Social Concerns

Women gather during a peace-building workshop in Rutshuru, Congo. The United Methodist Church is playing a role in mediation efforts in the Rutshuru Territory of the DRC, which has been plagued by tribal and land conflicts. Photo by Philippe Kituka Lolonga, UMNS.

Church plays role of mediator in East Congo

In a region crushed by unrest, United Methodists help resolve tribal, land and inheritance conflicts.

Local Church

Students from the June Hartranft Primary School for Girls process through Moyamba, Sierra Leone, during the school’s 50th anniversary celebration. The United Methodist institution is the only girls’ primary school in the country providing a boarding facility. Photo by Phileas Jusu, UMNS.

United Methodist girls’ boarding school turns 50

Begun in a poultry building, today June Hartranft Primary School for Girls is one of the leaders in elementary education in Sierra Leone.

General Church

Leaders from the General Board of Church Society headquarters in Washington, D.C., traveled to Harare to meet with leaders from the Zimbabwe Episcopal Area June 20-21 to draft a revised version of its Social Principles. The decision to create a new document was made at the 2016 General Conference. The last revision was made by committee in 1968. Photo by Chenayi Kumuterera, UMNS.

Zimbabwe United Methodists weigh in on Social Principles

Listening sessions, said Bishop Eben K. Nhiwatiwa, ‘will go a long way in grounding our understanding of Social Principles and how to implement them.’

General Conference

Delegate Pierre Kasongo (right) and other members of the Tanganyika delegation vote on legislation while listening to a translation of the 2016 General Conference proceedings. The Commission on General Conference said translations of the Way Forward proposals are coming. File Photo by Mike DuBose, UMNS.

Translated Way Forward coming July 30

The Commission on General Conference lays out a plan for getting the report to delegates as quickly as possible.

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