United Methodist News Service – Recent Articles

• Abortion law should prompt action, not just outrage
  A United Methodist laywoman shares about the abortion she had in the 1970s and says Texas’ new restrictions on abortion should challenge the church to speak candidly and constructively about human sexuality.
• Texas abortion law will save lives
  Retired clergyman and Lifewatch president responds to earlier commentary on abortion measure recently enacted by Texas.
• Church hits airwaves to reach vulnerable communities
  COVID-19 church lockdown births new way of livestreaming worship services and sharing messages of hope, as well as vital information.
• 2021 Central Congo Annual Conference
  Aug. 17-22, Tshumbe, Congo
• Program preaches that real men respect women
  An eight-week course offered to United Methodist men contradicts the sexist attitudes that can lead to domestic violence.
• COVID-19 challenges congregations, families
  With churches and schools in Zimbabwe forced to close doors at various times during the pandemic, finances and livelihoods have suffered.
• 2021 Serbia-North Macedonia-Albania Annual Conference
  Sept. 10-11, online
• Boigegrain ready for life after Wespath
  After 27 years leading The United Methodist Church’s pension agency through economic crises and toward investments that are ecologically and ethically sound, Barbara Boigegrain is retiring at the end of the year. She looks back at her tenure.
• Friday Digest September 17 2021
  Congo church relaunches FM radio station; LDS church agrees to pay into Boy Scout of America's victims fund; Top stories from the week
• LDS church to pay into Boy Scouts’ victims fund
  The United Methodist Church continues to be part of negotiations in the Boy Scouts of America bankruptcy, but another religious group has agreed to pay $250 million to a fund for victims of Scouting-related sex abuse.