Reflections on what Trayvon Martin case means for Christians
Bishop Beverly Shamana (right) greets supporters of slain teen Trayvon Martin at First United Methodist Church in Pasadena on March 25, 2012. A web-only...
The Fun Run @ #pnwumc14
By Nico Romeijn-Stout | Click here for photos
United Methodists from around the Northwest gathered Saturday, June 21 to walk, jog, and run in a...
Word from Winkler — A significant couple of weeks
UMNS photo of The United Methodist Board of Church and Society's decorated tent on the National Mall by Kathy L. Gilbert.
By Jim Winkler, General...
New Administrative Assistant hired to support Greater Northwest Area Office
Bishop Elaine J.W. Stanovsky is pleased to announce the hiring of the Rachel Fitzgerald as administrative assistant for the episcopal office of The Greater...
Sexuality issues on docket for Judicial Council this week
A UMNS photo by Mike DuBose.
By Linda Bloom | April 22, 2014 | NEW YORK (UMNS)
A marriage equality resolution and a request for a decision...
2020 General Conference delegate distribution by annual conference now available
Nashville, Tenn.: In December 2017, the Secretary of the General Conference publicly released information about the number of delegates assigned to the annual conferences...
WJ Bishops respond to harmful General Conference, recommit to full inclusion
The WJ College of Bishops offers this statement to a church finding itself harmed once again by a General Conference incapable of making space...
2016 GC to consider three sites for Heritage Landmarks
By Maggie Hillery
May 9, 2016 (UMNS)
The rich history of Methodism in the United States is exemplified in three sites that will go before the 2016 General Conference as...
UMs hold more than 250 Family Unity Prayer Vigils so far
People celebrate the Posada Without Borders at El Faro Park in Tijuana, Mexico, across the border fence from San Diego. A UMNS photo by...
Bishops seek declaratory decision from Judicial Council on Special Session
The United Methodist Council of Bishops is asking the denomination's top court to declare whether additional petitions, beyond the report of the Commission on a Way Forward and the Council, can be submitted to the Special 2019 General Conference. At least one group has threatened to submit its own legislation outside of the process approved by the 2016 General Conference Session.
