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Nigerian Pastors Allege Bishop Used Police to Bar Them from Clergy Event
Some 40 Nigerian pastors have signed an account alleging they were barred from attending a clergy retreat by the United Methodist bishop, who they say used armed police to keep them out. Read more
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Ghana Considers a New Law Punishing Same-sex Relations, and LGBTQ Community Fears Reprisals
LGBTQ members community fear they may become the victims of violence as a result of the new anti-gay bill in Ghana where they already feel marginalized and where same-sex relations already are illegal. Read more
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The UMC and Institutional Decline: Institutional Maintenance and Expansion
In the past 50 years, the length of the Book of Discipline has gone up by 50%. Denominational bureaucracies are less expensive to the local church, but all UMC institutions are more opaque to the average lay person. Thus, support is less likely. Read more
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To Fight or Not To Fight, That Is the Question
The Wesleyan Covenant Association proclaims that its new church will heal all the wounds of modernism that it says infect Christianity in the UMC today. The question is, what should the United Methodist Church do to counter its accusations? Read more
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United Methodists Support Investigation of Abuses in the Philippines
Church leaders, groups under attack for advocating for poor and Indigenous communities in the Asian country. Read more
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Ahead of COP26, United Methodist Activists Look to Latest Climate Reports
Scripture urges us to consider the consequences of our actions, which is what faith-based activists are advocating in the build-up to COP26, the United Nations conference on the worldwide climate emergency slated Oct. 31-Nov. 11 in Glasgow, Scotland. Read more
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Thank You, God!
In the midst of the incessant onslaught of bad news, it's time to give thanks for all that is good. Read more
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Database Documents Faith Action on UN Sustainable Development Goals
United Methodist congregations and annual conferences can submit their projects around UN Sustainable Development Goals to a database tracking the influence and effect that religious organizations are having on worldwide sustainability. Read more
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Manila Area Re-Affirms Creation Care in Disaster Risk Reduction
With support from UMCOR, the Disaster Management Office in the Philippines Central Conference prepares for emergency responses while intentionally caring for creation. Read more
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Secretary Powell's Death Points Out COVID's Continued Risk
Former Secretary Colin Powell's death underscores the higher coronavirus risks to African Americans and people with underlying medical conditions. Read more
Notable Quotes
"Public and sometimes violent acts of racism, white Christian nationalism, anti-immigrant attitudes and xenophobia, along with rising incidents of anti-Jewish, anti-Muslim and other forms of religious bigotry sometimes committed in the name of Christianity, have created an urgency for the churches and the broader culture to recognize the imperative of interreligious engagement for peace-making locally, nationally, and globally."
– United Methodist layman Jim Winkler, top executive of the National Council of Churches USA, in a speech to International Religious Freedom and Peace Conference in Armenia.
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