United Methodist News

• LDS church to pay into Boy Scouts’ victims fund September 17, 2021
  The United Methodist Church continues to be part of negotiations in the Boy Scouts of America bankruptcy, but another religious group has agreed to pay $250 million to a fund for victims of Scouting-related sex abuse.
• Congo church relaunches FM radio station September 17, 2021
  The United Methodist Church recently reopened its FM radio station in Kinshasa, with the potential to reach more than 17 million listeners in the region.
• Leading Sierra Leone after tragedy September 16, 2021
  Interim Bishop Warner H. Brown Jr. reflects on the past year leading the Sierra Leone Conference and shares his hopes for the future.
• Supporting Wesleyan evangelism amid pandemic September 15, 2021
  In this time of global pandemic, World Methodist Evangelism continues its 50 years of work equipping people to share Christ’s love across continents.
• A call to examine United Methodist real estate September 15, 2021
  As more houses of worship close or seek to redevelop their property, individual congregations must collect and assess data to determine their future.
• Reyes, jurist for nation and church, dies September 14, 2021
  Justice Ruben T. Reyes served on both the Supreme Court of the Philippines and the top court of The United Methodist Church.
• Celebrating Asbury’s impact on 2 shores September 14, 2021
  The 250th anniversary of Francis Asbury’s crossing of the Atlantic from England to America is being celebrated jointly by the Methodist Church of Britain and The United Methodist Church.
• Church work continues in Afghanistan September 10, 2021
  The chaotic scene as people fled Afghanistan while the Taliban took over doesn’t mean that United Methodists are through trying to help there.
• Conference sues for control of megachurch September 9, 2021
  After a failed attempt at mediation, the North Georgia Conference trustees have sued Mt. Bethel United Methodist Church seeking the transfer of assets.
• United Methodist connection kicks in after Ida September 8, 2021
  Church damage reports mount in Louisiana and Northeast, but spared areas are helping, including a $100,000 donation from the Alabama-West Florida Conference to the Louisiana Conference.