Immigration Crisis along the Border: UMCOR’s response
Brief by Denise Honeycutt, Deputy General Secretary of the United Methodist Committee on Relief
The current immigration crisis involving adults, accompanied minors, and unaccompanied minors...
1000 Children
By Rev. Dr. Dottie Escobedo-Frank
It didn’t look like anything out of the ordinary for the border town of Nogales. My hometown is used to...
Bishops Urge Compassion, Prayer for Border Crisis
Washington, D.C.: In response to the rise in unaccompanied migrant children crossing the U.S. border, the executive committee of the Council of Bishops has...
Church seeks to meet needs in border crisis
A UMNS report by Sam Hodges | July 15, 2014 | DALLAS (UMNS)
From handing out hygiene kits to providing legal briefings, United Methodists are working to...
Social-justice agency skeptical of Obama ‘actions’ on unaccompanied children, immigration
Please read and share this press release on President Obama's recently announced plans concerning the deportation of unaccompanied children. Church World Service has also published...
United Methodist message: ‘Suspend deportations’
The Rev. Esdra Seda, pastor and Hispanic Ministries Coordinator in the Eastern Pennsylvania Annual (regional) Conference, introduces Pilar Molina, whose husband has been detained...
Hispanic Happenings: Angels in the Rain #not1more
Hispanic Happenings:
Angels in the Rain #not1more
By the Rev. Lyda Pierce | Photos by Jesse N. Love
Coordinator of Hispanic and Latino Ministries (GBGM) the Rev....
Faith leaders to risk arrest at White House on President’s Day
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Two bishops are among several United Methodists who will risk arrest at a pray-in on President’s Day, Feb. 17, in front...
United Methodist justice agency calls Senate immigration bill inadequate
People celebrate the Posada Without Borders at El Faro Park in Tijuana, Mexico, across the border fence from San Diego. A UMNS photo by...
Immigration: Statement from UMs on S.744
Photos in collage courtesy of Wikipedia and their respective authors.
United Methodist Bishops, Church Agencies, and Conference Teams Statement on S.744
The Border Security, Economic...
