NASHVILLE, Tenn. (UMNS) — Faced with tight funding, the United Methodist Church’s theological schools in Europe are seeking new ways of educating future leaders on the continent.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (UMNS) — The United Methodist Church’s education agency is creating a global fund that will help Methodist schools around the world develop leaders and become more effective.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (UMNS) — U.S. membership in the United Methodist Church decreased by less than 1 percent in 2004, and worship attendance experienced a similar dip, according to a report from the denomination's finance agency.
After the 16th-century bridge in Mostar was destroyed by Croatians during the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the United Methodist Committee on Relief oversaw construction of a temporary footbridge to reconnect the two sides of the devastated city.
The first Northern European Conference on Christian Education drew 40 people from Norway, Latvia, Lithuania, Russia, Finland, Estonia and the United States to discuss the education, formation and recruitment of future church leaders in Christian education.
The Connectional Table, a 60-member group responsible for coordinating the mission, ministries and resources of the United Methodist Church, has proposed four goals for the 10 million-member denomination.
