Just Resolution Achieved in Complaint Process

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Denver, Colorado: Bishop Elaine JW Stanovsky, President of the Western Jurisdiction College of Bishops, announced that a just resolution has been reached regarding a...

Same-sex couple responds to Council of Bishops’ statement on their wedding

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Bobby Prince and Joe Openshaw married in a civil ceremony in September and now look forward to being married by retired Bishop Melvin G....

The United Methodist Church in Vietnam

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Twelve Local Leaders Ordained Local Elders in Mission in Vietnam | By Sandra Brands Although the government has not yet recognized The United Methodist Church...

GC2012: Will the UMC say ‘I do’ to all?

By Kathy L. Gilbert*  A UMNS file photo by Mike DuBose. The communion chalice, broken at the 2004 General Conference in Pittsburgh in protest of the...

Repent — Reconcile — Restore

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — In light of recent decisions by grand juries in Missouri and New York, as well as concern of ongoing police violence...

Boy Scouts Ban Church From Hosting Troop Led By Gay Man

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Scoutmaster Geoff McGrath, right, teaches knot tying to Troop Committee Member Donovan O'Brien at a troop meeting at Rainier Beach UMC in Seattle, Washington...

May 12 wrap-up: Rule 44 voted down

By Joey Butler May 11, 2016 | PORTLAND, Ore. (UMNS) After a roller coaster of “will-they-or-won’t-they” episodes usually reserved for love interests in a romantic comedy,...

Pacific Islanders Welcome New Ministry Plan

By Elliot Wright, originally appearing on umc.org Tampa, Florida, May 2, 2012—“Our kalia (‘canoe’) has arrived and been welcomed,” said the Rev. Sione Veikoso, hailing the...

Preview to church restructuring debate

A UMNS Report by Heather Hahn*. UMNS Photos by Mike Dubose TAMPA, Fla. (UMNS) — Months before the 2012 General Conference, delegates to The United...

Men’s leaders urge Scouts to delay change

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The United Methodist Men recommended to the Boy Scouts of America that new membership proposals not be implemented at this time. A UMNS photo by...

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