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United Methodist Church proposes historic split over gay marriage and LGBT clergy

January 3, 2020

By CNN Wire and Ben Bradley, WGN9, Chicago

United Methodist Church bishops and leaders are proposing a split into more than one denomination in a bid to resolve years of debate over LGBT clergy and same-sex weddings, according to the church's official news agency.

The proposal, from a 16-member group of bishops and church leaders, says a separation Read more

A letter to Greg Dell

November 20, 2016

This letter is a report to the Community United Methodist Church 2016 Charge Conference from Rev. Robert Harman, the Senior Pastor who welcomed Greg to his first appointment in Naperville, IL beginning in June of 1970. Published here with permission of Rev. Robert J. Harman.

Dear Greg,

I received a request the other day for my annual report to the Church Conference at Community United Methodist Church in Naperville. I cannot think about CUMC today without a filter named Greg Dell.

In 1970, the Pastor Parish Committee decided it was time to request the appointment Read more

Remembering Greg Dell

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Hal Baim/Windy City Times

November 15, 2016

By Jan Hensley-Olson, Affirmation newsletter, Vol. 42, Issue 1, Fall 2016

Affirmation and all organizations and individuals that fight for a more justice-filled world have lost a beloved friend. Gregory Robert Dell, age 70, passed away in Raleigh, NC, on Sunday, October 30, 2016, from complications of Parkinson’s Disease. Greg has spent a lifetime championing the disenfranchised.

Greg was a pastor Read more

Rev. Greg Dell: a remembrance

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Josh Hawkins

November 8, 2016

By Tom Holmes, OakPark.com

Pastor Greg Dell died on Oct. 30, 2016 from the complications of Parkinson's Disease. Many older members of Euclid Ave. Methodist Church here in Oak Park remember him from the years he served that congregation from 1985 to 1995.Read more

Remembering Greg Dell

October 31, 2016

By cathy knight, executive director, Church Within A Church Movement

The Church Within A Church Movement grieves the death of Rev. Greg Dell who passed Sunday October 30, 2016.

Greg has been the foundation on which we stand in this Movement. Greg was the founding co-convener of CWACM and guiding light for 15 years.Read more

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