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Mississippi Annual Conference

General Conference
Mississippi Conference Bishop Sharma Lewis preaches at the April 26 morning worship service at the United Methodist General Conference in Charlotte, N.C. Lewis encouraged delegates to leave room for the Holy Spirit in their deliberations as the legislative assembly continues through May 3. Photo by Paul Jeffrey, UM News.

Bishop: Follow God’s lead at General Conference
op Sharma Lewis of the Mississippi Conference urged delegates to try to discern God’s plans before they settle on their own as United Methodism moves into uncharted territory.
Racism
The Rev. Cynthia Davis (at podium), a retired district superintendent in the Mississippi Conference and executive vice president and director of The Moore-West Center for Applied Theology in Memphis, Tenn., speaks March 2, 2024, at Rust College in Holly Springs, Miss., as part of the Mississippi Conference’s End Racism for Good campaign. The Rev. Zachary Beasley (right), pastor of Asbury and Calvin Chapel United Methodist churches in Holly Springs, Miss., welcomed the public to the event and ended it with a benediction. Photo by Jim Patterson, UM News.

Mississippi church services target racism
An ongoing effort to confront racism is producing five worship services in the Mississippi Conference this year to get people gathered and inspired to be change agents against racism.
Worship
The First United Methodist Church in Denton, Texas, joins in worship on June 6, the first time the sanctuary had been used for that purpose since the COVID-19 pandemic forced building closures all over the U.S. Photo by Sam Hodges, UM News.

Churches urged to relaunch, not just reopen
The spirit of innovation seen in the COVID-19 pandemic needs to continue and deepen, church leadership experts say.
Mission and Ministry
United Methodist volunteers work to remove a fallen tree from a home in DeRidder, La., in September after Hurricane Laura swept through the area. United Methodists along the Gulf Coast are responding to Hurricane Zeta, the 11th named storm to hit the U.S. so far this year. File photo by Mike DuBose, UM News.

Leaning on faith as storms rage
Zeta marks the 11th named storm to make landfall in the U.S. this year and the hurricane season won’t end until Nov. 30, but United Methodists are finding strength in their faith and each other.

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