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FORT WORTH:  More than 3,000 United Methodists from around the globe are expected to converge on Fort Worth, Texas this week for General Conference 2008. The General Conference is the top legislative body of The United Methodist ...

Twenty-two new United Methodist missionaries were commissioned on March 11, 2008, to serve in churches, hospitals, and community centers in ten countries and five states of the United States. The new missionaries include many ...

By Marta W. Aldrich* Jan. 30, 2008 | FORT WORTH, Texas (UMNS) When United Methodists convene this spring for their worldwide assembly, they can expect wider international representation, a denominational budget built around four ...

NEW YORK, Jan. 9, 2008—More than a week of violence following disputed elections has left the lives of many Kenyans in shambles.  Nearly 200,000 people have been displaced by the crisis—many of them fleeing to neighboring Uganda. ...

New York, NY, December 18, 2007--The mission agency of The United Methodist Church is resuming a program that places young adults in mission settings in the United States for 10 weeks of summer service and education. A dozen ...

LAKE JUNALUSKA, N.C. (UMNS) Iowa Bishop Gregory Vaughn Palmer was elected Nov. 8 to lead the worldwide Council of Bishops of The United Methodist Church. He will begin his two-year term as the council’s president in May 2008. ...

By Linda Green* Nov. 8, 2007 | LAKE JUNALUSKA, N.C. (UMNS) The United Methodist presence in the United States today is the same as it was in 1820. And, if trends in aging and membership losses continue at their current rates, the ...

STAMFORD, CT, October 10, 2007—Bishop Felton E. May (retired) will serve as interim general secretary of The United Methodist Church’s international mission agency, the General Board of Global Ministries. Directors of the board, ...

More Than $1.75 Million Raised for Mosquito Nets Houston:  The people of The United Methodist Church have passed the halfway mark toward the denomination’s $3 million fundraising goal for the Nothing But Nets malaria prevention ...

By Vicki Brown*   After more than two years of study, a commission has issued its final report on its work to clarify the ordering of ministry within The United Methodist Church and recommends four more years of study by the ...

A UMNS Report by Linda Green* Six United Methodists ranging in age from 15 to 28 have been chosen to work together to develop and deliver the first Young People's Address at the 2008 General Conference. The speakers – five from ...

NASHVILLE:  Anyone who submitted a petition to the 2008 General Conference via e-mail to petitions@umpublishing.org prior to noon on July 27 will need to resubmit those petitions. Due to technical difficulties, those petitions ...

When directors of the Women’s Division of the United Methodist General Board of Global Ministries meet in August, they will consider the nomination of Harriett Jane Olson, executive of the United Methodist Publishing House, to ...

The United Methodist Church has responded to rising college costs by doubling the amount of money a United Methodist college student may borrow annually from a denominational loan fund and lowering the interest rate beginning Aug....

Survey Data Explores Attitudes, Opinions   Nashville:  A new report from The United Methodist Church on the state of the church reveals that United Methodist core beliefs are clear, but a variety of attitudes and opinions exist ...

United Methodists interested in mission will meet in Chicago in August to reinvigorate their denomination's involvement in ministries at home and around the world. A  Mission Gathering and Forum, to be held August 5-8 at ...

The Women’s Division of the United Methodist General Board of Global Ministries – the policy-making and programming arm of United Methodist Women – is launching an expanded, nationwide search for a chief executive. The division is...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (GBHEM/FYI) – A draft report by the Study of Ministry Commission for the 2008 General Conference proposes eight important recommendations about the ordering of ministry, including the creation of three ...

New York, NY, December 14, 2006—The Advance for Christ and His Church, the designated mission-giving program of The United Methodist Church, is being restructured to better equip it to reach donors today and into the future. “We ...

 North Alabama’s Director of Mission and Advocacy Rev. Patrick Friday has been named the new Director of Special Mission Initiatives at the General Board of Global Ministries (GBGM). Rev. Friday will assume his new role in January...

New York, May 30, 2006-The United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR) is working with partner agencies to provide immediate relief and assistance following a major earthquake that shook the city of Yogykarta and surrounding ...

Stamford, CT, April 3, 2006—The United Methodist Church needs at least 20 new international missionaries over two years. A recruitment effort—“The Next Missionary May be YOU”—was launched here at the semi-annual meeting of the ...

New Ad Campaign Kicks Off March 29 NASHVILLE – A brand new television campaign by The United Methodist Church encourages people to “believe again” in the power of prayer. The denomination will launch a $1.7 million national ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (UMNS) - The United Methodist Church's top legislative assembly won't be meeting in Richmond, Va., in 2012, as announced last fall, but will convene in Tampa, Fla., instead. In making the change, the United ...

Nashville, TN-- United Methodists gave more generously than ever before, surpassing the previous years total giving by more than 50%. This assessment of 2005 giving was reported today by Sandra K. Lackore, general secretary and ...

by Julia R. Tulloch and Jorge R. Obando* United Methodist Women has always been at the forefront of innovation and the use of technology. This year is no exception! The October 2005 Board of Directors meeting authorized the ...

WASHINGTON (UMNS) - The United Methodist Council of Bishops has announced that all eight amendments to the church's constitution passed by the 2004 General Conference have been ratified by the annual conferences.  The new ...

A UMNS Feature by Vicki Brown* On May 4, 1956, in Minneapolis, the General Conference of the Methodist Church approved full clergy rights for women. Half a century later, the fruits of that action are the nearly 12,000 United ...