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Evangelist Norest Munetsi Nyakudanga died Oct. 22 while preaching at Chisipiti United Methodist Church in Harare, Zimbabwe. He was bestowed with a posthumous honorary ordination at his burial. Photo by Eveline Chikwanah, UM News.

Zimbabwean gets posthumous honorary ordination

The Rev. Norest M. Nyakudanga became the first lay member in Zimbabwe to be honored with a posthumous ordination for decades of preaching in The United Methodist Church.
Connectional Table
Ragghi Rain Calentine (left), a member of the Connectional Table and chairperson of the Native American International Caucus of The United Methodist Church, displays a Noohkom scarf during the Connectional Table’s Oct. 24-27 meeting in Dallas. Native American women carry the scarves to remind them that their grandmothers are always walking with them, especially during troubling times. Also pictured are North Katanga Area Bishop Mande Muyombo, chair of the Connectional Table, and Judi Kenaston, the leadership body’s chief connectional officer. Photo by Jim Patterson, UM News.

Connectional Table plans for work ahead

Members of the Connectional Table — most of whom are new to the United Methodist leadership body — met for an orientation that focused on regionalization, rejecting colonial attitudes and plans for “a new future.”
Church Leadership
Bishop David Graves commissions the Rev. Shadreck Kagoro alongside four other provisional elders at the Alabama-West Florida Annual Conference in June. The Lewis Center for Church Leadership has released its annual report on clergy ages. With 6.5% of its elders under the age of 35, the Alabama-West Florida Conference is tied for 10th this year among the denomination’s 53 U.S. conferences in its percentage of young elders. Photo by Luke Lucas, Alabama-West Florida Conference.

Church exits influence clergy age trends

In its latest study of United Methodist clergy, the Lewis Center for Church Leadership discusses the impact of disaffiliations.
Members of Trinity United Methodist Church in Greeneville, Tenn., collect and distribute food, water and hygiene supplies to those affected by torrential rains in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene. Photo by Annette Spence, Holston Conference.

Video: ‘Look what God can do’

An East Tennessee pastor says God guided her congregation to respond to the needs of families displaced by Helene.

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