United Methodist News Service – Recent Articles

• What would Jesus tell the US Capitol rioters?
  The Rev. William B. Lawrence examines the claims of Scriptural authority by violent protesters who stormed the U.S. Capitol.
• Retired pastor starts online ‘Doubter’s Parish’
  After setting United Methodist church work aside, the Rev. Martin Thielen reaches out to skeptics and struggling Christians, offering help and solidarity.
• North Macedonia ministry provides hope during pandemic
  Though COVID-19 changed the lives of many, leaders of a United Methodist diaconal facility in North Macedonia, have been able to provide care without interruption.
• A less welcoming place for refugees
  As the migration crisis continues, Europe “is becoming a fortress” where desperate people are being turned away, says a United Methodist pastor in Germany.
• A birthday letter to Martin Luther King Jr.
  On the occasion of the 92nd birthday of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., the Rev. Reginald Lee, pastor of Mt. Zion United Methodist Church, penned a birthday letter to the civil rights icon.
• Antiracism starts for white Christians: Do's and Don'ts
  Deaconess M. Garlinda Burton, interim top executive of the denomination’s Commission on Religion and Race, offers tips for addressing racism.
• 31 United Methodists serve in 117th Congress
  United Methodists serve on both sides of the aisle in a Congress faced with repairing a highly polarized country and responding to violence at the Capitol.
• The content of our character
  Leading into Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Religion and Race top executive calls for the church to address its institutional racism.
• Africa University vice chancellor Furusa dies
  Professor Munashe Furusa, 59, is being remembered as a champion for educational access for underprivileged students and an important voice for United Methodist-related higher education. He died Jan. 13.
• Former megachurch pastor gets 6 years in prison
  Kirbyjon Caldwell, longtime leader of Houston’s Windsor Village United Methodist Church, was sentenced on a wire fraud charge.