Communications

The Council of Bishops is offering a video outlining the One Church Plan as a resource for annual conferences as they prepare for the...

By Rev. Jenny Phillips Earth Sunday, celebrated in many churches on the Sunday nearest to Earth Day, can be a challenge for church leaders.  The...

Commentary by Patrick Scriven, Director of Communications and Young People's Ministries This week found millions of people upgrading their iPhones to iOS 7. Web traffic...

Did you know that 2018 marks the 50th year anniversary of The United Methodist Church? In the newsletter for the General Commission on Archives and History, General Secretary Rev. Fred Day looks back to this pivotal moment in 1968 (in the church and the nation), and the hope enunciated by Albert Outler that the #UMC would be a "bold choice of unity in the face of the surrounding chaos."

WASHINGTON, DC – The trend of a modest but steady increase in the number of clergy under 35 has stalled, according to the Clergy...

DENVER, Sept. 22 – United Methodist leaders representing five Western U.S. states today released a video introducing their new bishop, Karen Oliveto, a leader...

This communications checklist was compiled for a recent workshop for pastors who are expecting to transfer into a new appointment this summer. While these are good things to consider as one approaches such liminal space, it's good to keep many of these items in mind throughout the course of one's ministry with a local church.

Commentary by Patrick Scriven I had the opportunity this week to spend some time at Lazy F, one of our four United Methodist Camps in...

By Patrick Scriven | Director of Communications & Young People's Ministry the first few months at a new church are incredibly important for a pastor. First...

"We are in the winter of the church where the things we have amassed are beautiful, our history, our stories, and our grace, but...