Church helps senior adults brush up on driving skills
Near Atlanta, Alpharetta United Methodist Church offers older drivers a tune-up on the rules of the road.
United Methodist Church now official in Albania
Fifteen years after Methodism is reintroduced in the Balkan nation, Bishop Patrick Streiff signs formal papers in Tirana.
Ganta Hospital Faces Shortages
Ganta is a small mission hospital with 100 beds and 2,000 patient visits per month and is in need of medical personnel, pharmaceuticals, and infrastructure.
Are We Closer to Peace Today?
United Methodist Women have carried out a prayer campaign since the 2003 Lenten Season, the start of the Iraq War. Now, we call on the whole church to keep the faith and continue actions of prayer for peace.
Methodist Church in Sri Lanka Grows Despite Civil Strife and Tsunami
The Methodist Church of Sri Lanka has a problem it welcomes: it is having trouble keeping up with its membership growth in a country of relatively few Christians.
Resurrected octogenarian drums it up in church
An error by the Social Security Administration caused Phyllis Orr to expire legally. But at 81, Orr says she isn’t done living.
New technology offers home option to aging seniors
Sears Methodist Retirement System rolls out a new program helping aging baby boomers to continue living independently.
The Rev. Karmah Early: 'My life is total darkness'
Blind for several years, she survives on a meager church pension after years of service as a United Methodist pastor in Liberia.
The Rev. Joseph Sunday: No nest egg after 33 years
"We eat once a day," says Sunday, 77, who led rural churches in Liberia and retired from active ministry in 2002.
The Rev. James Mazdeh: Praying for another day
"Whatever God provides, I eat it for the day and pray for another," says Mazdeh, 86, who relies on a quarterly pension worth US$60.
Agnes Toe: 'Ministry was a blessing in my life'
Wiping away tears, this United Methodist pastor's widow in Liberia struggles with family losses, illness and poverty.
Retired Liberian clergy eke out survival on pensions
The next installment of a four-week series focuses on Liberia, where a pension program is helping clergy and church lay workers.
Willie Marare: Thankful to God, despite hardships
With the loss of his sight, Marare struggles, but he says God is wonderful to him.
Elijah Kabungaidze: ‘I have nothing to give them’
As a superintendent, Kabungaidze worries about the pastors and widows in his area.
Retirement presents challenge for Estonian pastors
Ilmar Looris helped the church stay alive in the communist era but now gets by on little pension.
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