Advocating Justice
Advocating Justice
Survey: Faith groups maintain widespread support for LGBT protection laws
Public Religion Research Institute finds that strong majorities within all religious groups, including white evangelicals and Jehovah’s Witnesses, show sustained support for LGBT nondiscrimination policies. Read more
Mar 13, 2019
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
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The United Methodist Church officially opposes the death penalty: "We believe the death penalty denies the power of Christ to redeem, restore and transform all human beings." (The Social Principles, Book of Discipline).
Notable Quotes
"We need to be gentle with ourselves and give ourselves permission to grieve continued injustice and denominational harm. Lent is maybe the best time of the liturgical year to pause and sit with whatever we are feeling or not feeling right now, especially before we make big decisions. It brings to mind what the disciples might have gone through in those days between Good Friday and Easter Sunday, when maybe they could affirm there would be more to the story but did not yet know what new life was going to come forth."
– T. C. Morrow in a sermon, "Stay the Course," given Sunday, March 17 at Foundry UMC, Washington, D.C. Republished with permission from her Facebook page.
Grassroots UMC
Retired Pastor Helps Children Read
The Muskogee Phoenix reports: "Retired pastor and teacher Raymond Griffin has returned to the classroom to help children read." Affiliated witth St. Paul United Methodist Church, Rev. Griffin said he had helped with the church’s summer school Project Transformation for two years when he was recruited as a volunteer reading tutor for third-graders, writes Cathy Spaulding. A reading teacher in southern Oklahoma, Rev. Griffin served as bi-vocational pastor of Bethel and Hulen United Methodist Churches for 25 years. Read more