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Sally Vonner, top executive of United Women in Faith, said the agency is prepared to help lead the church into the future, despite the denomination’s current uncertainty.

The Rev. Rob Renfroe says Good News and its partner the Wesleyan Covenant Association will be at General Conference, but with a limited agenda focused mainly on extending disaffiliation rights.

The Rev. Mark R. Holland, Mainstream UMC director, says General Conference should not add to the Book of Discipline a “top-down, uniform” exit path from the denomination.

A group of more than 270 delegates has issued a statement endorsing what many call “the three R’s” — regionalization, the Revised Social Principles and the removal of language about LGBTQ people.

During their annual meeting, members of Black Methodists for Church Renewal looked toward future advocacy work, while also discussing denominational concerns, including budget cuts, disaffiliations, a more regionalized global church structure and the coming General Conference.

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Through funding from the United Methodist Committee on Relief, the church in Congo focused on preventing violence and hate speech before, during and after elections.

Bishop Thomas J. Bickerton took a moment to lead a well-earned victory lap for the Imagine No Malaria campaign, noting that it will come to an end with 2024.

The response of The United Methodist Church to the hostilities in the Middle East was characterized as “very weak and timid” during the joint meeting of the boards of United Methodist Global Ministries and Higher Education and Ministry.

In wide-ranging joint board meetings at Emory University, officials with the United Methodist boards of Global Ministries and Higher Education plotted an ambitious future despite the continuing challenge of diminishing resources.

United Methodist congregations are finding creative ways to engage the public before and during the rare event on April 8.

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Dozens of women from across Africa for many years to come will have safe and secure campus accommodations provided by the East Ohio Conference through the Teach-Reach-Bless campaign.

The proposed regionalization legislation coming to General Conference on April 23-May 3 is generating a lot of discussion among African United Methodists. Their votes could be key to whether regionalization can pass.

Successful church leaders and members from Murewa, Zimbabwe, formed the Plough Back Home Group to give back to their home district. They recently purchased a new public-address system, keyboard and generator to enhance United Methodist conferences and revivals.

Legislation coming before The United Methodist Church’s top policymaking body deals with matters as varied as the denomination’s international structure, social teachings, ecumenical relations and budget.

Tiny Hope Chapel in Charlotte, North Carolina, illustrates how United Methodism can move with the times by embracing the street-level Fresh Expressions movement.

Tiny Hope Chapel in Charlotte, North Carolina, illustrates how United Methodism can move with the times by embracing the street-level Fresh Expressions movement.

Traditionalist voices have been calling for African United Methodists to oppose regionalization proposals and to support extending disaffiliation opportunities to their continent. But the Rev. Gabriel Banga Mususwa writes that African United Methodists can decide for themselves on these issues.

The Rev. Forbes Matonga writes that many African delegates will advocate against regionalization of The United Methodist Church, despite reports from the recent United Methodist Africa Forum gathering in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.