United Methodist News Service – Recent Articles

• Church must hear Hispanic/Latino voices
  The lack of voices from Latin America represents a major gap in the global conversations occurring in The United Methodist Church.
• Taking concrete steps to move against racism
  United Methodist conferences are confronting the sin of racism through prayers, calls for justice and education on white supremacy.
• Estimating financial impact of church exits
  United Methodist financial leaders voted on agencies’ 2021 budgets at the same time they looked at the costs of a potential church split and a proposal to reduce bishops.
• United Methodists rally to help typhoon survivors
  From sheltering evacuees to raising money, gathering supplies and sharing generators, Filipino United Methodists and church partners are embracing those affected by recent storms.
• Former missionary to South Korea dies at 91
  A well-loved missionary, the Rev. George Ogle, was honored earlier this year by the government of the Republic of Korea.
• McClain, theologian and civil rights leader, dies at 82
  The Rev. William Bobby McClain, a civil rights leader and one of the founders of The United Methodist Church’s black caucus, died at 82.
• The making of Thanksgiving in the US
  With this year marking the 400th anniversary of the Pilgrims’ arrival in North America, it’s worth revisiting the good — and the bad — of how the U.S. holiday developed.
• Church celebrates end of measles, Ebola outbreaks in Congo
  United Methodist health centers in remote areas were key in helping to immunize children and end a measles epidemic that killed more than 7,000.
• A manifesto for saving old church buildings
  The Rev. Thomas Frank, United Methodist polity expert, is the author of the new book “Historic Houses of Worship in Peril.”
• 2020 South Carolina Annual Conference
  Oct. 17, virtual.