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NIC (Northern Illinois Conference) VOICE, a growing network of concerned laity whose purpose is to provide balanced information and dialog within The United Methodist Church.
We, The Faithful Christian Laity of the United Methodist Church, have joined together in love for God and for the United Methodist Church to help revive and maintain faithful Christian witness and service in our local churches and Annual Conferences. We provide meaningful avenues for faithful Christian lay voices to be heard and opportunities for action as a means to that end.
MSFUME is a nonprofit fellowship dedicated to the one and only Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ. We exist to contend for the faith once and for all delivered to the saints and to proclaim Christ as the only Savior of the world and Lord of all. As God is raising up renewing and reforming voices in His Church, we are coming together on a local level with an eye for making a difference.

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As Christians, we are first and foremost connected to God, in and through Jesus Christ, Our Lord and Savior.  Those of us who are also members of the United Methodist Church (UMC) have vowed to contribute our presence, service, and gifts to the UMC.  We are governed by our Book of Discipline. We worship and study together using our Holy Bible, Methodist Hymnal, Book of Worship, and John Wesley’s Sermons.  We are connected together in our Local Churches, Districts, Annual Conferences, Jurisdictions, and General Conference.

We, the NIC VOICE, encourage each other to develop connections with other United Methodists, locally and around the world, who are likewise dedicated to serving Jesus Christ in faithful stewardship of our Wesleyan heritage and are working for renewal and revival of the UMC.

We invite you to get connected more fully.  These groups throughout the UMC in the United States have chosen to be part of The Voice Circuit and they affirm the orthodox understanding of the Apostles Creed.  They have resources and materials you may find helpful in your growth as a Disciple of Jesus Christ.  Check them out!

We are an unofficial group of laity within the Illinois Great Rivers Conference of The United Methodist Church who came together in the fall of 2000. We have become incorporated and are tax-exempt with Contribution Deductibility under section 501 (c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Our name is IGRAC Laity In Action, Inc.

We are dedicated to the pursuit of the six Purpose Statements (below) and our efforts are coordinated by a Board of Directors (shown below). What we seek is simply accountability. We expect our leadership (bishops; cabinets; and pastors) to be true to their vows of ordination; and to preach and teach within the theology and doctrinal boundaries as expressed in The Book of Discipline of the United Methodist Church; and to administer all facets of the Discipline with the integrity mandated and implicit to their responsibilities.

IGRAC Laity In Action, Inc. is one of a growing number of laity groups across the USA working together seeking renewal of a denomination that was once faithful to Scripture and Wesleyan doctrine.

We invite all laity within the Illinois Great Rivers Conference to take a stand and join with us as we work together in support of our Purpose Statement. We urge you to do so by completing and returning the “Request for Laity Support” form below. Your comments, suggestions and ideas are welcome. Together, we CAN make a difference.

We seek His guidance and pray that His Will be done throughout His Church.

UMUnity, Inc. consists of lay people and clergy in the Desert Southwest Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church who have joined to promote Christian thinking in response to the pressures being put on our Annual and General Conferences regarding the issue of ordination of practicing homosexuals and same sex unions.

We advocate for retention of the provisions of the 2000 Book of Discipline of the United Methodist Church pertaining to the practice of homosexuality, proscribing ordination of such practitioners and prohibiting Methodist clergy from officiating at same sex unions or using United Methodist facilities for such unions. In the seminars that we sponsor, we offer love, hope and ministry to homosexuals and their families and friends.

Various petitions were submitted to the 2000 General Conference of The United Methodist Church seeking changes in the Discipline of the United Methodist Church to approve same sex unions and to allow ordination of practicing homosexuals. These petitions were not passed, affirming the historic position of the Holy Scriptures (Old and New Testaments), United Methodism and this conference.

Materials related to these issues have been prayerfully developed with the desire to seek God’s will. These materials are available on this web site.

Methodist Laity Reform Movement is a growing movement of Iowans who are loyal members of The United Methodist Church.  We are working to reform our Church, get the Church out of partisan politics, and help it return to its Wesleyan roots as an alive, growing, evangelical Church that strongly upholds the traditional Christian faith and joyfully offers Christ to all people. 

 

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