United Methodist News Service – Recent Articles

• Honduras mission welcomes new leader, sets goals
  Bishop Rubén Saenz sets a vision for the United Methodist mission at its first annual meeting since the COVID-19 pandemic.
• The quite contrary story of Mary Magdalene
  She’s long had the reputation as the Gospels’ bad girl, but the biblical account of Mary Magdalene is very different. United Methodists think her role as apostle offers lessons for today.
• 2025 Serbia-North Macedonia-Albania Annual Conference
  March 27-30, Pogradec, Albania
• Social media graphics for Lent and Easter
  Download art for Lent and Easter from United Methodist to share on social media.
• Orlando churches face anti-LGBTQ protests
  United Methodist churches in central Florida have been among the congregations targeted in recent months by anti-LGBTQ protesters threatening to disrupt worship.
• Floods devastate United Methodists in Congo
  Thousands have been displaced and two United Methodist churches have been damaged by flooding in Kinshasa, the country’s capital.
• Burundi celebrates new bishop, episcopal area
  United Methodists from Burundi and Rwanda united for the installation of the area’s first bishop and establishment of the East Africa Central Conference.
• Black churches preserve history, shape future
  Across the U.S., legacy Black churches look for new ways to remain vital and reach communities, while United Methodist annual conferences work to provide the resources they need.
• Churchgoers rally against government overreach
  United Methodists at the Peace Conference joined in one of the nationwide protests against the Trump administration’s impact on government services and human rights.
• Building peace in a dangerously polarized US
  A United Methodist Peace Conference drew some 200 clergy and laity to discuss breaking down national divisions. Some joined a Hands Off! rally that drew a cross-section of people.