Good News and the Wesleyan Covenant Association used to operate as unofficial traditionalist caucuses within The United Methodist Church, advocating at General Conference and elsewhere on denominational policy.
But for the past two years, both groups have been encouraging congregations to leave The United Methodist Church for the traditionalist Global Methodist Church.
Though now clearly aligned with that new, breakaway denomination, Good News and the Wesleyan Covenant Association plan to be a lobbying presence at the fast-approaching United Methodist General Conference in Charlotte, North Carolina.
That doesn’t sit well with some United Methodist loyalists.
“If you work for Pepsi, you don’t expect to be in the board room where decisions are made for Coca-Cola,” said Pat Luna, an Alabama-West Florida Conference delegate to General Conference.
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