Haiti marks slow but measurable progress
With 1 million people still homeless from the earthquake, the Caribbean nation faces daunting challenges.
Stopping church sexual abuse takes training
United Methodists can do better than what the law requires in preventing and reporting predatory behavior, church leaders say.
BBC puts focus on King James Bible
Because the translation still has such resonance in everyday life, the UK network will devote hours of airtime to its history.
British Methodists transcribe Bible by hand
Five-month initiative aims to help people encounter the Bible’s stories, poetry and teachings in a new way.
Sexual misconduct tests denomination
The United Methodist Church still has work to do in helping victim-survivors, an agency leader says.
Church responds to immigration arrests
For members of the Ellensburg, Wash., congregation, immigration is not just a hot-button issue. “It’s a humanitarian issue.”
Churches cut utility costs, care for earth
Congregations invest in the future with building updates. “People have been taking more pride in our building, and they want to do more.”
Global Fund reviews cases of grant misuse
The cases don’t involve money pledged by The United Methodist Church to fight malaria in Africa, church leaders say.
GOP dominates church’s congressional group
Republicans outnumber Democrats two to one among United Methodists in 112th Congress.
Tucson events can be a 'watershed moment'
After the shootings, politicians everywhere are calling for an end to incivility in politics. We must learn to disagree in healthy ways.
Bishop Edwards, mission leader, dies
Edwards oversaw the North Carolina Conference and led the effort to establish a seminary in Russia. He was 71.
Church leaders applaud Cuba travel changes
Obama Administration says it will loosen restrictions for religious groups.
Webcast helps pastor build online church
Maryland ministry reaches out to busy seekers with five-minute sermons.
New pastors halfway through first year
Not long ago, they were focusing on midterm exams. Six months into their ministry, young clergy face another midterm exam of sorts.
Church leaders support immigrants at border
The weekend after Epiphany, United Methodists traveled to the desert to witness in solidarity with those refused entrance into the U.S.
Court to hear delegate election issue
In a Feb. 12 session, The United Methodist Church’s “supreme court” will consider how clergy delegates are elected to General Conference.
Memories of Haiti bring hope for future
Julie Fleurinor left Haiti when she was 6, and while her life has improved in the past 20 years, she sees little improvement in her native country.
Deacon plans Abolitionist Hymnal
Carl Thomas Gladstone updates slavery-era folk songs to raise awareness of modern-day human trafficking.
Small-church missions fuel African growth
Evangelists follow example of early Methodists in taking faith from village to village.
Bishop’s letter to King finds surge in racism
Bishop White writes that even as America becomes more ethnically diverse, “old ways die hard.”
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