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Women's Division Forum with The Renew Network

About the Forum

On September 21 from 10:00am -12:00 pm (EST) at the Oxnam Memorial Chapel of Wesley Theological Seminary in Washington, D.C., six leaders from the United Methodist Women's Division - representing about one-million members -- dialogued with six panelists of the RENEW organization -- an affiliate of the Good News Network -- a conservative, evangelical group that has been calling for reform of the Division for more than a decade. Both sides dialogued on a range of issues evolving in both church and society -- theological differences, conservativism, accountability, political and social involvement, women's role in the church, interfaith relations, and common ground for faith relations. The two groups chose six panelists for the dialogue and a professor of the seminary was be the independent moderator for the event.

General Information

Date: September 21, 2005

Time: 10:00am to 12:00pm

Location: Oxnam Memorial Chapel of Wesley Theological Seminary in Washington, D.C.

Format: Debate (a delegation of six will represent each organization)

Webcast

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Women's Division

• Transcript from Forum
  
• Delegation
  
• Questions for Renew Network
  
• Resources
• Women's Division Board of Directors October 2005 Resolution on the Forum with RENEW
  
• Recent Articles
• Two Sides Dialogue on Divisive Issues - Lessons for Churches in the Talk?
• Open letter to RENEW from Jan Love, CEO of the Women's Division
• Jan Love's Letter of Respose to Faye Short of RENEW
• Past materials Response to "Call for Reform of The Women's Division"
• Women's Division Response on the Six Areas on Which RENEW called for Women's Division Reform
• Responsively Yours, February 2003
• The Women's Division response to specifically targeted groups, funded by the Women's Division in 2000
• 1994 Statement on the Women's Division Involvement in Re-imagining Conference

Renew Network

• Delegation
  
• Questions for the Women's Division
  
• Resources
  
• Web site