United Methodist News Service – Recent Articles

• Eurasia and Estonia begin exit from church
  Church regions in Eurasia and the Baltics, built up after the breakup of the Soviet Union, now plan to leave The United Methodist Church.
• Engineers cook up eco-friendly solution at church school
  The Nyadire Connection teamed up with Carnegie Mellon University students to install a biogas digester at a United Methodist mission school in Zimbabwe.
• Agency seeks role in complaint against bishop
  The United Methodist Commission on the Status and Role of Women is asking to serve as a monitor in the church complaint process involving Bishop Minerva Carcaño, who has been suspended for more than a year.
• The many meanings of connectionalism
  Church divisions have raised a host of questions about what it means to be connected, prompting a new look at this basic characteristic of Methodist community.
• Church increases aid to displaced people in Congo
  Over $400,000 from UMCOR and United Methodist Global Ministries helped provide emergency relief to approximately 25,000 displaced people in Congo.
• International group pursues regionalization
  A permanent committee of General Conference gave a boost to proposals to restructure The United Methodist Church so different geographic areas are on equal footing.
• Plan to add 5 African bishops faces challenges
  An international United Methodist group has long been working to increase the number of bishops on the African continent but learned of financial and other difficulties now facing the plan.
• Youth group outreach changed Mr. X’s views of church
  Pastor recalls how young people accomplished amazing results through a program that addressed housing needs.
• 2 memoranda released
• Church court reviews LGBTQ-related resolutions
  The United Methodist Judicial Council dealt with questions about what conference statements about LGBTQ people are aspirational and what go beyond the boundaries of church law.