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October 3, 2022 Hillcrest United Methodist Church (Nashville, TN) joined with four congregations and a nonprofit organization to celebrate World Communion Sunday with a Festival of Nations. The various groups represent many cultures from four continents and speak more than five languages. All of them
September 29, 2022 Editor’s Note: In late May, a team from United Methodist News, the United Methodist Committee on Relief and the United Methodist Board of Global Ministries visited church refugee ministries in the Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania and western Ukraine to share stories of the
This reflection is the second in a series from the leadership of the California-Pacific Annual Conference on the unity of our annual conference and our future within the United Methodist Church. Some things are as Methodist as Methodist can be. Many might easily name the
September 28, 2022 United Methodist bishops are pushing back against recruitment tactics being used by some supporters of a new traditionalist breakaway denomination. Meanwhile, the bishops also express a commitment to ensuring The United Methodist Church will be a denomination where people across the theological spectrum —
At the heart of Wesleyan/Methodist theology and practice is a profound understanding and vital experience of grace. While John and Charles Wesley shared an understanding of grace deeply rooted in Christian teaching and tradition, they provided distinctive emphases, which came to characterize Methodist teaching and preaching.
September 27, 2022 United Methodists gathered in prayer to call on the government to drop charges against the Rev. Glofie Baluntong, a pastor known for her social justice work. In 2021, Baluntong was charged with attempted murder stemming from a March 25 incident. On Aug.
Learn best practices your church can use to increase in-person and online worship attendance. Tuesday, October 25, Noon-1:30 p.m. EDT (9 a.m.-10:30 a.m. PDT; 6 a.m.-7:30 a.m. HST) For most congregations, attracting new people was a challenge even before the pandemic. Now, churches must focus
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
Tune-in Tuesday, October 4, 2022 on Church and Society’s YouTube Page and Facebook Live. The broadcast begins at 1:00 p.m. EDT (10:00 a.m. PDT; 7:00 a.m. HST). September 17, 2022 Mental illness is a condition that burdens millions of people throughout the world. Between the
September 20, 2022 Editor’s Note: In late May, a team from United Methodist News, the United Methodist Committee on Relief and the United Methodist Board of Global Ministries visited church refugee ministries in the Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania and western Ukraine to share stories of the
