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The word “Halloween” (or “Hallowe’en”) means “the evening of Hallows.” “Hallows” is an older English way of saying “saints” — so, the Evening of Saints. But why “the evening?” Many ancient cultures in the Mediterranean world and the Middle East, including Jewish cultures, understood the
October 20, 2023 PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA – The Fall 2023 report of the chief mission officer of The United Methodist Church reviewed the work of the General Board of Global Ministries across the last four years of unprecedented challenges and anticipated new opportunities and unresolved issues
Deaconess Jeanne Roe Smith at University of California, Los Angeles, (UCLA) is traveling to Cincinnati, Ohio, on October 29, 2023, to receive the Bishop Melvin Talbert Award from Clifton United Methodist Church and the West Ohio Conference of The United Methodist Church (UMC). Jeanne Roe
October 18, 2023 The Rev. Michele Johns shares the grief many United Methodists feel in seeing churches withdraw from the denomination. But the pastor and social worker also shares the joy many of her fellow LGBTQ United Methodists and their allies feel at the prospect
July 14, 2023 The recent decision by the majority of the Supreme Court justices to end affirmative action based on race in the college admissions process should alarm all justice-seeking Americans. Christians — and those who value a more equitable society that values diversity in
October 2, 2023 A covenant relationship begun by newly elected bishops over 20 years ago is still going strong today. Bishop Warner H. Brown was elected in 2000 along with Bishops Jose Quipungo and Gaspar João Domingos, both from Angola, and they discussed a conference-to-conference
October 16, 2023 A broad spectrum of organizations dedicated to promoting religious, cultural and human rights protections globally, write to the UN Secretary General with urgency regarding Azerbaijan’s recent military assault on Nagorno-Karabakh. The letter is powerful and moving and includes a list of robust
October 10, 2023 Back in the early 1980s, the Rev. Kathy Sage would meet periodically with the handful of women administrators and faculty at United Methodist seminaries and ask them what they needed. One answer always came back the same, said Sage, who organized the
August 18, 2023 If YOUTH 2023 illustrated anything to the General Board of Higher Education and Ministry (GBHEM) staff taking part, it was that the future looks brighter than a lot of people may realize. With teenagers from all over the world converging on the
Ministry Innovator (PAID) Internship View Flyer (PDF) Do you know a young adult leader ready for the next step in leading dynamic, missionally aligned ministry? The Wesley Ministry Innovator Internship is an opportunity to grow in community, to experiment boldly, and to learn new ways to
