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Theology and Education
Joe Halwax.  Photo courtesy of Wespath Benefits and Investments.

Campus Wesley Center brings comfort to parents

A Wespath Benefits and Investments executive and his wife can worry a little less about how their daughter will fare in college, thanks to the United Methodist ministry known as Wesley at Virginia Tech.
Church History
United Methodist Commission on Archives and History staff Christopher Haynes, Dale Patterson and Mark Shenise, along with Drew University students Stephanie Timick and Myongshin Jeon, work on processing an archival collection at the United Methodist Archives and History Center in Madison, N.J. Churches that leave The United Methodist Church are urged to get the files that tell their stories to an archive. Photo courtesy of United Methodist Archives and History.

Disaffiliation shouldn’t result in lost history

Church archivists worry that congregations disaffiliating from The United Methodist Church will fail to make arrangements to preserve the papers that tell their story.
Social Concerns
Members and supporters of the Coalition of Immokalee (Fla.) Workers pray in Nashville, Tenn., at the conclusion of a protest against the Publix supermarket chain's refusal to join a farm workers' rights labor program. The Book of Resolutions of the United Methodist Church demands that employers "treat farm workers and their families with dignity and respect.” Photo by Mike DuBose, UM News.

Ask The UMC: Does the church support workers' rights?

The United Methodist Church supports workers' rights in a heritage that goes back to early Methodism in England.
Evangelism
World Methodist Evangelism, which celebrates 50 years of ministry this year, is finding new ways to do its work in the realities of a global pandemic. One such initiative is a prayer and fasting program that connects about 1,500 Methodists from around the world via Facebook. Photo by Viktor Forgacs, courtesy of Unsplash.com.

Supporting Wesleyan evangelism amid pandemic

In this time of global pandemic, World Methodist Evangelism continues its 50 years of work equipping people to share Christ’s love across continents.

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