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March 21, 2022 Challenged by reluctance to accept the COVID-19 vaccine, United Methodist churches in Kenya launched a campaign to dismantle stigma and distrust. Steadfastly supporting the government’s efforts to vaccinate against COVID-19, religious leaders introduced a three-month awareness effort, opening their houses of worship
March 15, 2022 Louisiana residents trying to recover from 18 months of weather disasters are benefiting from a unique partnership formed by United Methodist, Mennonite and Amish communities to help with recovery and rebuilding efforts in storm-ridden Lake Charles. The coalition consists of the Louisiana
March 14, 2022 The late Rev. Ernest Fremont Tittle, a white pastor who died in 1949, would be proud of his church in 2022, believes his successor, a Black woman. First United Methodist Church of Evanston, Illinois, has donated $50,000 to a fund set up
In fall 1999, I enrolled in a master’s degree program in African American Studies at Clark Atlanta University, a historically black school in the Atlanta University Center, which includes Morehouse and Spelman colleges. The first class we took was “AAS 501: Africa and the African Diaspora.” We
As a child of the ’70s, I was raised by loving parents to be “colorblind”: to not see race, to treat everyone as simply “human,” to see everyone as a child of God. When I became a parent, this attitude stuck with me. My spouse
March 18, 2022 More than 275 General Conference delegates and other church leaders released an open letter March 18 that shares their hopes for the denomination’s future and their commitment to stay United Methodist. “Ministry is happening now!” said the Letter to the Connection upon the
March 17, 2022 The name change that’s transformed “United Methodist Women” into “United Women in Faith” was announced the same day word came that General Conference was being delayed again, this time until 2024. That timing overshadowed the changes to this 153-year-old organization, which go deeper than
To say Cody Clark has a busy schedule at Patrick Henry High School may be an understatement. Clark works as a history teacher and athletic director. If that is not enough to keep him busy, he also serves as head coach for boys’ varsity soccer.
March 7, 2022 The United Methodist University in Sierra Leone, founded by the late resident Bishop John K. Yambasu, graduated its first class on Feb. 26. Seven students graduated in theology, 18 with National Diplomas in Education and seven with certificates in chaplaincy. Yambasu, who died
September 8, 1925 – January 26, 2022Obituary published by San Gabriel Valley Tribune on Jan. 30, 2022 Inman Moore, longtime United Methodist minister, civil rights activist and Pasadena businessman, died peacefully Jan. 26. He was 96. Moore lived a long, rich life full of service
