Violence

Clergy members lead a demonstration against U.S. immigration-enforcement tactics at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport on Jan. 23 in St. Paul, Minn. About 100 clergy, including four United Methodists, were arrested. Photo by Jack Jenkins, Religion News Service.

US pastors stand against federal crackdown

United Methodist clergy from across the U.S. joined in an interfaith protest Jan. 23 against federal violence in Minnesota. Now with federal agents responsible for another person’s death, pressure for accountability is mounting.

Global Health

A mural depicting an immigrant woman opening her arms as a symbol of freedom and hope is displayed on the façade of one of the buildings that houses migrants at the government-run Irregular Migrant Assistance Center in Danlí, Honduras. The center includes a clinic supported by the United Methodist Committee on Relief and United Methodist Board of Global Ministries. Photo by the Rev. Gustavo Vásquez, UM News.

United Methodist clinic cares for migrants on difficult journey

A health clinic in Honduras supported by UMCOR and the United Methodist Board of Global Ministries provides much-needed relief as migration continues.

Social Concerns

People pick up battery-operated votive candles and write their prayers during a Jan. 9 prayer vigil hosted by Minneapolis’ Park Avenue United Methodist Church. The church is just two blocks from where a federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent fatally shot 37-year-old Renee Good. At Sunday services, worshippers at Park Avenue and other United Methodist congregations remembered Good, mourned the week’s violence by federal officials and took comfort in God’s presence. Photo courtesy of Park Avenue United Methodist Church.

Countering federal violence with neighborly love

United Methodists across the U.S. led prayer vigils and joined protests in solidarity with their neighbors after federal immigration enforcement agents killed Renee Good in Minneapolis and shot two people in Portland, Oregon.

Human Rights

A plea for ‘costly solidarity’ in Middle East

How is God calling us to respond to the ongoing violence in the Middle East? A pastor shares insights from the West Bank.

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