Get out of silos and break down walls, bishop says
Bishop Ruby-Nell M. Estrella, Manila Episcopal Area, urges top legislative body to continue to move The United Methodist Church forward and transform the world.
Korean United Methodists commit to support missionaries
The Korean Association of The United Methodist Church announced a bold commitment to adopt and financially support 140 United Methodist global missionaries.
Bishops react to LGBTQ inclusion votes
Some have celebrated the decisions, while others have stressed to their conferences the limits of the decisions, including that they don’t require clergy to officiate at same-sex weddings.
General Conference elects commission members, others
Delegates added a host of fresh faces to the groups that make important decisions for The United Methodist Church.
Anglican primates embark on Rome pilgrimage, meet with Pope Francis
[Episcopal News Service] For the first time, Anglican primates gathered in Rome, Italy, where they went on pilgrimage, following in the steps of St. Paul. On the morning of May […]
Israeli-Palestinian conflict dominates General Convention International Policy committees’ hearings
[Episcopal News Service] Dozens of Episcopalians and representatives from The Episcopal Church’s ecumenical and interfaith partners testified at three separate online hearings about the ongoing Israel-Palestinian conflict and 10 related […]
As pro-Palestinian protests continue on college campuses, Episcopal chaplains, churches offer support to protesters
[Episcopal News Service] Pro-Palestinian protest encampments on dozens of college campuses nationwide have led to violent clashes, more than 2,000 arrests, expulsions, suspensions and the cancellation of classes and commencement […]
Church ends 52-year-old anti-gay stance
General Conference delegates supported a revision of the Social Principles that deletes the phrase “the practice of homosexuality… is incompatible with Christian teaching.” That phrase has been part of church teachings since 1972.
Nigeria Crisis Response is extended through 2024 with plan to phase out program over three years
The staff of Brethren Disaster Ministries have directed a large grant of $225,000 from the Church of the Brethren’s Emergency Disaster Fund (EDF) to extend the Nigeria Crisis Response for another year. The grant is given in conjunction with a plan to phase out the program over the next three years, created in collaboration with the Disaster Relief Management Team of Ekklesiyar Yan’uwa a Nigeria (EYN, the Church of the Brethren in Nigeria).
EDF grants in first months of 2024 include money for a South Sudan Crisis Recovery Initiative
In addition to the large grant of $225,000 that extends the Nigeria Crisis Response program through 2024, the Church of the Brethren’s Emergency Disaster Fund (EDF) has provided grants to various countries including a grant that will help start a new South Sudan Crisis Recovery Initiative with staff from Global Mission.