Dr. Chris Ritter, publisher, writer, and editor of www.peopleneedjesus.net, shares his thoughts about the wave of disaffiliating churches happening in the United Methodist Church in America. Chris, who is also the Directing Pastor of Geneseo First United Methodist Church in the Illinois Great Rivers Conference, helps explain what is happening in this season of disaffiliation and what it means to the future of Methodism.

Chris' Blog
http://www.peopleneedjesus.net 

First United Methodist Church of Geneso, Illinois
http://peopleneedjesus.org

Christ United Methodist Church
http://www.christunited.com

David Couch, Composer of Podcast Intro
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgAK9Pr5685C4ZsmQYKbncg


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