Wednesday Morning Briefing (Feb. 12, 2025)

Today here is what I have planned:

Retraction - It would seem Politico wasn’t actually funded by the government or USAID: https://www.thefp.com/p/the-internet-mob-comes-for-politico?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

GMC News -
- [ ] 2:42 Conference
- [ ] GMC Organized in Liberia

United Methodist Bishop Fans Flames of Resentment in Nigeria - “UMCN Bishop disburses Relief materials to victims of church crisis in Taraba” by New National Star - https://newnationalstar.com/umcn-bishop-disburses-relief-materials-to-victims-of-church-crisis-in-taraba/

North Carolina Conference of the UMC Appeals to NC Supreme Court in Fifth Avenue Case - https://nccumc.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Notice-of-Appeal-and-Alternative-Petition-for-Discretionary-Review.pdf

“America’s 1950s Religious Boom: What Happened?” By James Heidinger - https://juicyecumenism.com/2025/02/10/americas-1950s-religious-boom/

Meunier advocates for “Old School” Methodist theology - “The need for Old School Methodist theology” - https://johnmeunier.wordpress.com/2025/02/01/the-need-for-old-school-methodist-theology/

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