Thursday Morning PlainSpoken Briefing (Jan. 9, 2025)

Today I may or may not talk about:

1. Report on Connectional Commissions getting started on their work in the GMC, bishops being assigned, and hopes for transparency - “Assembly of Bishops Gather for Historic First Meeting” by Dianne Burnett - https://globalmethodist.org/assembly-of-bishops-gather-for-historic-first-meeting/ and FB post of Connectional Council’s first meeting - https://www.facebook.com/share/p/18ZpQhW3MX/
2. “Trump Planning to Target Progressive Non-Profits, US Watchdog Warns”by David Smith on United Methodist Insight - https://um-insight.net/in-the-world/advocating-justice/trump-planning-to-target-progressive-non-profits-us-watchdog/
3. Nigerian Methodists of a different denomination have it even crazier than we do: “Abia monarch, prime minister accuse Methodist bishop of harassment, seek intervention” by Sunday Nwakanma - https://punchng.com/abia-monarch-prime-minister-accuse-methodist-bishop-of-harassment-seek-intervention/ and bio on the bishop https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunday_Onuoha