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[Religion News Service] It was the thing that was supposed to save the United Methodist Church. The Protocol of Reconciliation & Grace Through Separati

(RNS) — Before United Methodists could vote on the widely endorsed plan, traditionalists went ahead and launched a new denomination and several representatives of centrist and progressive groups revoked their support.

Celebrating Lent: Aurora Methodists host Soul Reset book study Tom Carter of Aurora, left, leads a "Soul Reset" discussion by Auroras Flowing Forth United Methodist Church at Luigis Pizza in Aurora Feb. 25. The six-Thursday Lenten study explores the book by the Rev. Junius B. Dotson, late UMC general secretary of discipleship ministries who died Feb. 24. Courtesy of Al Benson   Updated 3/3/2021 2:47 PM Celebrating Lent, Flowing Forth United Methodist Church in Aurora launched thr...

The Rev. Junius B. Dotson records a segment of the “Soul Reset” study series for the Upper Room at United Methodist Communications in Nashville, Tennessee, in 2019. Dotson, the top executive of Discipleship Ministries, died on Feb. 24, 2021. He was 55. | Mike DuBose/UM News An official in the United Methodist Church who helped create a proposed plan of gracious separation for the denomination has died from cancer at age 55. The Rev. Junius B. Dotson, the general secretary and chief executi...

The Rev. Junius B. Dotson records a segment of the “Soul Reset” study series for the Upper Room at United Methodist Communications in Nashville, Tennessee, in 2019. Dotson, the top executive of Discipleship Ministries, died on Feb. 24, 2021. He was 55. | Mike DuBose/UM News An official in the United Methodist Church who helped create a proposed plan of gracious separation for the denomination has died from cancer at age 55. The Rev. Junius B. Dotson, the general secretary and chief executi...