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August 21, 2023 The effort to put The United Methodist Church’s different geographic regions on equal footing has crossed a critical threshold. The Standing Committee on Central Conference Matters, in an online meeting Aug. 19, unanimously approved proposed legislation for the denomination’s worldwide regionalization. That
August 10, 2023 The United Methodist Radio Network has voted unanimously to rebrand as the United Methodist Broadcast Network. The change, made during the group’s annual meeting in South Africa June 19-21, shows the network’s commitment to using the power of broadcasting to reach more people
July 24, 2023 A plan to put the different geographic regions of The United Methodist Church on equal footing has received two key endorsements that it is heading in the right direction. The Connectional Table, meeting online on July 13, and the Standing Committee on
April 28, 2023 The United Methodist leadership body that coordinates the denomination’s mission and ministry is going back to the drawing board in its plan to be both smaller and more global. At an April 27 online meeting, Connectional Table members — by a 66% margin
March 13, 2023 An international United Methodist body is giving fresh energy to efforts to restructure the global denomination so that its different geographic regions would each have greater autonomy and stand on equal footing. The Standing Committee on Central Conference Matters devoted most of its first
May 31, 2022 The Philippines Central Conference will convene for a special session Nov. 24-26 to elect new bishops. Central conferences are seven regional United Methodist bodies in Africa, Europe and the Philippines that each have responsibility for electing bishops. The Book of Discipline has
The General Commission on Religion and Race received 120 grant applications from the United States as well as 8 grant applications from the Central Conferences. According to GCORR’s press release, the grants were for projects that are “bold, innovative initiatives across local churches, annual conferences,
