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by Monalisa S. Tu’itahi Prayer Week, or Uike Lotu, is underway all over the connection, as Tongan congregations participate in the annual week of prayer. Traditionally, Prayer Week marks the beginning of the New Year. But more than just marking the new year, it is a
November 15, 2023 After missteps and failures along the way, the Rev. C. Don Jones made it through treatment for alcoholism and is back in the pulpit. But the wounds from the experience are still there. In “The Sun Still Shines: The Legend of a
November 10, 2023 I am a United Methodist and the U.S. Navy’s Senior Chaplain aboard the USS Gerald R. Ford and the chaplain for Carrier Strike Group 12. It is an honor and privilege to serve the sailors of this group and to serve our
November 9, 2023 As Veterans Day approaches, three episcopal leaders of The United Methodist Church reflect on how military service enriched their lives and helped them become the leaders they are. Bishops Delores J. “Dee” Williamston, Lanette L. Plambeck and Cedrick D. Bridgeforth were elected
October 24, 2023 Bishop Thomas B. Stockton’s favorite Bible verse was John 10:10: “I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.” “He had an enthusiasm and joyfulness that was really contagious,” said the Rev. James Howell, senior
August 17, 2023 ATLANTA – In 2023, Encounter with Christ (a ministry partnership between the Methodist Church in the Caribbean and Americas, the Council of Evangelical Churches in Latin America and the Caribbean, and Global Ministries) awarded 21 grants to 13 mission partners from the
August 8, 2023 “Go.” From the time of the early church, this short imperative has shaped Christianity’s understanding of mission. It is a central part of the Great Commission in the Gospel of Matthew: “And Jesus came and said to them, ‘All authority in heaven
July 31, 2023 Thanks to a paperwork error made more than 50 years ago, Deborah Holston’s life has been in limbo for the past three years. Holston has been living with family members and struggles with mental health issues. She’d like to get a place
June 23, 2023 In Matthew 22:36-40, Jesus makes it clear that the greatest commandment is: “Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.” He states that the second greatest commandment is: “Thou
January 15, 2023 In 1848 Ellen Craft, an enslaved woman in Macon, Georgia, feared that her father – who was her White enslaver – would claim any child she bore as his property. And so, she and her husband, also enslaved, embarked on a remarkable
