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NIC VOICE Approved News NIC VOICE News Update Reaction to
Judicial Council Decisions (Update #4) (11-10-2005)
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NIC
VOICE News Update 11-08-2005 Reaction to Judicial Council
Decisions (Update #3) (11-08-05)
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NIC
VOICE News Update - Bishops' Emails
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News
Update 11-06-2005 Reaction to JudicialCouncil Decisions
(Update 2) (11-06-05)
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News
Update 11-06-2005 Reaction to Judicial Council Decisions
(Update #1) (11-06-05)
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News Update 11-06-2005 News of Interest (11-06-05)
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NIC
Reaction to Judicial Council Rulings
(11-05-05)
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Vinther
- Request For Decision Of Law - Petition (10-24-05)
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Bishop
Paup's Decision Of Law 071505 (10-24-05)
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PNW
Conference 2005 - Petition (10-24-05)
- “Crashing”
Bishop Sprague’s Party , Mark
Tooley, September 1, 2004
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Conservative Church Wins Appeal in UMC Property Battle
Pastor Says Real Argument Is Over Scripture By
Jim Brown and Jenni Parker,
Agape Press, August 30, 2004
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Analysis: More Hyperventilating about the IRD,
August 16, 2004
- See Related
Article:
Church and Scaife, for
www.Mediatransparancy.com by Andrew
Weaver and Nicole Seibert, August 2, 2004
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400 attend Sprague farewell banquet
(The Reporter, Aug. 13)
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Editorial:
‘Crashing’ the farewell party (By Linda S. Rhodes, Northern Illinois Conference Director
of Communications, The Reporter, Aug. 13)
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Controversial Bishop Vows to Continue Activism, Not Be
Silent, in Retirement
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Bishop Jung is committed to spirituality, justice,
evangelism
(July 30 NIC Reporter)
Jung said he is committed to working toward
inclusiveness in the Church. “I believe the Kingdom of God
calls for racial equality, gender equality and sexual
orientation equality,” he said. “Inclusiveness is the gift
of God.”
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- Bishop
Jung to lead Northern Illinois
(July 23 NIC Reporter)
This link is to an article published by the Northern
Illinois Conference in The Reporter.
There is a photo of Bishop Jung being escorted.
Traditionally, the two bishops who escort a newly elected
bishop are the newly elected bishop's own bishop (thus
Bishop Rader) plus a bishop who is special to the newly
elected bishop.
- UMNS Article, August 2, 2004: United
Methodist clergywoman to face trial
A United Methodist
clergywoman in Philadelphia faces a church trial as the result of an
investigating committee decision. The Rev. Irene Elizabeth (Beth)
Stroud, 34, associate pastor of First United Methodist Church of
Germantown since 1999, talked about being a lesbian in an April 27,
2003, sermon to her congregation. She also said she and her partner
“have lived in a covenant relationship for two and a half years.” [More]
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Thanks for a good ride, Bishop by
Rev. Phil Blackwell, Chicago Temple
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North
Central Jurisdictional Conference of The United Methodist Church
July 14 - 17,
2004
RiverCenter
* Davenport, Iowa
NOTE: Links to information on bishops are added.
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North
Central Jurisdiction to elect 3 bishops , NIC Reporter, 07/09/04
The 24-member Northern
Illinois Conference (NIC) delegation to the North Central Jurisdictional
Conference has endorsed the Rev. Sally Dyck, clergy member of the East Ohio
Conference, for election as bishop. The North Central Jurisdictional Conference
will meet in Davenport, Iowa, July 14-17, to elect three new bishops.
Up-to-the-minute election results are available at the United Methodist Church
web site:
www.umc.org
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NICEA endorses Owen for bishop
, NIC Reporter, 07/09/04
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Bishop Sprague on election of bishops,
NIC Reporter, 07/09/04
I've
withdrawn from process that would develop chaplaincy
(May 21) Commentary by Bishop C. Joseph Sprague
Delegates
work to re-write church law (May
21, 2004) - This documents NIC
delegation activities at GC2004
Bishop Sprague
Commentaries on General Conference (issued prior to
GC2004)
HOW
SHALL WE DEAL WITH UNITED METHODIST HERETICS?
Letter
to Members of the Administrative Board, Castle Rock United
Methodist Church, PNWAC
- April 26, 2004
The
following letter is authorized for publication by
NIC VOICE
and
www.ucmpage.org
by Scott & Julie Bean. It was sent by them to their church
in April, 2004, for prayerful consideration and action.
They have requested that details on apportionment dollars be
omitted until final action has been determined. This letter
has been revised for publication (addition of references,
insertion of hyperlinks, and notation of authors and their
positions).
Diverse forces
marshalling resources for homosexuality debate,
United Methodist Reporter, 4/20/2004
Teachable Books Study Guide: Affirmations of a Dissenter
Hasn’t gotten any better,
Good News
Letters to the Editor, March/April 2004
Report to UM Action
Steering Committee,
Mark Tooley, April
2, 2004, Institute for Religion and Democracy
Winter 2003-2004 Issue of UMAction
Briefing, April 2, 2004
Concerned Methodists,
March 2004 Update (mentions
Bishop Sprague)
03/24/2004 - The Rev. Benjamin S. Sharpe, Jr. Announcement (mentions
Bishop Sprague)
Pray Jesus story will become ours,
March 12 Commentary, Bishop C. Joseph Sprague
Pastor sees God in middle of gay marriage debate,
BY Cathleen Falsani, Religion Writer, Chicago Sun Times,
February 27, 2004
(Interview with Rev. Gregory Dell, Broadway United Methodist
Church, Lake View, IL)
Apportionment receipts exceed $7m,
February 6, Northern Illinois Conference News
In 2003, churches in the Northern
Illinois Conference (NIC) contributed more than $7 million in
apportionments payments for the fourth year in a row. But the
apportionments were only 82.71% of apportionment receipts
budgeted by the Conference, leaving the NIC unable to pay 100%
of its General Church apportionments for the second year in a
row.
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February 23,
2004
Good News
Update - Excerpts:
"Speaking
of General Conference, some of you are receiving this email
message because you were a part of our General Conference prayer
effort during the 2000 General Conference. I hope you will pass
along items we will be sharing with you in the weeks ahead to
others who are a part of your prayer network. Also, you may know
of persons who would be interested in being a part of this email
network. We hope to expand it and are making a major effort to
do so. If you know of others interested, have them email us at
Letters@goodnewsmag.org.
That will get sent right to Bob, our webmaster and Vice
President for Communication Technology. He will see that these
emails get added to our list.
Also, please be praying for Dr. Scott Field, our board chairman
and head of our General Conference legislative effort, which
will involve some 35-40 persons on site in Pittsburgh. Scott has
his hands full as senior pastor of a large UM Church in
Naperville, and this added responsibility means he has to
stretch for extra time and energy. Pray mightily for him, and
others on our team. We'll share more about that team in a future
newsletter."
"The
Message of Jesus Enrages the People",
Rev. Scott Shreve, Feb. 1,
2004
St.
Luke United Methodist Church
and
Pastoral Ponderings
The Weekly Messenger,
January
19, 2004, “A Visit to ‘the Heartland’ of American Methodism”
by John Armstrong
FIRST-PERSON: What’s at stake,
March 8, 2004 by
Mark Kelly
Lesbian minister faces a church trial: Proceeding could
presage a split in Methodism, By Wyatt
Buchanan, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Reporter, March 13,
2004
Articles Related to the Trial of UMC Pastor
Karen Damman, 3/17/2004
- Saturday, March 20, 2004
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Friday, March 19,
2004
- Thursday, March 18, 2004
- Wednesday, March 17, 2004
United Methodist Campus Ministry in
NIC affiliates with Progressive Christianity:
The
Eight Points by which we define Progressive Christianity,
The Center
for Progressive Christianity
The Center for Prgressive
Christainity lists the following United Methodist Churches/Ministries as
"Affiliates" who agree with the
Eight Points of
Progressive Christianity
Let
us bring good news to poor, release to captives ,
February 13 Commentary, Bishop C. Joseph Sprague
Sinking
Sand -- Ruin Looms for a Church that Forsakes God's Word,
Feature by Ed Vitagliano, February 11, 2004,
AgapePress
The
Right Frame of Mind:
The Coming
Judgment,
By Rev. Mark
H. Creech, February 9, 2004 (Agape Press)
The
Church cannot escape biblical witness,
February 6 Commentary, Bishop C. Joseph Sprague
Petitions pile up for 2004 General Conference,
UMNS,
February 3, 2004
New
Reporter tabloid format will make its debut on Jan. 9
The Inadequacy of "Yes" Theology,
If saying
"no" makes me narrow, so be it,
by Ben Patterson, contributing
editor,
Leadership Journal
Good
News at General Conference. faithful disciples—a renewed church, by
Scott N. Field,
Nov/Dec 2003 Good News
Magazine
Letters
to the Editor - Good News Magazine, Nov/Dec 2003
Christmas affirms Who and Why of
revelation of Christ,
by Bishop C. Joseph Sprague in the December 26, 2003 issue of the
Northern Illinois Conference Edition of the United Methodist
Reporter. "
Progressive
Christians, Commentary by Rev. Wesley Putnam, "We Confess", Vol. 9, Issue 6, Nov/Dec
2003, The Confessing Movement newsletter (scroll down to see article)
Bishop C. Joseph Sprague of the
Northern Illinois Conference, will be the guest of
University Temple UMC
in Seattle the weekend of January 16-18, 2004. He will be
speaking on his recent work, Affirmations of a Dissenter.
Bishop Sprague will also be preaching on Sunday, January 18.
FIRST PERSON: Can a Christian deny the virgin birth?,
December 24, 2003,
By R. Albert Mohler Jr.
Baptist Press
"...Bishop Joseph Sprague of the
United Methodist Church offers further evidence of modern heresy.
Agape
Press: Top Stories of 2003: Methodist Committee Tosses Out Charges
Against Chicago Bishop, December 22, 2003 (originally published February 19, 2003)
(AgapePress)
Bishop
Sprague Plans for New Position on Capitol Hill,
Mark Tooley, Institute for Religion and Democracy (IRD),
December 10, 2003
One
Last Time Final
Commentary by Raymond Rooney, Pastor, December 10, 2003
11-25-2003
Postmarked
NIC VOICE - Response to Concerns, President of the Council
of Bishops, to NIC VOICE
September 5, 2003 Letter to All Active Bishops
Methodist
Bishops Meet on Capitol Hill, IRD
(Institute for Religion & Democracy), November 25, 2003
[There was
no reporting by either the UMNS, UMR or IRD of any public discussion
in this session of the
Response Team's
Recommendations 1 & 2 regarding the dismissal of the complaint against
Bishop C. Joseph Sprague, Northern Illinois
Conference. --editor's note]
UM
Action :
ActionBriefing
UM Action Briefing - November 2003
Source: UMAction
December 2, 2003
Click Here to View the November 2003 Issue of UMAction
Briefing
Contents:
- Bishop Talbert Falsely Attacks
Entire Renewal and Reform Movement
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Bristol House Offers Faithful
Confirmation Materials for UMs.
- Church and Society Board Again
Tries to Change UM Stand on Homosexuality
- World Council of Churches
Accuses U.S. of "Aggression" and "Illegal" War; Implies
President Bush is War Criminal
- Church Homosexuality Advocates
Promote Multiple Homosexual Partners
Bishop
Joseph C. Sprague’s Sermon at Northern Illinois Conference Special
Session, Saturday, November 23, 2003
The
Bishop Who Denied the Virgin Birth - Chicago Sun Times, November
20, 2003
NIC Annual Conference General/Jurisdictional Meetings Scheduled:
Dec. 7, Jan. 25, Feb. 22, March 21, April 18, May 16 and June 26:
General/Jurisdictional Delegate
Meetings
Read More
How
Do You Develop an Apologetics Ministry Within a Church?
10-25-2003
Postmarked
NIC VOICE
- Response to Concerns, President of
the Council of Bishops, to NIC VOICE
September 5, 2003 Letter to All Active Bishops
November 25, 2003
Bishop
Joseph C. Sprague’s Sermon at Northern Illinois Conference Special
Session, Saturday, November 23, 2002
The
Bishop Who Denied the Virgin Birth - Chicago Sun Times, November
20, 2003
NIC Annual
Conference General/Jurisdictional Meetings Scheduled
How
Do You Develop an Apologetics Ministry Within a Church?
NIC
VOICE Meeting Poster Sample
with graphics
A
Lamentation Commentary by Raymond Rooney,
Pastor, November 3, 2003
Retired
Bishop Blasts Renewal Groups
Do
renewal groups threaten the health of United Methodism? by Riley B.
Case
Click
here to read NIC VOICE
response to Bishop Keaton and Bishop Weaver:
NIC VOICE
Response to NIC VOICE
September 5, 2003 Letter to All Active Bishops
Wesley
Putnam Ministries
Letter
to the Editor,
by C. Dan Henry, Bolingbrook, IL, Northern Illinois Conference
Methodism@Risk -
includes information related to concerns about the United Methodist Church
NIC
VOICE Frequently Asked Questions
(FAQ)
Additions to the Links & Resources Page
Biblical Mandate
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Six Enemies of Apologetic Engagement (Indifference,
Irrationalism, Ignorance, Cowardice, Arrogance and intellectual vanity,
Superficial techniques or schlock apologetics), by Douglas Groothius,
Ph.D., philosophy teacher and author
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NIC VOICE Press Release
08-1 Press Release August 25, 20039-2003 - Downers Grove Presentation
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Politicizing Holiness, Rev.Raymond Rooney, Pastor Verona-Palmetto
United Methodist Charge
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Bishop (Sprague) Answers Questions About Annual
Conference Resolution 700-23 Reflecting the Love of God
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What
is the Fight Really About? by Mark Tooley, UM Action,
The Institute on Religion and Democracy
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UM Action Briefing (August 2003)
Article: Bishop Sprague Assails "Christo-Centric Exclusivism
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Heresy and the
Connection, Dr. Riley Case, Assistant Executive Director, The Confessing
Movement (July/August 2003 Newsletter)
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The
risk of renewal groups,
July/August 2003 Good News Magazine Editorial
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Letters to the Editor - Good News Magazine, July/August 2003
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Resolutions Summary Updated to include
description of each resolution
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NIC VOICE recognized by UM Voice
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Tangling
with Wolves: Why we still need heresy trials,
Christianity Today, Week
of July 28, by Chris Armstrong
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Letter To The Editor by
The NIC Delegation Chair, Vice-Chair And Secretary, July 18
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Who Has Believed Our Report?
by Faye Short at NICEA Luncheon at NIC Annual Conference, June 6, 2003
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Laity Voice - Newsletter of the Methodist Laity Reform
Movement (Iowa Conference),
June 2003 Bishop Sprague Rejects Key Christian Beliefs But
Is Not Held Accountable
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Turning the
Mainline Around,
Christianity Today, Week of July 21
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Get The Facts
Straight Before You Write the Book, by Dr. Bill
Hinson, President, Board of Directors,
The Confessing
Movement
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Here I Stand For
God's Sake -- Literally -- Let's Stop Battling. By Rev. Kathryn
Johnson, Executive Director, Methodists for Social Action (MFSA)
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Good News editor denies 'extremist'
designation in editorial,
by James V.
Heidinger II, Wilmore, Kentucky, President and Publisher of Good News
Magazine
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Bishops at fault,
by John N. Grenfell, Jr.,
Fort Gratiot,
Michigan
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Letter to the Editor of the United Methodist Reporter (unpublished)
with permission, by Rev. Dr. Carol M. Norén,
Wesley W. Nelson
professor of homiletics, North Park Theological Seminary, Chicago.
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Evidence for the Resurrection, by
Rev. Wallace Cason, pastor of the Tupelo-St. Mark Charge.
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Report on the
Consultation on Scriptural Authority by General Board of Discipleship
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NIC VOICE
Frequently Asked Questions
(FAQ)
NIC VOICE Watershed Moment
July 30, 2003 Updated Presentation
is AVAILABLE on-line!
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Letters to the Editor - Reporter
Interactive March 19, 2003
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