Honored as President of the National Association of Schools and Colleges of the United Methodist Church (NASCUMC) to share our voice during this critical time in the Church's history and to continue to advocate for inclusiveness of all people. In our recent statement, NASCUMC endorses the creation of a U.S. conference of the Methodist church, which is one aspect of the proposed separation protocol. This would bring renewed hope to our schools for a future United Methodist Church that supports the kind of open and inclusive environment that’s so vital for our campuses and the work that we do to shape principled leaders of the future.
Read more from my interview with Inside Higher Ed in "A Way Out of Impasse Over LGBT Issues?" The article discusses "A proposed split in the United Methodist Church could be good news for colleges that struggled with whether to retain their church affiliation following the adoption of anti-LGBT policies."
