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Human Rights
Ebiye Seimode, a student at the Boston University School of Theology and participant in the Oklahoma Indian Missionary Conference Immersion Experience, samples a flute for sale at Oklahoma Native Art & Jewelry on March 9, 2023, in Oklahoma City. Photo by Jim Patterson, UM News.

Native immersion explores culture, horrors

A group of nearly 30 students, United Methodist church members and pastors toured central Oklahoma to learn about the culture and mistreatment of Native Americans. The experience was sobering yet hopeful.
General Church
Dr. David W. Scott. Photo © Hector Amador.

The many meanings of connectionalism

Church divisions have raised a host of questions about what it means to be connected, prompting a new look at this basic characteristic of Methodist community.
Church History
Sarah Mallet was one of the few women authorized by John Wesley as a preacher in early English Methodism. She and Wesley regularly corresponded by letter. Wesley referred to her as "My dear Sally." Quill courtesy of OpenClipart/Pixabay; letter excerpt courtesy of Emory University Libraries; graphic by Laurens Glass, United Methodist Communications.

Ask The UMC: Pioneers in Methodism — Sarah Mallet

Sarah Mallet was one of the few women authorized by John Wesley as a preacher in early English Methodism. She preached for 55 years, the last of which were marked by opposition to female preachers in her own denomination, until her death at age 82 in 1846.