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As United Methodist Annual Conferences meet this summer the biggie at every one of them will be the consideration of the Constitutional Amendments.  It is a mixed bag this time.  The biggest of the biggies is the reorganization of Methodism into Regional Conferences.

All the amendments were briefly looked at tonight at a meeting of the district of which I am a part.  In an effort to make it easier to see both positive and negative I am going to post here links to information that I find on the WWW.

I am going to try and be fair, presenting both sides, as I find that information.  Some of what will be posted is the opinions of the writers of those particular blogs and websites.  The views will not necessarily be mine or that of any “official” UMC entity.

So, off we go.

I am going to start with a link to the website that was created just to promote these amendments.  It can be found at World Wide United Methodist Church.  Be sure to watch the video at the bottom of the page.

New! At the Good News Website there are some results of a few conferences votes.

New! At the EMethodist Blog the writer posts why he is voting no on the Amendments. Read it here.

New! John Lomperis has Some Questions For Supporters Of Amendment #1

New! At Methodist Reveille there are some early number on the vote.

Here is a corrected link from elsewhere in this post.  It is from GenX Rising and is titled: Amendment 1. And a new post from Andrew Thompson at GenX Rising titled: Which Way To A Worldwide Church.

Here is a blog in favor of the amendments.  See it here.

Here is a post from Methodistthinker.com about leaders in the North Georgia and Holston Conferences urging the defeat of the church restructuring amendments.

At Imagebearers blog a post has been made named “Before You Vote.” It contains two articles, one by Eddie Fox and one by Scott Jones.  Both can be found here.

Here is an audio of a sermon by Rev. Eric Folkerth on The Case for Methodist Amendment 1. Listen to it here.

Here is another from the same website titled: United Methodist Vote On Full Inclusion.

There is a post over at GenX Rising on Amendment 1.  Look for the link 4 paragraphs down.

Tom Parkinson, a student at Duke, has written a piece on Why The UMC Should Not Create Regional Conferences.  Here it is.

Is There a Conspiracy Of Silence About The Constitutional Amendments? By Dr. Bill Bouknight.

The Great Church Restructuring Of The Methodist Church by Jeremy Steele

Tex Sample has placed a video on YouTube explaining why we should vote yes to the Constitutional Amendments.  Watch it here.

Dave Nichols at Daves Methodist Blog has written a thoughtful piece. Follow this link to read it.

Pastor Will Rice of San Antonio, Texas posted an article on his blog Will|U|Be A Disciple. It is a paper written by Rev. John Wright, Pastor at Grace UMC in Corpus Christi Texas.  You can read it here.

Jerry P. Kulah, Superintendent of the United Methodist Church’s Monrovia  District in Liberia has posted a video on YouTube bringing some of Africa’s perspective on the Amendments issue. You can watch it here.

Over at MethodistThinker.com there is a more extensive print article on Superintendent Kulah and the video.  It is worth a look.

Dr. Jim Bankston, pastor at St. Paul’s UMC in Houston Texas has posted his own YouTube video on Amendment 1.  You can watch it here.

The West Ohio Conference as put together a document which tries to be objective in nature.  It is available in both word and pdf formats.

Steve Rankin at Rankin File has written his thoughts on the Amendments.

David Livingston has written a piece on the Amendments.  To read it go here.

The Maxie Dunnam links listed below have gone away.  It seems that they were removed from YouTube and replaced with these videos that do not include the United Methodist Cross and Flame Logo.  You can see the new versions here and here.

John Battern over at Out The Door has a post titled, New Perspective On Amendments.

Bishop Scott Jones has his own YouTube video addressing the Constitutional Amendments.  Watch it here.

Here is an article from the Illinois Review by Cal Skinner.  It is titled: How Liberal Methodists Are Trying To Keep Their Church Jobs.

Rev. Paul T. Stallworth in Morehead City North Carolina has posted a PDF file on the lifewatch.org site.  Here it is.

Maxie Dunnam has weighed in on the Amendments and has placed a couple of video’s on You Tube.  You can find them here and here.  And here is the video by Eddie Fox.

Here is another article in the Interpreter’s Magazine Online.  It is by the Rev. H. Eddie Fox.

Here is a page I just found that lays out the rationale for each of the amendments.  You probably already have this but if you don’t here it is.

Linda Green writes on the subject at UMC.org in an article titled Conference To Consider Church Structure.

Riley Case writes Amending Away Our Global Church over at Good News Magazine.  It’s worth a read.

The next is Tim McClendon’s A Potter’s View.  Tim is a District Superintendent in South Carolina.  This is a rather lengthy article but well thought out article.

Mark Tooley directs the United Methodist committee of the Institute on Religion and Democracy (www.ird-renew.org) in Washington, D.C. He had an article in Touchstone Magazine.  You can find it here.

Mark Tooley writes again at The Institute On Religion & Democracy.  This short article is titled United Methodist Amendments Advocate “Global Segregation.”

Shane Raynor, the godfather of blogging Methodist writes a site called the Wesley Report.  He wrote an article about the amendments.  You can find it at The Wesley Report.

Over at MethodistThinker.Com there is an article by Ed Tomlinson.  He was the Executive Assistant to the Bishop of the North Georgia Conference for 8 years. Go there from here.

Also from the MethodistThinker.com comes an article where John Ed Mathison weighs in on the Amendment question. Read Seven Concerns about the UMC here.

The Interpreter’s Magazine has an article online that attempts to discuss the pros and cons of the Amendments.  It also discusses  the other amendments that will be considered.

Here is some FAQ’s. The first part deals with procedural matters concerning the vote.

And here is an entry concerning the membership issue amendment. Here is another site on the same amendment.

One of the amendments extends voting rights to local pastors, provisional, and associate members.  To read more, click here.

The United Methodist Portal has just posted an article by Bill Fentum titled, Worldwide decision: United Methodists to vote on amending constitution. Read it here.

As I find more I will post it here.  If you know of any links you would like included send them to me.