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Pastors Become Chaplains after Church Massacre
United Methodist pastors rushed to aid victims and residents after the Nov. 5 mass shooting at First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, Texas. Read more
Nov 7, 2017
12:45 PM
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A United Methodist Balm for Sutherland Springs
United Methodist pastors and laypeople around Sutherland Springs are pitching in to help the stunned community after the Nov. 5 shooting massacre at First Baptist Church. Read more
Nov 8, 2017
5:25 PM
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Churches Look to Tighten Security, Even Arm Congregants, after Texas Shooting
Ideas for church security run a gamut of responses, but all approaches recommend having emergency plans and people who watch out for circumstances and strangers. Read more
Nov 7, 2017
12:30 PM
Church Security: Where to Start
While praying for victims of the Sutherland Springs church massacre and advocating for better gun control, United Methodists also looked again at their churches' security measures. Read more
Nov 7, 2017
1:18 PM
Call for ‘Bold Action’ at Bonn Climate Summit
United Methodists join other climate activists in Bonn, Germany to call for "bold action" on reducing the effects of human behaviors, such as burning fossil fuels, that harm the environment. Read more
Nov 7, 2017
4:55 PM
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Bishop: Puerto Rico Rises with Church's Help
Bishop Hector Ortiz of the Methodist Church of Puerto Rico updates the United Methodist Council of Bishops on the island's status after Hurricane Maria. Read more
Nov 9, 2017
3:11 PM
Advocating Justice
Native American Man from Viral Video Offers to Meet with Catholic Students, Leaders
(RNS) — Nathan Philips, a Native American man seen in a viral video of an encounter with a group of Kentucky Catholic school students, says he wants to meet with them and church officials to discuss the incident and turn it into a “teachable moment.” Read more
Jan 22, 2019
Raising Indigenous Voices through DC March
Native American United Methodists and supporters joined in the Jan. 18 Indigenous People's March to highlight the issues facing to native people around the world. Read more
Jan 22, 2019
How Can One Person Take Us Closer to Racial Justice? These Three Bywords Will Help
If the 21st century is to be different from the previous four centuries, then the American church must exercise even more creativity and effort to break down racial barriers than it took to erect them in the first place. Read more
Jan 22, 2019
Furloughed Government Workers Turn to Church for Help
United Methodists around the country are providing meals, prayers and other aid to furloughed government workers, while in Washington, D. C., faith leaders called for an end to the federal shutdown. Read more
Jan 19, 2019
Church Helps Family Tell Missing Native Woman's Story
Her family is still seeking word of the whereabouts of Ashley Loring Heavy Runner, who disappeared in June 2017. Read more
Dec 18, 2018
PBS Film Looks at Pastor's Fatal Protest
The film "Man on Fire" centers on the self-immolation of the Rev. Charles R. Moore in 2014. Read more
Dec 17, 2018
Faith Leaders Struggle to Bring Message of Hope to Migrants
United Methodists, including two Hispanic bishops, joined some 400 other people of faith in a demonstration on behalf of migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border. Read more
Dec 11, 2018
At Least 30 Faith Leaders Arrested in Border Protest
Some 400 participants, most of them people of faith, protested U. S. immigration policies at the U. S.-Mexico border near San Diego, Calif., where thousands of people seeking asylum have gathered. Read more
Dec 11, 2018
Ministry with the Poor
Refugees Speak Out on Church's Role at Global Conference on Xenophobia
“Populist nationalism” manipulates people’s fears and insecurities about negative impacts of migration on their families, communities and cultural identities to benefit political self-interests and gain electoral advantage, said the consultants. Read more
Sep 20, 2018
11:49 AM
At ‘Red Letter Revival,’ Leaders Give Voice to Evangelicals on the Margins
Although sparsely attended, the revival and its speakers emphasized faith-based activism in opposition to the views expressed by evangelicals such as Liberty University's president Jerry Falwell Jr. Read more
Apr 10, 2018
3:24 PM
