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Uniting Church in Australia Calls for Action on Child Labor

Posted on October 5, 2012 by admin in October 2012
Uniting Church in Australia Calls for Action on Child Labor

The Western Australian Synod of the Uniting Church issued a statement pointing out unfair labor practices by one of the largest chocolate manufacturers in the world: The Hershey Company.  According to a study released showing how different companies are combating child labor practices, Hershey placed among the lowest of the major manufacturers. “From what companies […]

Church puts spotlight on Congo conflict

Posted on October 5, 2012 by admin in October 2012
Church puts spotlight on Congo conflict

To call attention to continuing human rights atrocities in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, United Methodists and others traveled to the United States and Canada to promote a petition for peace; testified before a U.S. congressional subcommittee; and met with DRC President Joseph Kabila. The 2012 United Methodist General Conference, the denomination’s top legislative body, […]

United Methodist Church Working to Connect and Empower Haiti

Posted on October 5, 2012 by admin in October 2012
United Methodist Church Working to Connect and Empower Haiti

Days after the 2010 earthquakes in Haiti, the nonprofit enterprise Inveneo was inundated with calls to help reestablish a portion of the country’s infrastructure that most people overlooked – their connection to the internet for smaller non-governmental organizations that helped with the needs for necessities such as food, water, health care, and sanitation. In the […]

Methodist Church in Great Britain and Church of England Announce Partnership

Posted on October 5, 2012 by admin in October 2012
Methodist Church in Great Britain and Church of England Announce Partnership

The Methodist Church in Great Britain and the Church of England have announced a regional partnership between the 85 Anglican parishes and the 65 Methodist churches in the Yorkshire area of the United Kingdom. The agreement calls for a greater sharing of clergy, increased joint services, working together to support mission and ministry and even […]

World Methodist Evangelism Announces Africa Summit

Posted on October 5, 2012 by admin in October 2012
World Methodist Evangelism Announces Africa Summit

World Methodist Evangelism is bringing together leaders in Evangelism/Mission in the Methodist Movement on the Continent of Africa, from Cairo to Cape Town and Dakar to Durban from 1-8 December, 2012.   During the past few years the World Methodist Evangelism Institute has held a series of Summits for Evangelism in the Methodist Movement.  The […]

More News from the Uniting Church in Australia

Posted on October 5, 2012 by admin in October 2012
More News from the Uniting Church in Australia

The Methodist memory is alive and well in the Uniting Church in Australia. A large audience gathered to hear this year’s Sugden Lecture at Queen’s College, a former Methodist (now Uniting) foundation at the University of Melbourne.  The College’s first Master (head) in 1887 was the Rev. Dr Edward Holdsworth Sugden, editor of a significant […]

Help Support the Susanna Wesley Prayer Garden

Posted on October 5, 2012 by admin in October 2012
Help Support the Susanna Wesley Prayer Garden

As autumn begins in earnest in the southern United States, time has begun to prepare the Susanna Wesley Prayer Garden for another beautiful year. The garden, located on the campus of the World Methodist Council’s International Headquarters in Lake Junaluska, North Carolina, was created to be a place of contemplation and prayer for the residents […]

A Letter from General Secretary Ivan Abrahams

Posted on September 7, 2012 by admin in September 2012
A Letter from General Secretary Ivan Abrahams

September is upon us, and it’s a busy month for people everywhere. Children are returning for school, farmers in the northern hemisphere are beginning their harvest and farmers in the south are readying their fields and planting their crops. The work never ends, but in September it often feels like it is more focused.  I’ve […]

Zimbabwe volunteers give loving care to HIV-positive in impoverished Harare suburb

Posted on September 7, 2012 by admin in September 2012
Zimbabwe volunteers give loving care to HIV-positive in impoverished Harare suburb

HARARE, Zimbabwe (UMNS)–Peter Anota swerves his rickety bicycle as he negotiates his way in the dusty, makeshift road littered with rocks and other debris. His ride in this neighborhood of Harare, Zimbabwe’s capital is punctuated by a few stops as he balances the delicate act of caring for the sick while ensuring that he earns […]

Joy Balazo to Receive World Methodist Peace Award

Posted on September 7, 2012 by admin in September 2012
Joy Balazo to Receive World Methodist Peace Award

Ambon, Indonesia 1999: sectarian violence erupts, Christians and Muslims battle through the streets and the entire chain of islands in the province of Maluku, where Ambon is the main city, fighting seemingly engulfed the region. Three quarters of a million people were displaced by the outbreak and an estimated 5,000 lives were lost. Tensions were […]

Hearings Begin on Religious Equality in Argentina

Posted on September 7, 2012 by admin in September 2012
Hearings Begin on Religious Equality in Argentina

On Wednesday August 22 the first of the public hearings took place in cities across Argentina on the subject of reform projects within Argentine Civil and Commercial Code. In his capacity as President of the Federation of Evangelical Churches in Argentina, Nestor Miguez, a Methodist pastor with the Evangelical Methodist Church, highlighted before the Bicameral […]

World Methodist Council Youth and Young Adults Launches New Website

Posted on September 7, 2012 by admin in September 2012
World Methodist Council Youth and Young Adults Launches New Website

The World Methodist Council has launched a new website for its youth and young adult work.  The site, located at http://youth.worldmethodistcouncil.org, is a way for younger persons to learn, experience, and become a part of the global Methodist/Wesleyan family.

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