During the month of June, I had the extraordinary privilege to attend the France, Switzerland and North Africa Annual Conference in Aarau, Switzerland as well as the British Methodist Conference in Southport, England.  At both  Conferences, I  once again experienced the profligate compassion and extravagant generosity of the people called Methodists as they responded to […]

The issue of migration is at the forefront of many minds given the recent media reports of refugees crossing the Mediterranean Sea, children and youth fleeing poverty and violence in Central America, and the surge of refugees seeking work or asylum in Europe. General Secretary Ivan Abrahams spoke on this issue at the recent France-Switzerland-North Africa Annual Conference of the […]

Press Release on behalf of the Council of Bishops of the African Methodist Episcopal Church July 1, 2015 The leadership of the African Methodist Episcopal Church met this week in New Orleans to take care of the business of the church. Part of that business was to reaffirm our commitment to move the nation to […]

Last month, The World Methodist Council family received news of the horrific shootings that took place on Wednesday, June 17, at Mother Emanuel A.M.E. Church in Charleston, South Carolina. In response, the WMC released a statement and headquarters office received an outpouring of love and prayers for the congregation and for the leaders of the […]

The Methodist Church in Britain met at Southport for their 2015 Conference from 25 June-2 July. Several news story highlights follow: “Bring one person to faith this year,” Methodist President urges churches The newly elected President of the Methodist Conference has urged the Church to ‘take God seriously’ and put evangelism back on the agenda. In his […]

The Uniting Church in Australia celebrated its 38th anniversary on 22 June 2015. President Rev. Prof Andrew Dutney released a video message which talks about his vision for what kind of church God is calling the Uniting Church in Australia to be. He mentions reconciliation between first and second peoples, being a multicultural church, giving […]

This story originally appeared in the June 2015 Saddlebag Newsletter of the World Methodist Museum available at methodistmuseum.com/about-saddlebag-notes/. Bishop Woodie W. White, Bishop in Residence, Candler School of Theology, Emory University, has accepted an invitation from the Friends of the World Methodist Museum to speak at its annual banquet on Friday, August 21 at 6:30 p.m. […]

The Methodist Church in Britain Methodist leaders and members in Britain were at the forefront of the largest ever mass lobby of the UK Parliament in June to urge action on climate change. The British Methodist relief and development partner, All We Can, was part of a coalition of organisations which organised the event ahead […]

From Issue #4 (June 10-16 2015)  of the Baguio Episcopal Area, Philippines Central Conference of The United Methodist Church Newsletter.  Heartbreak. Life-changer. Tragedy. A whole lot of words can be associated with Extrajudicial Killings (EJK), but those will never describe the pain it caused—especially to the children of the victims. In a fellowship that was […]

This story has been translated from the original Spanish to English. The original story appeared at noticiasmetodistas.blogspot.com.ar on 29 May 2015. Bishops Pedro Correa Montecinos (Methodist Church of Chile) and Frank de Nully Brown (Evangelical Methodist Church Argentina) have signed an agreement to provide pastoral care for the sisters and brothers of the city of Rio Gallegos. The agreement appoints […]

New president of the Methodist Church in Ireland, Rev. Brian Anderson, began his term at the 2015 Conference in June. Read more about Rev. Anderson at www.irishmethodist.org. Additionally, Rev William D. Mullally was elected as President Designate for the 2016-17 term. He will begin his term at the 2016 Conference in June of next year.