Tuesday Morning Briefing (May 6, 2025)

- Alabama Emerald Coast Conference wraps today
- Western States Conference begins tomorrow
- Anthony McPhail FB Post on South Africa Destination - https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1ATxQDa5j5/

Today’s Survey - https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfG_u-4Gu38DkOO3DEgnuOGweCAv1n0y4hANachOKvhD8UrXA/viewform?usp=header

Great congregational song - https://x.com/haymes_joshua/status/1919133122509033889

Bishop Jones publicly calls out UMC violence in Nigeria - https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1Dy7JX5ihH/?mibextid=wwXIfr - Ande’s retort - https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1AUkPnqxjR/?mibextid=wwXIfr - GMCN follow up - https://www.facebook.com/share/p/16VRKqwHFf/?mibextid=wwXIfr

“Ruling: Same-sex weddings solely up to pastors” by Heather Hahn of UMNews - https://www.umnews.org/en/news/ruling-same-sex-weddings-solely-up-to-pastors

UMC Bishops Declare New Mission Statement - https://www.umnews.org/en/news/bishops-unveil-vision-for-united-methodist-church - https://www.resourceumc.org/en/content/a-new-vision-for-the-united-methodist-church

“Presbyterian Church (USA) Closes Missions Agency” by Kim Roberts of MinistryWatch - https://ministrywatch.com/presbyterian-church-usa-closes-missions-agency/

———————————

If you would like to join my Locals community to help support this ministry, go to plainspoken.locals.com and become a supporter!

If you would like to subscribe to my pastoral Substack, where I publish articles on topics pertaining to pastoral ministry and Methodism, you can go to jeffreyrickman.substack.com.

If you would like to subscribe to the PlainSpoken Podcast Substack, where I publish articles, video, and audio pertaining to Methodism and the culture war, you can go to plainspokenpod.substack.com.

If you're not interested in any of that stuff, but you want to give directly to my church, you can go to https://tithe.ly/give?c=2198808 and make a donation there. Thanks!