John & Charles Wesley and the early Methodists built The New Room to house their meetings. Photo by Joe Iovino, United Methodist Communications. John Wesley himself would have been familiar with the interior of this church building; he oversaw the construction of it in 1778.
Photo by Bob Johnson courtesy Flickr, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Churches, conferences and universities are promoting advocacy against racism and encouraging reflection on the ongoing struggles for racial justice by sponsoring pilgrimages to historic sites.
United Methodists should remember their Wesleyan heritage and seek to defend the marginalized people being targeted in the federal budget, writes retired Bishop Peggy Johnson.
