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Daily Digest - April 25, 2018

“After work, we couldn’t go back home because there were soldiers everywhere. To escape the bullets, we had to stay at the conference secretary’s house.” ”
Olivia Adiko, who helped keep the Voice of Hope radio station on air during a 2011 conflict in Côte d’Ivoire. 

Viviane Daho broadcasts from The United Methodist Church's Voice of Hope radio station in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire.
Photo by Mike DuBose, UMNS

 

NEWS AND FEATURES

 

Church’s voice of hope endures amid violence

ABIDJAN, Côte d’Ivoire (UMNS) — Staff members at the United Methodist radio station, Voice of Hope, braved gun battles to share the gospel. Other radio stations want to emulate that passion for evangelism. Heather Hahn has the story and Mike DuBose has the photos.
Read story

AL.com and The Pulitzer Prizes
Pulitzer winner is United Methodist

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. John Archibald, a writer for Alabama Media Group, recently won the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for commentary. He’s a member of Birmingham’s Highlands United Methodist Church. He’s also a son, nephew, grandson and great-grandson of Methodist pastors.
Read about the award
Read a John Archibald column

South Carolina Conference
Floods bring black, white churches together

COLUMBIA, S.C.  When floods claimed the ceiling of historic Wesley United Methodist Church here, nearby Main Street United Methodist Church offered space for worship and ministries. Thus began what has become a close relationship between a mostly African-American congregation and a mostly white one. Jessica Brodie reports.
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2018 annual conference reports posted

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (UMNS) — United Methodist News Service posts reports from annual conference sessions. New this week are Hungary, Serbia-Macedonia and Liberia.
Read reports

United Methodist Communications
50 reasons to celebrate The United Methodist Church

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (UMC.org) — The United Methodist Church is 50 years old this year. Fran Coode Walsh shares a list of 50 reasons to celebrate the witness and work of the people and the church.
Read list

 

PRESS RELEASES
 

General Council on Finance and Administration
Church administrators hold annual meeting

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — United Methodist church administrators held their annual meeting, where they worshipped, learned and networked with fellow church professionals. The Professional Administrators of the United Methodist Connectional Structure also had a mission focus on End Slavery Tennessee, a group that fosters healing for human-trafficking survivors.
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