United Methodist News

10/06/2025

Bishop L. Jonathan Holston, who leads the Alabama-West Florida and North Alabama conferences, is calling for prayer after gun violence has ended the lives of at least two people and injured at least 12 others in Montgomery, Alabama, on Oct. 4. "And then, let’s work together in our churches, our neighborhoods, and our communities to do something about the presence of gun violence in our midst," he writes.

Dear Friends in Christ, With aching hearts, we grieve with all of our sisters and brothers in Montgomery, Alabama, where gun violence has ended the ...

10/06/2025

About 100,000 demonstrators participated in a call for accountability and transparency by government officials, following allegations of large-scale corruption.

10/06/2025

When lay member Greg Bright found out that hundreds of Haitians in his community were laid off from their jobs following changes to immigration law, he knew he had to do something. He got involved with the Michigan Conference’s new UMCOR-funded Courageous Communities Project.

Want to know how best to advocate for your immigrant neighbor? Register for the October 9 lunch and learn and discover the Michigan Conference’s new Courageous Communities Project.

10/05/2025

We wish you a blessed . "Strengthen us for your service in the world, and give us a foretaste of the feast to come, through Jesus Christ our Lord.” — United Methodist Book of Worship

10/05/2025

Weary of division and determined to help churches serve their Appalachian communities, United Methodists are reaching across state lines and institutional boundaries to collaborate for change.

Key points: Groups from the Holston Conference and West Virginia Conference are joining together for training, learning, fellowship and mission work....

10/04/2025

United Methodists should remember their Wesleyan heritage and seek to defend the marginalized people being targeted in the federal budget, writes retired Bishop Peggy Johnson.

10/04/2025

A scholarship funded by donations on World Communion Sunday is helping the Rev. Yav Mbay to study conflict transformation at Africa University in Zimbabwe. Mbay, an ordained elder in the South Congo and Zambia Area, plans to return to the conflicted region after his studies “to work toward lasting peace and liberation.”

A pastor and scholar from the DRC studies peacemaking at Africa University with plans to return to the DRC to contribute to conflict resolution in his home region.

10/03/2025

Clergy and lay leaders from the United Methodist Hispanic-Latino community gathered under unusual security conditions in Chicago to celebrate the caucus’ 53rd annual assembly. Participants heard the call to not only pray but also organize.

Clergy and lay leaders from the United Methodist Hispanic-Latino community gathered under unusual security conditions in Chicago to celebrate the caucus’ 53rd annual assembly. The Rev. Gustavo Vasquez reports from Chicago, for UM News.

10/03/2025

The Asbury Café has been a fixture at the New Mexico State Fair for over 60 years. This year, the ministry drew volunteers from across the NM Conference - UMC. “What makes the Asbury Café (and ministries like it) so special is the way it weaves people together,” writes Alli Newsom, one of those volunteers and the conference’s director of communications.

by Alli Newsom, Communications DirectorEvery year, our churches engage in outward-facing community ministries—rummage sales, trunk-or-treats, teacher appreciation events, and more. Among these time-honored traditions stands the Asbury Café, which has ...

10/02/2025

United Methodist Bishop Nelson Kalombo Ngoy shares his five-year plan for the new episcopal area in southeastern Congo, which is still overcoming years of violent conflict.

United Methodist Bishop Nelson Kalombo Ngoy shares his five-year plan for new episcopal area in southeastern Congo.

10/01/2025

United Methodists in the Grand Blanc area are reaching out to their neighbors after a deadly mass shooting and fire at a Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints meetinghouse. Grand Blanc United Methodist Church, with the support of Halsey and other local congregations, is hosting a prayer vigil at 6 p.m. U.S. Eastern time Oct. 1.

Following the horrific mass shooting in Grand Blanc, United Methodist pastors in the area are hosting a community prayer vigil on October 1 and invite Michigan United Methodists to have a vigil of their own in solidarity.

10/01/2025

From public health to agriculture, two General Board of Global Ministries workers have had an impact on communities in West Angola. The workers are originally Zimbabwe and Congo. They are bridging cultures and languages.

From public health to agriculture, two Global Ministries workers have had an impact on communities in West Angola.