United Methodist News Service – Recent Articles

• 2025 Iowa Conference Annual Conference
  June 13-15, West Des Moines, Iowa
• Trust clause stands as connectional cornerstone
  The clause has played a pivotal role in preserving the United Methodist Church’s unity.
• Giving Methodist women their due
  A new book brings Southern Methodist women and their social justice work to the forefront.
• 9 women to know
  “Southern Methodist Women and Social Justice: Interracial Activism in the Long Twentieth Century” features the stories of nine important Methodist women.
• Why disability inclusion matters
  What does the United Methodist Book of Discipline say about persons with disabilities?
• Nelson Kalombo Ngoy elected as bishop
  The pastor, who currently leads a multiracial congregation in New York, was elected a United Methodist bishop at the Mid Africa Central Conference.
• Mujinga Kashala elected as bishop
  The district superintendent and pastor in South Congo is the second woman elected as a United Methodist bishop on the African continent and the first in Mid Africa.
• Antoine Kalema Tambwe elected as bishop
  The veteran district superintendent and General Conference delegate was elected a United Methodist bishop at the Mid Africa Central Conference, formerly the Congo Central Conference.
• Mid Africa Central Conference Balloting 2025
  Voting has ended for episcopal elections in the Mid Africa Central Conference. UM News tracked the balloting and has coverage of the elected bishops.
• Conference gets new name, adds bishop
  More than 300 delegates in the Mid Africa Central Conference, previously the Congo Central Conference, are meeting in Kitwe, Zambia, and plan to elect three new bishops.