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April 1, 2022 When the Rev. Eliud Kahanya Karanja graduated from Bethany Christian College in Mathare, Kenya, in 1994, he knew God was calling him to ministry. Believing that the traditional pastorate wasn’t the path for him at the time, Karanja established a United Methodist
Faith with spiritual refugees? Check.Services for social refugees? Check. That is holiness in the United Methodist way coming alive through Refuge Ministry at Echo Park United Methodist Church as well as their non-profit organization entitled, “Echo Park Immigration Center” (E.P.I.C.). Since the last time California-Pacific
“NORMALIZING NEXT“ is intended to be an on-going resource for pastors and leaders who don’t want to give up on the “call” to do ministry and to do it effectively, even in the midst of crisis. It is open to anyone who is in need of
The official day of Human Relations Day Sunday 2022 is January 16, 2022. All are encouraged to celebrate this Sunday on any Sunday throughout the year. Human Relations Day (Sunday before the national observance of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday) is one of six churchwide
In this interview with Yet Alive, Alfredo Santiago—a social worker, 2021 graduate of Wesley Theological Seminary, and active participant in Latinx ministries in the Baltimore Washington Conference—discuss the unique gifts the Methodist church brings and challenges it faces in offering a welcoming table to all.
This past pandemic year has been wrought with much pain from deaths, racism, economic losses to violence and division. In the Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) community, we have seen much of these disparities including continued anti-Asian hate. We recognize much healing is needed as individuals, communities and
The Crossroads Dignity Center will re-open in November after its remodeling and is inviting all to come and help celebrate the opening of a place of hope, restoration, and community. A place for the community to receive much needed services is far and few between
[#theyarechildren] As the Obama Administration prepares to fast-track the deportation of these unaccompanied migrant children against public opinion (Reuters/Ipsos poll), faith and community leaders from both The United States and Mexico will visit a temporary holding facility in McAllen, Texas on Monday, August 18, 2014.
