By Melissa Lauber In all things, the Rev. Jacqueline “Jackie” Davis Ford intentionally and actively seeks to follow God. It’s the cornerstone of her faith. Recently, this has led her into a new position as the Director of Connectional Ministries for the Peninsula-Delaware...
From the Minnesota Annual Conference Rev. Dr. Fred Vanderwerf, Southern Prairie District superintendent, and his wife Stacy spent eight years as missionaries in Ukraine. He recently interviewed two United Methodists with unique perspectives on the...
See the response to the postponement from the Council of Bishops. From the Commission on the General Conference As the pandemic continues and the wait time for visas stretches to over two years in some countries, the Commission on the General Conference announced on March 3 that the 2020...
By Maidstone Mulenga The Commission on the General Conference today announced the further postponement of the postponed 2020 General Conference of The United Methodist Church. The next General Conference will be in 2024. In response to the decision, Council of Bishops President Bishop Cynthia...
In response to the announcement about the General Conference being postponed until 2024, Global Methodist Church leaders announced they will launch their new denomination on May 1. Below is their press release. With humility, hope and joy, a 17 member body...
By Neal Christie United Methodists continue to pray and respond to the war now being waged in Ukraine. On February 24, Russian military forces invaded Ukraine, causing hundreds of thousands of people to flee their homes. US government aid officials report that the people of...
In the wake of Russia's assault on Ukraine Feb. 24, United Methodists are praying. The Rev. Stacey Cole Wilson prayed with the congregation of St. Andrew Ukrainian Church in Silver Spring on Feb. 27. As United Methodists, we believe war (especially an unprovoked war) is incompatible...
By Rev. Charles Harrell These past days, watching from a distance the awful events engulfing Ukraine, the psalmist’s lament has often come to mind: “I am for peace; but when I speak, they are for war.” (Psalm 120:7) Like many people, my own reactions to...
Bishop LaTrelle Easterling, episcopal leader of the Baltimore-Washington and Peninsula-Delaware Conferences , offered a prayer for the people of Ukraine and Russia at the Love Your Neighbor Coalition prayer service on Feb. 26. By Bishop LaTrelle Miller Easterling Even on the...
Four Christian organizations are strongly condemning the advance of the Russian military into Ukraine and the assault that began on the night of 24 February 2022. They call for Russian troops to be brought back to Russia and an immediate end to the conflict. “Peace must prevail,&rdquo...
