Palmer: Trust God’s promise and go forth

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By Kathy L. Gilbert May 11, 2016 | PORTLAND, Ore. (UMNS) Bishop Gregory V. Palmer laid out a path for the 2016 United Methodist General Conference:...

General Conference Executive Committee alters Rule 44 recommendation

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 5, 2016 Nashville, Tennessee: The Executive Committee of the Commission on the General Conference has narrowed the list of petitions that they...

GC2012: Lay speakers urge ‘transformation’

Betty Spiwe Katiyo of Zimbabwe delivers part of the Laity Address to an April 25 session of the 2012 United Methodist General Conference in...

What’s In a Name?

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By Darin Gemmer | Camp Indianola, Director The History When Camp Indianola was founded in 1957 by Seattle First United Methodist Church, it was simply called...

GC2012: Passing the gavel

United Methodist Bishop Rosemarie Wenner of the Germany Area prepares to receive the gavel from Bishop Larry M. Goodpaster of the Charlotte (N.C.) Area...

Summit Looks at Young Clergy Issues

Those attending the Young Clergy Summit lift their hands during a hymn in opening worship. Article by Vicki Brown* Inaccessible mentors who don’t know the process,...

Hearing the plea: Safe water for all

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By Linda Bloom May 16, 2016 | PORTLAND, Ore. (UMNS) What happens to a community when there is no safe water supply? Look at Flint, Michigan. The...

Valley & Mountain Video Displayed @ #gc2012

Valley and Mountain Fellowship is a new church start in South Seattle, Washington, whose goal is to be conscious and aware of it's role...

Mission Agency Prepares for Long-term Integrated Response to Ebola

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By Melissa Hinnen | Director of Content and Public Information | Email October 8, 2014—Since June 2014, the General Board of Global Ministries’ United Methodist Committee...

Vigil remembers 35 million who died from AIDS

By Kathy L. Gilbert May 11, 2016│PORTLAND, Ore. (UMNS) In a response of love and prayer, the 35 million people who have died of AIDS were...

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