Part of any doctoral work involves examining past research on related and/or relevant topics.

There is only one substantive research study that includes GLB UMs, so there is very little with which to compare my findings.

• Comstock, G. D. (1996). Unrepentant, self-affirming, practicing :Lesbian / bisexual / gay people within organized religion. New York: Continuum Publishing Co.
• See my comparative analysis of Comstock's work

James Rutland Wood (2000), in Where the Spirit Leads, analyzes and summarizes data gleaned from his surveys of UM 1996 General Conference delegates, and he reports one set of data to which one finding in this research can be compared: the four Biblical stances he defined and found among the GC delegates. I use those stances in my questionnaire as well.

• Wood, J. R. (2000). Where the spirit leads: The evolving views of United Methodists on homosexuality. Nashville: Abingdon Press.
• See my comparative analysis of Wood's work

To review Dr. Stroud's suggestions for further research: Unanswered questions