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Mission and Ministry
The portable “UMC Cyber Campus Offline” hotspot device provides digitalized educational materials to areas without internet access. Photo by the Rev. HiRho Park, United Methodist Board of Higher Education and Ministry.

Educating church leaders without internet access
Church’s new offline cyber-campus program provides digital resources to clergy and laity in remote regions of the Philippines.
General Church
Delegates pause for prayer at the 2019 special General Conference in St. Louis. A group of 2020 General Conference delegates and other church leaders from Africa, Europe and the Philippines is proposing a new form of unity. File photo by Kathleen Barry, UM News.

Delegates offer proposal for church unity
United Methodist leaders from Africa, Europe and the Philippines are offering a “Christmas Covenant” and inviting others to sign on.
General Church
Bishop Harald Rückert of Germany announces the support of bishops in Africa, Europe and the Philippines for the proposed U.S. regional conference. He made the announcement toward the end of the Nov. 3-6 Council of Bishops meeting in Lake Junaluska, N.C. Photo by Sam Hodges, UM News.

Bishops’ group backs US regional conference
Bishops from Africa, Europe and the Philippines announced support for the proposed new structure for U.S. decision-making.
General Church
Kevin Dunn presents an overview of U.S. United Methodist membership data to the General Council on Finance and Administration board during its Nov. 15 meeting in Nashville, Tenn. He is the agency’s director of data services. Among the bright spots he pointed to was the church’s growth in Hispanic and multiracial members. Photo by Kathleen Barry, UM News.

US dips below majority of membership
United Methodist leaders project that by now at least half of the denomination lives outside the U.S.

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