article reprinted from the UMConnection: News Stories APRIL 16, 2003 On-line VOL. 14, NO. 8 Ones man mission to help Africa heal The needs of Africa are so intense that the thought of one person making an impact could be daunting. Thats how John...
article reprinted from the United Methodist Connection Reprinted from the Feb 6, 2002, issue Maryland UMs lobby for tobacco tax increase BY KAREN M. THOMPSON UMCONNECTION CORRESPONDENT United Methodists are seeking to kick butt in Annapolis by lobbying to...
article reprinted from the United Methodist Connection Reprinted from the Dec 19, 2001, issue UMCOnnectoin File Photo Mission Disciples being commissioned in 1999. The Mission Disciple program is being expaned as participants are intentionally called and...
As we sit in our churches each Sunday, worshiping and giving thanks, the person sitting next to us may be 'suffering in silence' from the devastating effects of cancer, HIV/AIDS, child abuse, elderly abuse, domestic violence, Alzheimer?s, drugs, poverty, mental illness or any other number of...
200 Years AgoBishop Asbury?s Journal, Jan. 22, 1806At Beaufort, N.C., the bishop found the whole town 'disposed to bow to the Lord Jesus.'100 Years AgoMethodist Protestant, Jan. 17, 1906An attempt to unify the Japanese missions of the American and Canadian Methodist denominations...
BY JO CHESSON and DAE HWA PARKDespite the fact that they are separated by a continent, the people of the Baltimore-Washington Conference have begun a new, disciple-focused ministry with South Korea. A covenant between the Nambu Conference of the Korean Methodist Church and the...
BY MELISSA LAUBERUMCONNECTION STAFFAt the Baltimore-Washington Conference annual session members learned that the Rev. Drew Phoenix, pastor of St. John?s UMC of Baltimore City, was requesting a name change in keeping with a gender transformation he was undergoing.'Last fall, after a lifelong...
article reprinted from the UMConnection: Commentary April 7, 2004 On-line VOL. 15, NO. 7 NEWS Council on Ministries meeting emphasizes evangelism BY LINDA WORTHINGTONUMCONNECTION STAFFEvangelism was the message as leaders from more than a dozen ministry areas recognized...
article reprinted from the UMConnection: News Stories APRIL 16, 2003 On-line VOL. 14, NO. 8 Church agencies help NAACP host rally at Supreme Court By Joretta Purdue United Methodist News Service Tents filled the small yard at the United Methodist...
article reprinted from the United Methodist Connection Reprinted from the Feb 6, 2002, issue Uninsured churches break law By David E. Bohnert UMConnection Correspondent Churches that...
