This month, the more than 1,000 United Methodists of the Cameroon mission have one more reason to celebrate, praise, and sing--the release of the hymnbook, O for a Thousand Tongues to Sing/Mille Voix Pour Chanter Tes Louanges. This useful and creative hymnal was made, printed, and published by and for Cameroonian United Methodist worshipers. The hymnal contains hundreds of hymns, some from the African and Wesleyan traditions, some in French and English.
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Date posted: Jun 15, 2010

Edinburgh, Scotland, June 4, 2010--Strong Methodist commitment to the worldwide Christian mission was visible and clear at "Witnessing to Christ Today," the ecumenical World Mission Conference in Edinburgh, Scotland on June 2-6.
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Date posted: Jun 04, 2010

Edinburgh, June 4, 2010--Christian mission among people of other faiths was a complex, recurring theme at "Witnessing to Christ Today," the broadly ecumenical World Mission Conference held in Edinburgh, Scotland, June 2-6.
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Date posted: Jun 04, 2010

Edinburgh, Scotland, June 3, 2010--Is united Christian witness possible today, given the historical divisions within the church and the increasing cultural and political diversity within the Christian family?
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Date posted: Jun 03, 2010

As I stood before the bishop of the Virginia Conference of The United Methodist Church at my ordination as an Elder, I heard him ask: "Do you expect to go on to perfection in this life?" Little did I know that this question would emerge as a central motif for my pastoral practice with those suffering from addictions and working through recovery in medical and mental health settings.
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Date posted: Jun 03, 2010

Edinburgh, Scotland, June 3, 2010--In the Gospel of Luke, Jesus says that if his disciples stopped bearing witness to him, "the stones would shout out."
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Date posted: Jun 03, 2010

The tragic consequences of the mammoth earthquake that struck the nation of Haiti this year has brought forth, once again, those purported theologians who asserted God's divine judgment on that impoverished nation's people for some kind of un-Christian activity.
Source: New World Outlook
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Date posted: May 05, 2010

Immigration. It's a word that often elicits strong reactions, no matter what side of the border you stand on. Reactions like fear, anger, sorrow, or despair. But in southwest Ohio, some immigrants have found quite a different emotion: Hope.
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Date posted: May 04, 2010

New York, NY, April 22, 2010--Mission theology, strategic planning, and organizational governance were major topics for consideration at the spring semi-annual meeting of directors of The United Methodist Church's worldwide mission agency, meeting April 12-14 in Stamford, Connecticut.
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Date posted: Apr 22, 2010

Stamford, Connecticut, April 12, 2010--Bishop Bruce R. Ough of West Ohio wants the large mission agency over which he presides to increase the number and distribution of its missionaries worldwide.
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Date posted: Apr 12, 2010

In 1786, as John Wesley approached the twilight of his life, he looked toward the future of the Methodist movement with some trepidation.
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Date posted: Mar 05, 2010

Persons of African descent were numerous and visible in American Methodism when the church was formally established 225 years ago. But these facts were often glossed over in ensuing years, especially in the early 19th century as slavery became a major issue of conflict in politics and religion.
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Date posted: Mar 02, 2010

Dear Brother and Sisters in Christ, We write to express our condolence and sense of grief at the deaths of Revs Sam Dixon and Clinton Rabb.
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Date posted: Jan 19, 2010

This year, the Protestant Christian church marks the 100th anniversary of an extraordinary conference that took place in Edinburgh, Scotland, from June 14 to 23, 1910. "The World Missionary Conference to Consider Missionary Problems in Relation to the Non-Christian World," its full title, was quickly and thankfully shortened to "The World Missionary Conference."
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Date posted: Jan 05, 2010

They rode from Baltimore in the first few days of 1785, around 60 mostly young preachers infused with missionary zeal and moving confidently into the lifeblood of a new nation. Over the previous nine days, they had organized the first national Protestant denomination in what was becoming--but was not quite yet--the United States of America.
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Date posted: Jan 04, 2010

Advent, the period incorporating the four Sundays before Christmas, is a time for prayer, fasting, anticipation, and wonder--spiritual disciplines that prepare Christians to once again celebrate the birth of Jesus of Nazareth, the awaited one, the Messiah, Christ.
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Date posted: Nov 25, 2009

Evanston, Illinois, August 1, 2009--A number of Protestant women celebrated for their social ministries across the past two centuries understood themselves to be primarily evangelists, although they were rarely allowed to preach.
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Date posted: Aug 01, 2009

Evanston, Illinois, August 1, 2009--Forming strong new congregations takes a "theology of being in mission" as much as a "theology of attraction," according to a United Methodist bishop who holds a key position in his denomination's global structure.
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Date posted: Aug 01, 2009

New York, NY, April 3, 2009--The head of the United Methodist Church's mission agency has thanked the Methodist Church of Great Britain for its role in keeping the concerns of poverty and environmental protection in the public eye as representatives of the world's 20 strongest economies met in London.
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Date posted: Apr 03, 2009

New York, NY, March 13, 2009--A study of United Methodist ministry needs and possibilities with Pacific Islanders in the United States is being organized by the denomination's mission agency.
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Date posted: Mar 13, 2009