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Social Concerns
Norma P. Dollaga, a United Methodist deaconess, joined other religious groups during an Aug. 20, 2019, protest decrying the killings and violence on Negros Island. Filipino United Methodists have strongly condemned the bloodshed. Photo courtesy of Tetang Dollaga, UM News.

Filipino United Methodists condemn latest violence
State terrorism prevails on Negros Island, the Philippines Board of Church and Society said in condemning the latest killings.
Social Concerns
The Rev. Joel Hortiales, a United Methodist missionary with the Board of Global Ministries, visits with Lizbeth and her three children, Bridgette, 3, Caleb, 4, and Alvaro Jose, 10, at the Hosanna Refugio Para Mujeres, in Mexicali, Mexico, in December 2018. The family was part of a migrant caravan from Central America. The United Methodist Immigration Task Force is urging support for migrants living in sanctuary churches who have been fined by the federal government. File photo by Mike DuBose, UM News.

Immigrant in United Methodist church fined $214,000
Maria Chavalan Sut has been in sanctuary at Wesley Memorial United Methodist Church since Oct. 1, 2018. Sut is one of several immigrants who received fines from the federal government.
Social Concerns
A coyote, or smuggler, (right) uses his hands to paddle a rubber raft full of immigrants across the Rio Grande from Mexico to the U.S. side of the river in Roma, Texas, in August 2014. Recent reports of the suffering of children at immigrant detention centers and immigrants drowning calls for reform, say many United Methodist leaders. File photo by Mike DuBose, UM News.

Neglected children spark outcry for immigration reform
Recent reports of children suffering at immigrant detention centers and drowning of migrants trying to reach the U.S. mean reform is needed, many United Methodist leaders say.
General Church
United Methodist missionary Tawanda Chandiwana (left foreground) is embraced by Thomas Kemper, head of the denomination’s Board of Global Ministries, at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport in Manila, Philippines, after Chandiwana was released from a detention center and allowed to leave the country in July, 2018. The 13 agencies of The United Methodist Church are pursuing further accomplishments in 2019. File photo courtesy of Thomas Kemper, GBGM.

United Methodist agencies: 2018 was productive year
The denomination’s agencies also share priorities for 2019.

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