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August 10, 2022 A group of people of different ages huddles together in the front yard, some holding hymnbooks and Bibles that appear to be new. They are directed to the page containing the Apostles’ Creed and read together with the Rev. Susan Manyange of
August 8, 2022 In 1982, the inaugural session of the United Nations Working Group on Indigenous Populations (WGIP) was held and by 1994 the WGIP identified August 9th as The Annual International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples to promote human rights protections for Indigenous Peoples all
A missionary who discovered United Methodism through the Cameroon Mission Initiative uses experience gained in 17 years of lay leadership and church development to help strengthen these areas in the East Congo Episcopal Area. June 29, 2022 Collins Etchi Ako from Cameroon has met and
August 5, 2022 Days after a gunman killed 19 children and two teachers in Uvalde, Texas, United Methodists in the Arkansas Annual Conference had a message for their elected leaders. Do more than offer thoughts and prayers. “Now, therefore be it resolved, the Arkansas Annual
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
August 3, 2022 The United Methodist Church in Liberia recently decommissioned its episcopal residence and the entire property for use by the United Methodist University of Liberia’s Graduate School of Professional Studies. “After serving the church for 29 years,” Bishop Samuel J. Quire Jr., Liberia
August 2, 2022 Some questions for United Methodists: Do you think Christians are hypocritical and judgmental, or more generous and loving? Are you comfortable talking about Jesus with friends? Can you have a productive relationship with Jesus if you decide to make it a private
August 1, 2022 Bishops, clergy and laity representing the country’s four episcopal regions of The United Methodist Church gathered recently to celebrate the first 100 years of Methodist mission in Eastern Congo. A century ago, chiefs in what is now the Democratic Republic of Congo
July 29, 2022 In a state checkered by rival yard signs, a United Methodist megachurch held a forum on faith and abortion seeking to find common ground. The July 27 town hall before a packed house at the United Methodist Church of the Resurrection in
July 26, 2022 A partnership between the United Methodist Southern Nigeria Conference and the Beautiful Gate Handicap Center recently improved the lives of people with mobility issues. Fifty tricycles were donated through the conference’s ministries with the disabled. Without the bikes, people who cannot use
