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October 21, 2022 The United Methodist Committee on Relief has processed more than $17 million so far to help the people of Ukraine cope with the invasion by Russia, said its top executive during the United Methodist Board of Global Ministries’ fall board meeting. At the meeting,
October 25, 2022 Before adjourning in October, Congress passed, and President Biden signed into law a stopgap funding measure to keep government operations running through mid-December. When Congress returns in November, they will have to act on key funding measures for the remainder of Fiscal
Responding to ongoing wars and conflict across the world, Church and Society will host “Plowshare Vision: Peace to be Learned and Practiced” from November 1-3, 2022, on Zoom. According to the Council on Foreign Relations, there are 27 ongoing conflicts worldwide. While there are crisis
September 21st is the International Day of Peace. The theme for this year’s International Day of Peace from the United Nations is “End Racism. Build Peace.” September 16, 2022 The United Nations continues to invite the world community to work towards a world free of racism and
September 1, 2022 Former GBCS intern delivers opening prayer at World Council of Churches 11th Assembly in Karlsruhe, Germany Opening Prayer – Youth Testimony In my present context, I serve a United Methodist Church in Edmonds, Washington on the west coast of the United States.
September 1, 2022 United Methodists will need to both pray and act to end the scourge of gun violence, says a letter the Council of Bishops released Sept. 1 to the wider church. “As people of prayer, we followers of Jesus are called to be
September 1, 2022 “Thou shall not kill.” – Exodus 20:13 We are called as United Methodist Bishops to respond to the devastation and disruption due to gun violence. Communities around the world are traumatized, we are facing a global and national health crisis, and children,
The dedication and consecration of a new church sanctuary in Kenya brought together United Methodists of varied perspectives on LGBTQ inclusion. East Africa Area Bishop Daniel Wandabula joined hundreds of congregants in celebrating the new sanctuary for First United Methodist Church Moheto. Also on
August 4, 2022 Celebrating 100 years of mission in Eastern Congo, The United Methodist Church there recently organized a peace caravan. Leaders from the four episcopal areas of the Congo Central Conference gathered to assess the need for tribal peace in the region in order to
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
