For the first time, organizers plan for The United Methodist Church’s top lawmaking assembly to take place across two locations, and in another historic move, one of those locations will be on the African continent.
Lay and clergy leaders from four continents gathered in Canada and online to begin the work of praying, listening and striving for The United Methodist Church of the future. But first they had to grapple with the denomination’s realities of the present.
A coalition of faith groups, including United Methodists, has grounds to sue to curb immigration enforcement activities at houses of worship, a federal appeals court ruled.
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A vision for funding regional conferences
An invitation to reflect on the denomination’s future
Be brave enough to let the light find you
Walking the journey of calling
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James Laney had big impact on Africa University
Remembering 9/11 at John Street church