Imagine No Malaria celebration rocks the house
By Crystal Caviness and Barbara Dunlap-Berg
May 18, 2016 | PORTLAND, Ore. (UMNS)
“Our God is able!”
Celebrating the success of the Imagine No Malaria initiative, launched...
Peace with Justice grant application deadline Jan. 10
$49,315 awarded to 14 ministries by General Board of Church & Society in 2014
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Jan. 10 is the deadline to apply for...
GC votes NO to ‘set aside’ Bishop
Bishop Sally Dyck presides over the General Conference Session on the morning of April 30, 2012. Photo by Patrick Scriven.
By David V. Valera
GC 2012...
Average debt for a United Methodist M.Div. graduate reaches $49,303
By Nicole Burdakin
New findings from the General Board of Higher Education & Ministry’s Seminary Indebtedness Task Force reveal that the average educational debt for...
Council affirms focus on mission
St. Simons Island, Ga. – The United Methodist Council of Bishops wrapped up their first meeting of the quadrennium today in St. Simons Island, Ga. ...
UMNS: Same-sex clergy couple marries in Seattle
The Rev. Joanne Carlson Brown (left), Thistle the Wonder Westie and the Rev. Christie Lagergren Brown. Photo courtesy of the Browns.
By Heather Hahn*
“I won’t...
GC2012: Call for ‘resurrection revolution’
Bishop Peter Weaver (left) welcomes young men from the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the 2012 United Methodist General Conference in Tampa, Fla. Flanking Weaver...
PNW United Methodist’s Support Marriage Equality Referendum
A screen capture of Bishop Grant J. Hagiya speaking as part on an ensemble of Washington state religious leaders supportive of Marriage Equality.
By Patrick...
Sexuality panel displays church’s global variation
By Heather Hahn | Feb. 10, 2015 | MAPUTO, Mozambique (UMNS)
A panel discussion offered a rare glimpse of the wide spectrum of thought on homosexuality...
Judicial Council ruling invalidates change in Episcopal Fund apportionment
A decision to have each of the five U.S. jurisdictions of The United Methodist Church separately bear the cost of episcopal leadership was deemed...
