General Conference 2016 officially begins
By Barbara Dunlap-Berg
May 10, 2016 | PORTLAND, Ore. (UMNS)
With a drum welcome from indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest, United Methodists gathered here for...
Mission Agency Prepares for Long-term Integrated Response to Ebola
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...
29 new missionaries commissioned at General Conference
By Elliott Wright
May 19, 2016 | PORTLAND, Ore. (UMNS)
“We commission you to take the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ into all the world.”...
Twenty Conferences Pay 100% of General Church Apportioned Funds in 2012
A. Moses Kumar of the General Council on Finance and Administration reports on the financial impact of church restructuring on May 4 during the...
Palmer: Trust God’s promise and go forth
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:...
GC2012: How to increase accountability?
Bishop Grant Hagiya (right) and the Rev. Tom Choi prepare for a briefing for international delegates to the 2012 United Methodist General Conference in...
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...
A “new normal” in Sandy Hook
A shrine for the Sandy Hook shooting victims. Photo courtesy Stephen Drachler.
By the Rev. Mel Kawakami
One month ago, a young gunman walked into the Sandy...
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...
Bishop Swanson: ‘Evil is going, too.’
By Tamica Smith Jeuitt
May 18, 2016 | PORTLAND, Ore. (UMNS)
“If you are going to go, there is a shadow figure that follows you also....
