UMC Cyber Campus Offers Education Anytime, Anywhere
By Vicki Brown*
Training materials for annual conference Boards of Ordained Ministry, presentations from a churchwide sexual ethics summit, and a lecture by a well-known...
Judicial Council looks at ‘aspirational’ declarations
By Linda Bloom | Oct. 27, 2014 | MEMPHIS, Tenn. (UMNS)
When is language about The United Methodist Church’s positions on issues of sexuality considered “aspirational”...
This Christmas, help a child be born AIDS-free
Nashville, Tenn.: This World AIDS Day, the United Methodist Global AIDS Fund (UMGAF) Committee invites all who are interested in helping a child be...
Finance agency can grant same-gender benefits, court says
Photo by Mike DuBose, UMNS. The 2012 edition of The Book of Discipline of The United Methodist Church.
By Linda Bloom LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (UMNS), April 28,...
Enhanced Find-A-Church features now available
NASHVILLE: Today’s tech-savvy seekers turn to the internet as their primary source for information. Local United Methodist churches can be prepared with an updated profile...
Local pastors in background at General Conference
By Sam Hodges
May 11, 2016 | PORTLAND, Ore. (UMNS)
Licensed local pastors don’t get to serve as delegates to General Conference. So when they sit...
United Methodist message: ‘Suspend deportations’
The Rev. Esdra Seda, pastor and Hispanic Ministries Coordinator in the Eastern Pennsylvania Annual (regional) Conference, introduces Pilar Molina, whose husband has been detained...
A Statement on the State of Global UMC and our Common World
From September 7-11, 2015, we the Bishops of the Central Conferences of Africa gathered at the Elephant Hills Resort, Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe as part of...
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...
Mission Agency Will Match $1 million on UMC #GivingTuesday
The United Methodist General Board of Global Ministries announced that on Dec. 2, 2014, it will match up to $1 million in gifts made...
