Addiction
Local Church
Evangelism award winner slept outside church
Billy Jean Baker is honored for using her personal experience with homelessness to help Dallas’ Oak Lawn United Methodist Church open its doors wider.
Mission and Ministry
Church in Liberia focuses on addiction ministries
United Methodist seminar helps churches expand and strengthen programs for those struggling with substance abuse.
General Church
Wespath initiatives address opioid crisis
The United Methodist Church’s benefits agency is addressing the national opioid crisis by offering education and recovery resources, as well as holding companies it invests in accountable.
Global Health
Pastors push to help addict offenders rejoin society
Some say religion should stay separate from politics. Others feel the church is called to advocate for mercy and justice.