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June 16, 2022 United Methodist pastors should have their salaries set by annual conferences on a scale based on job performance and experience, which would reduce the salary disparity between Black and white clergy, said two researchers. Currently, local church leaders set pastor salaries based
June 19, 2022 On June 17, 2021, Juneteenth officially became a federal holiday. It marks the day when federal troops arrived in Galveston, Texas in 1865 to take control of the state and ensure that all enslaved people be freed. The troops’ arrival came a full two
June 15, 2022 The depth and strength of motherhood in the development of children transcend time, distance and any human condition. Even in the most adverse and difficult conditions, motherhood is a symbol of security, hope and support for the weakest. That is the image
Men’s & Scouting Ministries: General Commission on United Methodist MenJune 14, 2022 Nashville, TN – The long-anticipated wait is coming to an end as a new era of Scouting ministry in The United Methodist Church makes its way forward. A highly skilled team of chancellors, insurance risk
June 9, 2022 The Methodist Church of Mexico is responding to a surge in immigrants from Ukraine who have been displaced by war and are seeking asylum in the United States. The war with Russia has forced more than 10 million Ukrainians to flee their
June 3, 2022 The small crowd, mostly women, gathered on the stone steps of City Hall in Lynn, Massachusetts, holding signs in English and Spanish. Their placards offered simple slogans like “la renta esta muy cara,” “rent is very expensive.” Chants were equally straightforward. A woman holding
June 2, 2022 Doing church on the internet isn’t going to fade away even if COVID-19 does, according to a United Methodist pastor in Louisiana. “I have seen the Holy Spirit working in more powerful ways through the online ministry in the last couple of
by Ed WhiteMay 13, 2022 JUSTICE and SALVATION Jesus said to him, “Today salvation has come to this household” Luke 19:9 CEB Justice, as we should all come to understand, is a reality with which the Lord is deeply concerned. In today’s world, humanity is
(편집자 주 :이글에서 아시아 /태평양계 미국인이란 미국의 시민권을 가진 아시아/태평양계 사람들을 포함한 미국에 사는 모든 아시아/태평양계 사람들을 의미합니다.) 연합감리교회의 사회생활 원칙(Social Principles of the United Methodist Church)은 인종주의를 이렇게 정의합니다. “인종주의란 하나의 인종이 다른 인종들을 지배하는 힘에 더하여, 지배하는 인종이 다른 인종들보다 원래 우월하다는 가치관을 결합한 것이다.” (연합감리교회 장정 ¶162.A.) 세례식에서 연합감리교인들은 “모든 형태의 악과 불의 그리고 억압에 저항”할 것을 고백하고
May 26, 2022 Today, we honor the memory of George Floyd, who was murdered on May 25, 2020, by former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin while three officers failed to intervene. This solemn anniversary falls at a time when our nation is reeling after the
