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April 13, 2023 With my son’s permission, I would like to share our story. I am a lifelong Tennessean, graduate of the University of Tennessee, a business professional, a wife, a mother and a Christian, attending Glendale United Methodist Church in Nashville. My husband
An old gospel song, sung by Sweet Honey in the Rock, echoes through my brain, my body, and tonight, through my soul. The haunting lyrical sound moans: Would you harbor a Christian, a Muslim, a Jew? A heretic, convict, or spy? Would you harbor a
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May 26, 2021 As a religious educator in church and academia, I have wanted to claim that our Korean immigrant churches are doing a great job preserving ethnic and religious traditions and nurturing the next generation. I so wished to conclude my research that this
May 11, 2023 The United Methodist Church’s Black membership caucus removed the word “National” from its name in 2015, hoping to become a more global organization. During its 56th General Meeting in mid-April, Black Methodists for Church Renewal (BMCR) took strides in that direction, emphasizing
In the coming weeks Congress will be making decisions that deeply affect our common life together. Now is the time to contact your elected representatives to ask that they broadly prioritize grace over greed. May 2, 2023 “The Bible is consistent in its witness that
The California-Pacific Conference’s vision: Ending Spiritual and Physical Hunger resonates and inspires the laity and clergy of our area to give, lead, and serve in new and exciting ways. Each week we will share a video from one of our churches that is living into
The United Methodist Church Native American International Caucus (NAIC)’s Family Camp is back for a time of connecting and healing, as well as time for fun, celebration, worship and growing in awareness as we walk together. “Healing the Generations” When: July 20-23, 2023Location: Asbury Retreat
Churches and annual conferences often establish funds intended to give pastors and Bishops complete discretion and authority, usually to provide confidential financial help to those in need or fund programs that previously had not been budgeted. But a discretionary funds can cause clergy to unknowingly
Written by Eun Jin “Jinny” Kim, a 2022 intern for the General Commission on Religion and Race, and a student at Garret-Evangelical Theological Seminary, Evanston Illinois. Often, when people born and reared in the United States refer to difficulty with another person’s “accent,” we may
