism. The question was whether to say more about the anti-racist framework, which treats racism in the opposite direction as a remedy for past racism, and how much of it followed us out of the United Methodist Church. Full episode: youtu.be/laI5XhSLe20 #GlobalMethodist

What has the church lost its nerve over? Historian Dr. Timothy Holder names the sin he thinks has defanged the pulpit. Full interview: youtu.be/FT286X_A3bY #GlobalMethodist

The GMC’s legislative committee took “without error” out of the new article on Scripture. A floor amendment brought back “true in all it affirms.” It did not bring back “without error.” youtu.be/KTltE4KIknw

Are all religions different paths up the same mountain? Dr. Timothy Holder says they describe different mountaintops, so they can’t all be true. Full interview: youtu.be/FT286X_A3bY #GlobalMethodist

“I made a mistake earlier.” After the GMC General Conference voted for the resolution on race, the presiding bishop came back from the break: every resolution needs a three-quarters majority, this one had passed without it, and he asked the body to vote again. Full episode: youtu.be/laI5XhSLe20 #GlobalMethodist

Advice from Rev. Jake Dell (@jakedell73) to the Global Methodist Church: as the founding generation sets up legacies, write reverter clauses into those bequests. If the church drifts back toward United Methodism, that part of the endowment reverts. Be wise as serpents, he says, and keep up with charitable law. Full interview: youtu.be/r6ASUUZwJyg #GlobalMethodist

Doug Wilson, or rather his church, offered to purchase Christianity Today several months ago, with a public statement that they would like to reclaim the stately heritage of the periodical. They were derisively mocked by establishment figures, who insisted that CT was as faithful as ever. When this Elisabeth Elliot debacle happened, I have seen zero of those who mocked Christ Church Moscow admit that Wilson et al had been right.

“Not at all what he had written.” Chappell Temple, chair of the GMC’s Social Witness committee, was explaining why his committee wouldn’t recommend my resolution on race, even after rewriting it top to bottom. The delegates amended it and voted for it anyway. Then, after the break, the presiding bishop came back to the microphone. Full episode: youtu.be/laI5XhSLe20 #GlobalMethodist

“His agenda is complete capture of everything I hold dear.” Rev. Jake Dell (@jakedell73) says the enemy that hijacked these institutions won't be satisfied to stay put: the Global Methodists, the ACNA and his own church are in his sights. Regroup if you have to, he says, but go back and retake what does not belong to Satan. Full interview: youtu.be/r6ASUUZwJyg #GlobalMethodist

Bill Kyle talked with the man in the row in front of him all week at General Conference and never learned he was a candidate for bishop. No campaigning, no introductions. "We had maintained righteousness, and God was leading us to where we voted." Full interview: youtu.be/oBLT0s6XNGo #GlobalMethodist

On the last day in Johannesburg the petitions on sexuality, divorce and abortion came off the consent agenda. Was it as tense in the room as it looked on the livestream? Lay delegate Bill Kyle on the moments he wondered where it was going, and why nobody applauded the votes. Full interview: youtu.be/oBLT0s6XNGo #GlobalMethodist

"The baby and the mother cared for as separate patients." That isn't only good medicine, it's a good description of the church's job. There are two lives in that room, and Christ died for both of them. Full episode: youtu.be/Nxom0COkRw4 #GlobalMethodist