General Conference 2016 Volunteers Needed!
Portland, Ore. is going to be hosting one of the most significant events in United Methodism next year. The 2016 General Conference, which is...
Dynamic Speakers, Hollywood Writers, & Film Screening Headline UMC LEAD 2016
November 24, 2015 - The Loft LA, at Westwood United Methodist Church, and the Palomar Hotel will play host to the 2016 LEAD Conference,...
Relief for those fleeing Washington fires
By Linda Bloom | Aug. 26, 2015 | NEW YORK (UMNS)
Last summer, a wildfire scorched the back of Pateros Community United Methodist Church in Washington State and...
Rev. Curtis Brown announced as WJ Regional Strategist for Path1
It has been announced by Path1, our denomination’s church-planting movement, that the Rev. Curtis Brown will be joining their staff as the Western Jurisdiction Regional Strategist...
Just Resolution Achieved in Complaint Process
Denver, Colorado: Bishop Elaine JW Stanovsky, President of the Western Jurisdiction College of Bishops, announced that a just resolution has been reached regarding a...
Top court affirms Schaefer’s reinstatement as clergy
By Linda Bloom | Oct. 27, 2014 | MEMPHIS, Tenn. (UMNS)
The Rev. Frank Schaefer will remain a clergyman in The United Methodist Church.
In a ruling made...
Introducing Our New Western Jurisdiction Mission Interpreters
Nan McCurdy and Miguel Mairena are Board of Global Ministries Missionaries newly assigned as Mission Interpreters (mission ambassadors from Global Ministries) for the Western...
US and Mexico Faith and Community Leaders Visiting Unaccompanied Migrant Children Temporary Holding Facility...
McAllen, TX - As the Obama Administration prepares to fast-track the deportation of these unaccompanied migrant children against public opinion (Reuters/Ipsos poll), faith...
1000 Children
By Rev. Dr. Dottie Escobedo-Frank
It didn’t look like anything out of the ordinary for the border town of Nogales. My hometown is used to...
Church seeks to meet needs in border crisis
A UMNS report by Sam Hodges | July 15, 2014 | DALLAS (UMNS)
From handing out hygiene kits to providing legal briefings, United Methodists are working to...
