United Methodist News Service – Recent Articles

• Patients line up for free church health clinic
  The United Methodist Sunningdale Circuit in Zimbabwe collaborated with the government to offer free health screenings and information.
• High court hears case over church control of SMU
  The Texas Supreme Court heard arguments to determine if Southern Methodist University could change its articles of incorporation without a United Methodist jurisdiction’s approval.
• Social media graphics from UM News
  Meme for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is available to download and share on social media.
• Germany Central Conference Balloting 2025
  Voting has begun for episcopal elections in the Germany Central Conference. UM News is tracking the balloting as it happens and will have coverage as the bishops are elected.
• Resistance is not enough
  United Methodists’ baptismal call to resist injustice demands attention. “What does God call us to be for, that at the same time might require our resistance to systems and structures?”
• Wildfires claim life of United Methodist
  Church members are beginning to pick up the pieces even as they mourn great loss. Pastors hope to rebuild two churches destroyed by fire.
• Clinic helps immigrants navigate asylum process
  Neighbors Immigration Clinic in Lexington, Kentucky — part of the United Methodist Immigration Law and Justice Network — is one of few legal resources for the state’s growing immigrant community.
• What does hate feel like in the body?
  Through self-awareness, we can understand and respond to the spiritual, emotional and physical warning signs of hate, writes the Rev. Neelley Hicks.
• United Methodists see loss, offer relief as wildfires rage
  Church members in the Los Angeles area are doing what they can to help people displaced by the fires while also mourning the loss of homes and church buildings.
• Church promotes peace amid political unrest in Mozambique
  United Methodists are holding services, praying for peace and encouraging church members to refrain from involvement in protests.