Racial Justice

Derian Wilson, a member of Martha Bowman United Methodist Church in Macon, Ga., protests against racism regularly in that city. Wilson (at top in yellow shirt) and fellow activists during one of the three or four protests he leads each week. Photo courtesy of Derian Wilson.

Churches, individuals working for racial progress

United Methodist churches are seizing the initiative to make progress on racial issues in the wake of the tragic deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and others.

General Church

Bishop Cynthia Fierro Harvey delivers her first opening address as Council of Bishops president on Nov. 2 as the bishops begin their second online meeting across four continents. Bishop Harvey stressed that even during this time of natural disasters, political divisions and the COVID-19 pandemic, God’s compassion remains steadfast. Screenshot of Zoom meeting via Facebook by UM News.

Bishops called to bring stability in chaos

United Methodist bishops reminded that God’s compassion remains steadfast in this time of pandemic and political divisions.

Human Rights

Miguel A. De La Torre (left) and the Rev. Traci C. West (right) join moderator Erin Hawkins during the latest online United Methodist panel discussion about racism. Screenshot from video by UM News.

Panel: Racial and sexual parity linked

A new online forum about racism focuses on intersectionality, or how nobody can truly be free until all are free.

Mission and Ministry

Mistrust of the medical community has resulted in a shortage of African Americans willing to be research subjects for COVID-19 vaccine trials. United Methodist leaders in Louisiana are participating in COVID-19 studies in hopes of influencing more Black people to do the same. Coronavirus image courtesy of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; syringe image by Arek Socha, courtesy of Pixabay; graphic by Laurens Glass, UM News.

Black people sought for COVID-19 vaccine trials

United Methodist leaders are encouraging Black church members to volunteer for vaccine trials to help fight the coronavirus.

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