Grants of $2000 to $5000 are awarded to United Methodist congregations and groups through the Ethnic Local Church, Human Relations Day and Peace with Justice programs.
The Council of Bishops has formally set the dates for regular sessions of the Jurisdictional Conferences of The United Methodist Church to be convened November 2-5, 2022.
This special Sunday offering allows UMCOR to keep the promise that 100% of any gift to a specific UMCOR project will go toward that project, not administrative costs.
Panelists of the February 17 webinar will discuss updates on the progress being made on vaccine distribution and how faith communities are partnering in this movement.
United Methodist Communications will host its second in a series of ecumenical virtual communications learning conferences to equip churches and ministries.
The immense power of social media is undeniable. As of 2021 the number of people using social media is over 3.96 billion worldwide – that’s more than 50 percent of the world.
The past year has been a difficult year for our United Methodist missionaries to visit churches and share stories of their ministries.
This year there is a new opportunity to be a part of a worldwide Easter virtual choir. Congregations from all around will be able to use this video in their upcoming Easter worship services and post to social media.
Now a new book, Methodist Mission at 200: Serving Faithfully Amid the Tensions, commemorates this bicentennial and invites reflection on mission past and consideration of present and mission future.
Roland Fernandes begins leadership of Global Ministries. Dr. Ashley Boggan Dreff named General Secretary of Archives and History. Garlinda Burton named Interim General Secretary of Religion and Race. Kimberly Orr named Publisher of The Upper Room.
You’ve seen the videos of choirs and studio singers coming together (digitally) to sing uplifting songs and hymns, creating works of art that in times like these are needed and incredibly inspiring. Now is your chance to be a part of a virtual choir for Christmas!
Festivities will include messages from United Methodist students, spotlights of UM-related institutions of higher education, interactive activities, messages from prominent leaders, and more.
Due to the extraordinary challenges faced by churches and others, UMPH (Cokesbury and Abingdon Press) is assuring easy access to essential worship aids and use of the Common English Bible for online worship and studies.
We are still in mission through working with our missionaries, the work of evangelism and church revitalization, and, disaster response and recovery led by UMCOR.
We ask every United Methodist to name the egregious sin of racism and white supremacy and join together to take a stand against the oppression and injustice that is killing persons of color.
Grants of up to $20,000 will be awarded and disbursed quickly and efficiently to address pressing needs in the areas of health, food insecurity, water, sanitation and hygiene and economic instability
In response to the economic impact of the global pandemic, the GBHEM Office of Loans and Scholarships has made some important updates to its policies.
We invite all to pray to God to rid the world of the coronavirus pandemic. And all are urged to pray the Lord’s Prayer at noon in their own time zones.
Since assigned by General Conference in 2012, the committee has painstakingly gone paragraph-by-paragraph to determine what parts of the current Book of Discipline’s Part VI are connectionally essential and applicable worldwide for all United Methodists.
