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In the beginning was the Word. Then came texting. The United Methodist Church is hoping to reach a younger audience by adding modern media tools to a campaign it credits with increasing first-time and long-term church attendance between 2001 and 2004.
“Pure humble joy” is how Susan Silvus from St. Luke’s United Methodist Church describes the experience of handing her first anti-malaria net to a child in Africa during her recent 10-day trip to Cote d’ Voire.
Mainline churches, mostly out of the D.C. loop during the eight years of the Bush administration, were quick to embrace the winner of the long race to the White House.
The Council of Bishops of The United Methodist Church congratulated Sen. Barack Obama today on his election as the 44th President of the United States and applauded his willingness to articulate a vision of change for the nation “that is based on hope for all the people, especially those who are disinherited and disenfranchised.”
In the final weeks of the presidential campaign, two top U.S. faith leaders are urging a return to civility between Sen. Barack Obama and Sen. John McCain.
A new bishop has been inducted to preside over the 828 United Methodist Church congregations in Iowa. Julius Calvin Trimble was introduced as bishop of the Iowa Conference of the United Methodist Church in a ceremony Sunday at First United Methodist Church in Ankeny.
Bishop Gregory V. Palmer, President of the Council of Bishops, is urging United Methodists to pray for the people of Cuba who are suffering from the devastation of Hurricanes Ike and Gustav.
Kentucky's United Methodists are getting a new leader from Atlanta, one who's overseen something most of the denomination hasn't experienced: a growth in membership.
The Rev. James (Jim) E. Dorff of McKinney, Texas, has been elected a bishop by the South Central Jurisdictional Conference of The United Methodist Church.
Luanda governor, Francisca do Espírito Santo, Saturday in the capital appealed to the youths of the United Methodist Church not to miss the opportunity to choose their representatives during the legislative election set for September 5, this year.
The youths of the United Methodist Church Saturday in Luanda staged a peaceful march under the motto "A happy Angola is possible" leading to the building of the provincial Government.
United Methodists declared Monday a "banner day" as they approved a full communion agreement with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. The new relationship between the two major Protestant denominations is not a merger but a recognition of each other's ministry and mission.
By a vote of 864-19, the General Conference of the United Methodist Church (UMC) adopted an implementing resolution April 28 that will establish full communion with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA).
Montgomery-based Bishop Larry M. Goodpaster has been named the president-designate of the United Methodist Council of Bishops. He is slated to begin his two-year term in 2010.
The bishops of The United Methodist Church have chosen the leader of the Alabama-West Florida Annual (regional) Conference as their president-designate. Bishop Larry M. Goodpaster, 59, was unanimously elected recently to lead the council in two years.
Bishop Gregory Vaughn Palmer was installed today as president of The United Methodist Church’s Council of Bishops. The outgoing president, Bishop Janice Riggle Huie, passed the gavel to Bishop Palmer during a 30-minute worship service.
As it commemorates World Malaria Day, The United Methodist Church announced today it will receive a $5 million grant from the United Nations Foundation, with support from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, to help eliminate malaria and other diseases of poverty.
Katherine Commale is living proof that no one is too young to live out the overall theme of the 2008 United Methodist General Conference—giving others “A Future with Hope.”
More than 3,000 United Methodists from around the globe are expected to converge on Fort Worth, Texas this week for General Conference 2008. The General Conference is the top legislative body of The United Methodist Church.
When Bishop Sharon Brown Christopher delivers the Episcopal Address at the United Methodist General Conference in Fort Worth on April 24, it will be a much different experience than when the first formal Episcopal Address was presented in 1812. It will, in fact, be the first of its kind.
