Bar of the Conference is relaunching this fall. Host Derrick Scott III conversations with United Methodists across geographic, theological, and experiential difference. The relaunch comes two-plus years after an historic General Conference in Spring 2024, anticipating the Council of Bishop’s Leadership Gathering in October 2026, General Conference 2028 followed by Jurisdictional and Regional Conferences. As we navigate the realities of regionalization and a rapidly changing world, the church is still becoming all that God intends it to be. There has never been a more important time for United Methodist to listen and discern together. So grab a notebook, a choice beverage and join us for conversations that matter.

Bar of the Conference is produced by the team at Wesley's Revival, a ministry of Studio Wesley.

Welcome to Season Two of Bar of the Conference - a podcast about the stories shaping the future of the United Methodist Church. Today's episode is with Rev. Dr. Jean Hauxhurst. Jean is an ordained elder in the Kentucky Annual Conference and currently serves as an ecumenical staff officer for the United Methodist Council of Bishops.

Jean is passionate about Christian unity and believes that ecumenical relationships are core to what it means to be a follower of Jesus and a United Methodist. In this interview, she shares her journey of being a cradle United Methodist who made her way from a local congregation in the Baltimore-Washington Conference to discovering her call to ministry and serving in Kentucky. Jean helps us understand how we in the UMC engage our ecumenical relationships and the impact the last few years has had on those connections. This conversation was too short, but inspiring nonetheless. Enjoy!

Welcome to Season Two of Bar of the Conference - a podcast about the stories shaping the future of the United Methodist Church. Today's episode is with Rev. Jeff Campbell. Jeff is the General Secretary and CEO of Discipleship Ministries, an agency of the UMC. He is an ordained elder from the NJ Annual Conference. Jeff has seen and heard a lot, and yet he remains steady, focused and open to what might be next for his work and our worldwide connection. In this interview, we talk about his journey into ministry in the UMC, as well as the legacy of the late Junuis Dotson. Jeff is the kind of leader we need in the continuing and emerging United Methodist Church.