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Delores Williamston will tell you that she has always known, deeply, that she was called to something, even as a young person, and even if she couldn’t pinpoint it. The call never quieted. When she returned to the church as an adult, wishing to have
March 24, 2021 Black clergywomen are pioneers of The United Methodist Church who have answered the call to make disciples for the transformation of the world. They have had a positive impact on churches and communities, with spiritual, numerical and financial growth occurring under their
March 2, 2023 Nashville, Tennessee — In a “Mid-term State of The United Methodist Church Address,” Bishop Thomas J. Bickerton, president of the Council of Bishops, called members to “be the architects of a renewed, revived and reclaimed United Methodist Church.” A video of the
In celebration of Women’s History Month 2023, The General Commission on the Status and Role of Women (GCSRW) will be publishing eight blog articles, written by the Rev. Emily Nelms Chastain, in order to highlight the newly elected women bishops by The United Methodist Church.
January 13, 2023 Bishop Woodie W. White grew up in New York City’s Harlem neighborhood in the 1940s during a time of immense racial inequality and turmoil. As a child during World War II, he experienced air raid drills and blackouts and recalls hearing comments
February 15, 2023 On Nov. 22, 1963, the day President Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, the doors of First Methodist Church in the suburb of Richardson, Texas, were kept open all day long for people to pray and seek comfort. “(The Rev.) Bob Middlebrooks insisted
February 9, 2023 The Rev. Dr. William B. Lawrence has had a range of roles in The United Methodist Church: pastor, district superintendent, seminary professor, theological school dean, General Conference delegate, president of the Judicial Council. He is, by academic training, a historian of the church.
Acknowledging the one-year anniversary of the invasion of Ukraine Let the Lord give strength to his people! Let the Lord bless his people with peace! – Psalm 29:11 (CEB) February 16, 2023 Friday, Feb. 24, 2023, marks one year since Russian forces invaded Ukraine, continuing
This article was written by Church and Society staffers Rev. Camille Henderson-Edwards and Rev. Kendal McBroom, who provide a perspective on celebrating African American History Month in 2023. February 9, 2023 We have been here before. We have been to this disorienting intersection of celebrating
February 2, 2023 Over forty leading Californians have released an open letter to President Joe Biden, asking him to stop plans to erect enormous 30-foot walls across Friendship Park, the historic meeting place at the westernmost end of the US-Mexico border. Signers of the letter
