Communication

Social Concerns

Munashe Bhero checks on the solar system he installed at St. Paul United Methodist Church in Harare, Zimbabwe. Bhero attends a different United Methodist church but got the job through the church’s WhatsApp business group, which connects church members around the region. Photo by Priscilla Muzerengwa, UM News.

Church WhatsApp group fosters business collaboration

United Methodists use social media tool to promote each other’s companies and services and offer other support.

Faith Sharing

José Martinho Salote, a content producer for Radio Kairos in Angola, speaks at the United Methodist Radio Network’s annual meeting held June 19-21 in Johannesburg, South Africa. The network voted to rebrand as the United Methodist Broadcast Network to represent new technologies like web streaming and social media. Photo by Priscilla Muzerengwa, UM News.

Radio network transforms to reach more people

United Methodist Radio Network rebrands to United Methodist Broadcast Network to embrace new digital technologies.

Social Concerns

The Rev. Wes Magruder. Photo by Jennifer Silver, General Board of Global Ministries.

Church must think more critically about digital presence

Technology is changing us, and we ignore its impact — and its implications for the church — at our own peril.

Faith Stories

GW Stark, the son of a United Methodist preacher, refashions his father’s sermons from the 1950s through the 1970s into podcasts from his home in Franklin, Tenn. Photo by Mike DuBose, UM News.

Sermons revived 25 years after pastor’s death

The Son of a Preacher Podcast refashions vintage sermons by United Methodist pastor the Rev. Wallace A. Stark as bite-size podcasts, with commentary from his son, GW Stark.

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