United Methodist News Service

Bishop Rubén Saenz sets a vision for the United Methodist mission at its first annual meeting since the COVID-19 pandemic.

She’s long had the reputation as the Gospels’ bad girl, but the biblical account of Mary Magdalene is very different. United Methodists think her role as apostle offers lessons for today.

March 27-30, Pogradec, Albania

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United Methodist churches in central Florida have been among the congregations targeted in recent months by anti-LGBTQ protesters threatening to disrupt worship.

Thousands have been displaced and two United Methodist churches have been damaged by flooding in Kinshasa, the country’s capital.

United Methodists from Burundi and Rwanda united for the installation of the area’s first bishop and establishment of the East Africa Central Conference.

Across the U.S., legacy Black churches look for new ways to remain vital and reach communities, while United Methodist annual conferences work to provide the resources they need.

United Methodists at the Peace Conference joined in one of the nationwide protests against the Trump administration’s impact on government services and human rights.

A United Methodist Peace Conference drew some 200 clergy and laity to discuss breaking down national divisions. Some joined a Hands Off! rally that drew a cross-section of people.

More than 100 people received health care, medicine, food and other supplies during a day of outreach in the Northern Nigeria Conference.

A new Iliff School of Theology course aims to “change the narrative around death” by giving pastors and others the foundation they need to support the dying and their families.

The Rev. Knut Refsdal, a pastor in Norway, was elected a United Methodist bishop on the 26th ballot.

United Methodists remember Bishop Hans Växby as a servant leader who helped rebuild the church in Latvia, Lithuania, Ukraine and Russia after the dissolution of the Soviet Union.

Voting has ended for episcopal elections in the Northern Europe and Eurasia Central Conference. UM News tracked the balloting as it happened and has coverage.

Southeastern Jurisdiction brings Asian American ministers together for fellowship, resources and ministerial support.

During the 58th annual gathering of Black Methodists for Church Renewal, members were called to fight for justice and challenge systems of inequality.

Retired Bishop Benjamin A. Justo, who led the Baguio Area in the Philippines until 2008, died March 28 at age 84.

Senior adults say intergenerational home sharing is “a win-win.”

Scholar Ted Campbell has edited a book for devotional reading of early Methodist hymns. Each of the 126 hymn texts is followed by a short commentary from Campbell.