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December 7, 2022 During a mission journey to Nicaragua in 2009, James Barnett sat with a stranger in a city dump. Suddenly, he heard the words that upended his life and reshaped his future. “The Lord wants you to know you aren’t being obedient.” The
December 7, 2022 Five hundred displaced families living in Beni, a city in northeastern Congo, recently received assistance from The United Methodist Church. Fifty thousand dollars disbursed by the United Methodist Committee on Relief’s International Disaster Response program helped buy 38 tons of food, including
December 6, 2022 Striving to spread the gospel through humanitarian assistance, the Rural Health Program of The United Methodist Church in Nigeria recently added to Jalingo United Methodist Hospital by building an accident and emergency/VIP ward to enhance services. As Nigeria Area Bishop John Wesley
December 2, 2022 The Zimbabwe constitution declares that everyone has a right to citizenship documents. Many children, however, do not have birth certificates, and obtaining national identification cards is a challenge. Representatives of five United Methodist-related primary and secondary schools reported an average 44% of
Are you interested in helping the local church know about missionaries and Global Ministries of the UMC? We are looking to build a team of laity and clergy that would help connect the local churches in the California-Pacific Conference with missionaries throughout the world. This
December 16, 2022 The Rev. Charles Anderson doesn’t like the term “orphans” for those who want to stay United Methodist after their local church has voted to disaffiliate. “These are not orphans; these are pilgrims,” Anderson said. “They’re going to go somewhere, somehow.” Anderson is
December 6, 2022 Unique to the North Central Jurisdictional Conference, 10 candidates for bishop recited a liturgy of solidarity and purpose before any votes were cast in the November elections. “Even when the outcome is not what we’d hoped, even when seven of us return home to
December 5, 2022 Jacques Brown was waiting at McKendree United Methodist Church in downtown Nashville, but not for a church service. “I’m here to get help with some clothes and stuff,” Brown said. “I’m homeless right now, so I’m trying to get all the help
December 13, 2022 The United Methodist Church’s highest court ruled that new delegate elections “are not required” for the long-delayed and potentially pivotal General Conference, now set for 2024. “The delegates duly elected to the 2020 General Conference for the 2020-2024 Quadrennium stand as submitted
November 29, 2022 United Methodist Bishop Gabriel Yemba Unda encourages people of faith to engage in agricultural efforts to address famine in Congo. “All people, United Methodists and non-United Methodists alike,” he said, “need to understand that this is a crucial moment. We must embark,
