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The New Ministries Essential Ministry Team (EMT) invites all interested clergy, laity, and our partners in ministry to submit a Letter of Intent (LOI) that they intend to respond to our Request for Proposals (RFPs) for the second quarter of 2023. Project teams must let
Are you searching for a creative study to use during Lent this year? Do you want something that’s accessible?You know, something where anyone can facilitate the group?Something that is available in person or online?Maybe something that reminds all of us the God created us to
April 19, 2022 The United Methodist Interagency Just and Equitable Net-Zero Coalition has published its first progress report a year after setting a goal of just and equitable net-zero emissions by 2050. On Earth Day 2021, a group of United Methodist general agencies and commissions announced a commitment to
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
March 28, 2022 When Paul Jones drove to Magnolia Avenue United Methodist Church for the first time, he was scared to get out of his car. “I drove to the front door and then left,” said Jones, now worship leader for Magnolia. “It took me
March 23, 2022 The Nigeria Episcopal Area of The United Methodist Church recently welcomed its first church of the Deaf. Resident Bishop John Wesley Yohanna introduced the new congregation, First Wesleyan United Methodist Church of the Deaf in Mutum Biyu, Gassol, in Taraba State. Deacon
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
The Collective Table is, today, a ministry that makes available conversation, music, meditation, and art. Their podcast has had as guests well-known Christian personalities such as Rob Bell, Jennifer Knapp, and Otis Moss III, among many others. The tagline at the top of their website
“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
Following the success of the Digital Church Planting Training Path 1 and Discipleship Ministries will be continuing the conversations in their webinar series Digital Fresh Expressions this January. The team’s hope is to equip “digital missionaries” who are using technology for outreach ministries that connect with neighbors
