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'Our Work Is Done'
Mainstream UMC was never intended to be a longstanding organization. It formed in 2018 as a campaign committee to pass the One Church Plan. After the disastrous 2019 General Conference in St. Louis, it regrouped to take down the Traditional Plan.
Dec 8, 2025
Bishop Tapped as New President of Centenary
Retired Bishop John R. Schol became the new president of United Methodist-related Centenary University in New Jersey Dec. 1. A longtime board member, Schol succeeds the Rev. Dale Caldwell, who becomes the state's lieutenant governor in January.
Dec 4, 2025
Addressing the Suffering of Palestinian Christians
Five United Methodists joined Christians from nearly 30 countries for the launch of “Kairos Palestine II, A Moment of Truth: Faith in a Time of Genocide.” They urged support for Palestinian Christians suffering from violence in the Middle East.
Dec 4, 2025
Bishop Responds to Pastor’s Transition
Upper New York Conference Bishop Héctor A. Burgos-Núñez affirmed the ministry and leadership of the Rev. Phil Phaneuf, who announced to her United Methodist congregation near Rochester, New York, that she is transgender and beginning her transition.
Dec 4, 2025
UMC Now
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United Methodism’s Unfinished Business: Moving LGBTQ+ Inclusion from Policy to Practice
The church’s unfinished business is nothing less than transforming congregational life so that people of all sexual orientations and gender identities are genuinely welcomed at every level of ministry, writes the Rev. Donald E. Messer.
Dec 12, 2025
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Africa University Switches to Solar Power
Africa University's new solar plant and hundreds of solar panels, part of a larger project, are saving the United Methodist institution money and offering a reliable source of energy for students as the country grapples with power shedding outages.
Dec 11, 2025
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Church Honors Indigenous Land, Deepens Native Ties
A Philadelphia area United Methodist church acknowledges that it occupies land once owned and taken from Indigenous people. Seeking racial healing, members have befriended one of the UMC's most historic Native American churches, located in New Jersey
Dec 11, 2025
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Youth Pack Meals for Hurricane Survivors
More than 300 East Ohio Conference students and adult leaders packed 27,000 meals for survivors of Hurricane Melissa in Jamaica. The large-scale Project Feed youth service endeavor was a first for many excited participants.
Dec 11, 2025
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Planting Seeds to Combat Climate Change
The Michigan Conference’s Seed to Harvest ministry incubation program is helping turn a former parking lot at the Wesley Foundation at Western Michigan University into a sustainable garden to provide students with hands-on education and sustenance.
Dec 11, 2025
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Churches Offer Care After Mass Shooting
Following a Nov. 29 shooting that took the lives of four young people and left many others wounded, Stockton-area United Methodist churches and clergy have come together to offer support, care and love to the impacted community.
Dec 11, 2025
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Congregation Responds to Hunger, Homelessness
After learning of its neighbors urgent need for affordable food, a United Methodist church in Georgia launched two transformative ministries: a food co-op and a program where people facing homelessness can get a meal and a hot shower.
Dec 11, 2025
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Unsung Heroes of Methodism: Harry F. Ward
United Methodists know all about John and Charles Wesley, but Harry F. Ward is an unsung hero of Methodism. This pastor and social activist co-authored the Social Creed and served as the first chairman of the American Civil Liberties Union.
Dec 11, 2025
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New Joint Effort to Empower African Church Communicators
United Methodist Communications and Africa University have established a joint training program in strategic communications management for African communicators within The United Methodist Church.
Dec 11, 2025
Advent 2025
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No Room in the Manger
A feeding trough for animals holds the most precious gift the world has ever received, crowding out all the evil that humans bring on themselves and God's world.
Dec 10, 2025
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Bishop Urges: Don’t Take the Rage Bait
The Oxford Dictionary named “rage bait” the word of the year. But Florida Conference Bishop Tom Berlin sees its sharp contrast with the way of Jesus, as way of peace and resilient love for others no matter how they treat us.
Dec 11, 2025
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Tonight Becomes Tomorrow
Imagine a world without Christ. Think of it as a world without electricity, or penicillin, or cell phones (yikes!). Though a very dim comparison, can you begin to conceive the difference the gift of a Savior makes?
Dec 10, 2025
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The Things that Make for Peace, More than the Absence of Conflict
The season of Advent during dark December challenges Christians (especially those of us in cold northern climates) to remember we are alive for a purpose and to be vigilant through the darkest times, in particular for those who are suffering.
Dec 8, 2025
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Peace Requires Hard Work
Peace does not come through avoidance or the predator defeating the prey. Peace doesn’t happen through “Iowa Nice,” which seeks to preserve relationships at the expense of candor. Peace requires the hard work of speaking truth with humility.
Dec 8, 2025
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Advent Hope in Ukraine
John Sumwalt's virtual relationship with a church in Ukraine brings home the tragedy of Russia's ongoing attacks on the country and the courage of Christians who continue to minister despite the war.
Dec 8, 2025
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UMC Council of Bishops 2025 Advent Message: Embracing, Living Our Vision
As we enter the sacred season of Advent, the Council of Bishops of The United Methodist Church, urges all United Methodists to embrace our new Vision as we prepare our hearts for the coming of Christ, who brings hope to a world full of despair.
Dec 3, 2025
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Welcome as You’ve Been Welcomed: A Dangerous Advent Experiment
If we truly welcomes others as Christ has welcomed us, we'll be forced out of our sentimental holiday into a world longing for relief from injustice, poverty and hunger, among other things.
Dec 3, 2025
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Of Roadmaps and Reversals
Both Isaiah and Mary’s Song provide roadmaps to deliverance, freedom and salvation in the arrival of a Messiah. It’s the larger context we often miss in this hectic journey to Christmas. This journey requires of us the ability to accept reversals.
Dec 2, 2025
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An Advent Challenge
Beneath those shimmering lights, we see struggles and ugliness – global tensions continue, world poverty grows, and there is plenty of conflict here at home. No matter what your perspective it’s harder to see peace and joy for all people.
Dec 2, 2025
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W.H. Auden's Advent Poem
Poet W. H. Auden’s reading of the World War II time in which his life was situated led him to become a traditional orthodox Anglican Christian believer. He believed that a faith transcending reason was needed for civilization to survive.
Latest News & Views
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Firm Plans to Target Churches with Pro-Israel Ads
Worshippers at several United Methodist churches congregations in Texas may soon be targeted with propaganda from a foreign government attempting to shore up its lagging support for Israel and opposition to Palestinians among U.S. Christians.
Dec 11, 2025
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'Tis the Season to Be Cautious
Patrick Scriven of Pacific Northwest Conference offers cyber-awareness tips for individuals and churches that may be targeted by holiday scams.
Dec 10, 2025
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Five Things to Know About Climate Change in 2025
Carbon pollution from fossil fuels made record heat, hurricanes, fires, and floods worse in 2025, disrupting lives in the U.S. and beyond, with consequences for churches as well.
Dec 10, 2025
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Building a Web of Love and Compassion
The Rev. Joel Simpson brings a follow-up report on the aftermath of immigration raids in North Carolina and lins with clergy and other advocates as ICE moves to New Orleans.
Dec 10, 2025
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United Methodist Insight Goes on Sabbatical
After 14 years' publication, United Methodist Insight is going on sabbatical to take stock of its circumstances and ponder a future.
Dec 4, 2025
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Prepare Your Church: How to Respond When ICE Shows Up
Mountain Sky United Methodists are encouraged to prepare their churches for the possibility of incursions by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security during the holiday season.
Dec 3, 2025
