United Methodist Agencies Join in Appeal for US to Lift Ban on Cuba Travel
A group of Protestant denominations and agencies have asked the Congress of the United States to lift the travel ban that severely limits their interactions with churches in Cuba.
Racial justice leaders urged to help with immigration law reform
Bishop Minerva Carcaño, who heads the United Methodist Council of Bishops Task Force on Immigration, recently urged about 50 racial justice advocates to bolster the effort to enact more humane immigration laws this year.
Tragedy in Sudan moves conference to expand goals
Holston Conference leaders appeal for broader rescue effort
United Methodists address Red River threat
The Rev. Rich Zeck has spent the last 10 days bagging sand for the emergency dikes.
Study team faces turmoil in Sudan
Gunfire keeps team sequestered in hotel, provides opportunity for ministry to hotel staff and to one another.
Buy chocolate, help farmers, agency says
UMCOR encourages buying fair-trade chocolate for Easter to meet the 100-Ton Challenge.
United Methodists confront profiling issue
The United Methodist Church is not immune to incidents of profiling, even as it confronts the problem in wider society.
United Methodists share concerns with lawmakers
The time is now for faith communities to mobilize around health care reform, an aide to Sen. Edward Kennedy says.
Obama staffer says make neighbor’s struggles real
Michael Strautmanis encourages church board members to be engaged with their communities and the Oval Office.
Border Health Partnership Builds on Local Initiative
A new United Methodist Border Health Partnership in South Texas is building on the work of a small membership congregation in the city of Pharr, near McAllen and just across the Rio Grande from the Mexican city of Reynosa.
Church leaders suggest ways to overcome profiling
Understanding the myths that lead to profiling is an important step to beating the problem, experts say.
Racial profiling in society broadens
Often based on false assumptions, profiling is a source of fear for many people of color.
GracePoint United Methodist Church starts over
Kansas Church is rebuilding after leaders depart and form nondenominational church of the same name
Birdhouses for Mission
The Rev. Sam Duree is a man with a mission cause: supporting the United Methodist Theological Seminary in Russia.
United Methodists to look at Pacific Islanders
Global Ministries to examine needs of people in Hawaii, Fiji, Guam, Samoa, and Tonga.
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