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This reflection is the first in a series from the leadership of the California-Pacific Annual Conference on the unity of our annual conference considering the disaffiliation movement within the United Methodist Church. All of us have faced moments in our lives when we have contemplated
The General Commission on Religion and Race (GCORR) is proud to announce a new cycle of the CORR Action Fund (CAF) grant program that will support creative initiatives that will transform the United Methodist Church (UMC) and the world. The 2022-2023 grant program will provide
It is with full hearts of thanks for the outpouring of generosity from 25 California-Pacific churches, plus 8 other organizations and individuals, that provided school supplies, backpacks, comforters, snacks, gift cards, shampoo and conditioner, body wash, and more to Sherman Indian High School in Riverside
Be Still as a Spiritual Practice: Online Event for Pastors Serving Cross-Racial, Cross-Cultural, and Multicultural Contexts “Be still, and know that I am God!I am exalted among the nations;I am exalted in the earth.” – Psalm 46:10 After a brief hiatus during the pandemic, “Facing
September 19, 2022 The Rev. Cory Smith is a pastor in the Alabama-West Florida Conference, where more than a few traditionalist churches are poised to disaffiliate from The United Methodist Church and others are weighing their options. But Smith is a determined leader of Celebrate UMC,
September 19, 2022 The 11th General Assembly of the World Council of Churches is now history. At the ecumenical summit in Karlsruhe, Germany, around 3,000 participants from 120 countries met Aug. 31-Sept. 8 to discuss the future direction of ecumenism. The meeting ended with a
September 16, 2022 The pastors of two faithful North Carolina United Methodist churches have at least one goal in common when it comes to whether to leave the denomination over questions of sexuality and theology. Myers Park in Charlotte and Wesley Memorial in High Point
September 14, 2022 Pastors can often find themselves in uncomfortable and even dangerous situations when trying to minister to others, but they can take steps to ensure their safety. The Rev. Dr. Tori Butler explores the risks that pastors – particularly clergywomen – face in
September 14, 2022 The United Methodist Church has helped nearly 1,000 families from the Central African Republic living in a refugee camp in Limasa. Limasa is about 70 kilometers downstream from Yakoma on the Ubangi River in the Equateur Province. “These displaced people are living
September 12, 2022 The weekend in the middle of the World Council of Churches General Assembly is expressly intended for excursions and congregational encounters. The participants and contributors traveling from around the world are given the opportunity to get to know the respective life of
