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January 31, 2022 This month, The General Board of Church & Society (GBCS) caught up with a grant recipient from our last cycle of Peace With Justice grants to ask how their project had turned out. This grantee, Bridges Alliance of Johnson County (BAJC), is a
UM Council of BishopsJanuary 21, 2022 WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Executive Committee of the Council of Bishops of The United Methodist Church is calling upon United Methodists to use their influence in their states, legislative districts, and local precincts to enable voter registration and to
by Heather HahnJan. 7, 2022 | UM News A half century ago, Bishop Wilbur Choy made national headlines with his election as The United Methodist Church’s first Asian American episcopal leader. Fellow United Methodists say the bishop did not just a blaze a trail for
United Methodist CommunicationsDecember 21, 2021 United Methodist leaders have reached a settlement in the matter of the Boy Scouts of America’s (BSA) pending bankruptcy proceedings. Upon final court approval, the settlement would absolve any claims of sexual abuse that may have occurred in congregation-sponsored Scouting
Leontine Kelly raised her children a few streets away from Monument Avenue in Richmond, Virginia, once the capital city of the Confederacy. Lining Monument Avenue were enormous memorials to Confederate leaders like Jefferson Davis and Stonewall Jackson. Kelly had no idea, passing by the statue
Note: An update from December 21, 2021, can be seen here. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEDecember 2, 2021 A United Methodist Ad Hoc Committee is encouraging congregations to vote against a proposed Boy Scouts of America (BSA) reorganization plan, following months of negotiations that have failed to
Nov. 30, 2021 | CST When US troops withdrew from Afghanistan at the end of August, a local nonprofit began to search for temporary housing for refugees headed for the San Gabriel Valley. The major immediate need is always temporary housing. “That’s the biggest hurdle
by Sam HodgesNov. 30, 2021 | UM News The United Methodist Church formed in 1968, but it got rhythm — a lot more of it, anyway — in 1996. That’s when the denomination’s official Spanish-language hymnal debuted. Mil Voces Para Celebrar introduced fresh translations of English-language
The 2022 Western Jurisdiction Course of Study (COS) classes for winter and spring are now available for registration. SESSION 1 (January 17 – February 10) – Registration Deadline: December 15, 2021 222 Theology II: Early Church 521 Bible V: Acts & Epistles SESSION 2 (March
November 30, 2021 | CLAREMONT, Calif. Claremont School of Theology (CST) announced today it is a recipient of a $1 million grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. to help the school sharpen its educational vision and reinvent its operational structures in order to better serve a
