Arkansas Methodists News Today

With more than 100 congregations already gone and others preparing to depart, the Arkansas Conference of the United Methodist Church is cutting its budget and preparing for a smaller, leaner post-disaffiliation future, officials said this week.

Paring bureaucracy

A bilingual, third-generation United Methodist minister with more than a quarter-century of leadership experience has been elected to serve as bishop and will oversee the denominations Arkansas Conference.

United Methodist Bishop Gary Mueller, who oversees the denominations churches in Arkansas, will request permission to retire, effective Jan. 1, he announced last week.

A pro-gun control Arkansas United Methodist minister, pretending to be a Second Amendment activist Friday, made remarks so incendiary during an Arkansas annual conference debate on firearms restrictions that state United Methodist officials turned off his microphone and attempted to hide video of the session.

A pro-gun control Arkansas United Methodist minister, pretending to be a Second Amendment activist Friday, made remarks so incendiary during an Arkansas annual conference debate on firearms restrictions that state United Methodist officials turned off his microphone and attempted to hide video of the session.

A pro-gun-control Arkansas United Methodist minister, pretending to be a Second Amendment activist Friday, made remarks so incendiary during a debate on a firearms resolution at the Arkansas Conference of the United Methodist Church in Hot Springs that church officials turned off his microphone and erased video of the session.

Days after a gunman murdered 19 students and two teachers in Uvalde, Texas, members of the Arkansas Conference of the United Methodist Church urged members of the state's congressional delegation to "support and act upon Responsible Fire-Arm legislation."

Throughout most of the first decade of the 20th century, Arkansas Methodists were faced with determining if one of their most successful pastors was actually an imposter.

Arkansas Methodists dedicated their new emergency relief center this month, naming it in honor of a couple who have been ministering to storm survivors for more than 15 years.