Bumpy start for GC2016
By Sam Hodges
May 13, 2016 | PORTLAND, Oregon (UMNS)
Three days into General Conference 2016, delegates continued to debate whether they should be tapping on...
After grand jury rulings, what is the church’s witness?
A UMNS Report by Heather Hahn
Elyse Ambrose Minson said she wants to have faith in the U.S. justice system — even when an unarmed...
New wrinkle in appointment security
The Rev. L. Fitzgerald "Gere" Reist II, secretary of the General Conference, addresses the conference in Tampa, Fla. Reist informed the Council of Bishops...
The Western Jurisdictional Conference has elected a bishop
After a day filled with votes, holy conferencing, votes, reports, votes, the approval of a new future together for the Mountain Sky Area, votes, a retirement celebration...
PNW Delegation takes on fossil fuel investment #GC2016
Updated to correct vote count on Minority Report
By Pam Brokaw
May 20, 2016 | Portland, Oregon
While United Methodists seeking divestment from fossil fuels mounted a...
Sermon: So You Want to Bear Fruit?
Rev. Dr. Craig Parrish preaching to the ordinands during the Service of Commissioning and Ordination at the 2013 Pacific Northwest Annual Conference Sessions in...
Alaska Conference Special Sunday celebrated in the PNW on September 15
At the 2019 PNW Annual Conference Session last June, clergy and lay members voted to "establish the third Sunday of September each year, or...
Imagine No Malaria to meet with Congress
Advocates to urge Capitol Hill to continue global health funding
November 30, 2012
Nashville, Tenn.: More than 100 Imagine No Malaria advocates, including United Methodist members from 29...
My Summer in Cheney…So Far
By Stephanie Brady | Ministry Intern serving at Cheney United Methodist Church
I have been blessed beyond belief to serve as the pastoral intern at Cheney United...
GC2016: Fund boosts clergy education across globe
By Sam Hodges
May 3, 2016 | UMNS
Before help came from the Central Conference Theological Education Fund, Banyam Theological Seminary depended on antiquated, gasoline-powered generators for electricity.
Often...
