Briefing previews General Conference issues
Delegates consider issues from reorganization to roles of bishops to an operating budget that is smaller than in the previous quadrennium.
Black College Fund celebrates 40 years
United Methodist support helps recruit outstanding faculty and provide students with academic, cultural and spiritual guidance.
Growing communities along the Santa Cruz
From the hard soil of Tucson, Ariz., Youth Farm Project interns help the community to develop a flourishing garden and gathering place.
Will restructuring cut vital ministry?
That’s the question church staff want General Conference delegates to consider in weighing various reorganization proposals.
Sowing promise for developing countries
Foods Resource Bank spins cash from crops into food security as farmers and churches make a global difference.
Home nourishes body, soul of Nigerian young
Born out of the Hope for Children of Africa initiative, this mission of the United Methodist orphanage is still expanding.
Supreme Court shields church from bias laws
United Methodist leaders say the decision puts the onus on the denomination to do justice in its hiring practices.
Preview to church restructuring debate
Concerns raised that the proposed changes would give too much power to bishops and damage the denomination’s ‘separation of powers.’
Young adults lead social justice startups
An incubator for life-changing ministries, Spark12 allows millennials to hone leadership skills, begin new service ventures.
‘Exploring Differences, Deepening Faith’
During the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, a student reflects on how living with other faiths and cultures strengthens her own.
30 years and still learning
The Rev. Laurie Haller shares lessons learned from her 30-year pastoral journey establishing “a solid foundation for effective ministry.”
Training churches for job ministry
Katherine Simons hopes other churches will help the jobless. “If The United Methodist Church gets behind this, we can change people’s lives.”
Welcoming job seekers at the church door
John Harper greets those worried about being out of work. “We try to make people understand that God will hear you and God will help you.”
North Texas General Conference Delegation Endorses Call to Action
North Texas General Conference Delegation Endorses Call to Action
Group proposes alternative restructure
Methodist Federation for Social Action is the only unofficial caucus to submit its own reorganization to General Conference.
Racism still stings, bishop tells King
In his birthday letter to the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., Bishop Woodie White ponders whether race is America’s ‘stubborn virus.’
Dog blogs to help fellow canines
Goose is raising money to add pet section to homeless shelter. "We've had people stay outside so they could be with their dogs for the night."
Conference trains church planters
Lay missionary planting network project works to develop new faith fellowships, churches in Oklahoma Indian Missionary Conference.
Breadfruit flour effort aims to enrich Haiti
Despite obstacles, Hennepin Avenue church in Minneapolis works toward innovative project to provide food and jobs.
Methodists cooperate in Haiti’s recovery
Two years after the devastating earthquake, church partners measure progress toward recovery in many ways.
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