Resources

It’s the Wednesday after Holy Week. If you're a pastor or worship leader, you might be just emerging from your post-Easter comas to start...

Photo by Mike Dubose. 5ive Signs of Success in the Fight Against Malaria By Julia Frisbie 1. Death Rates Cut in Half When the United Methodist Church started...

On the Shelf: Resources for Faith Sharing By Ian McKnight with Jesse N. Love If you have read the February issue of Channels, you’ll notice that this...

WASHINGTON, DC – The Lewis Center for Church Leadership and Wesley Theological Seminary have gathered free resources to help pastors better understand and manage...

Renton’s homeless find a “Center of Hope” In association with the Renton Ecumenical Association of Churches (REACH), Renton First UMC began its round of hosting homeless...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. May 16, 2017 /Discipleship Ministries/ – What if United Methodist congregations stopped looking for quick fixes to revitalize their churches and started seeing the people...

2013 marks the fourth year that The United Methodist Church has participated in "Change the World," an event led by United Methodist Communications and...

Grace and peace, In The United Methodist Church bishops are responsible for ecumenical and interreligious ministries.  The Office of Christian Unity and Interreligious Relationships (OCUIR)...

This communications checklist was compiled for a recent workshop for pastors who are expecting to transfer into a new appointment this summer. While these are good things to consider as one approaches such liminal space, it's good to keep many of these items in mind throughout the course of one's ministry with a local church.

Learning to Walk in the Dark By the Rev. Paul Graves “Then I said to myself, ‘Oh, he even sees me in the dark! At night I’m...