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Hallelujah Moment from Kenya
Care in the Midst of Crisis
After nearly four months of political wrangling,
widespread violence, and bloodshed, Kenya is
charting a new course that hopefully will lead
to
peace and prosperity.
Source:
Mission Education
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Date posted: May 09, 2008
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United Methodists Reject Divestment from Israel
A number of petitions, including five from U.S.
annual (regional) conferences, were folded into
one petition on "divestment" that called on the
denomination's pension board and finance
agency "to review and identify companies that
profit from sales of products or services that
cause harm to Palestinians and Israelis and
begin phased selective divestment from these
companies."
Source:
United Methodist News Service
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Date posted: May 04, 2008
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Missionaries Serve at General Conference
Missionaries made significant contributions to
the proceedings of the 2008 General Conference
serving as delegates, interpreters,
photographers, accompaniers, and witnesses.
Their
quiet labors, which took place in large part
behind the scenes, created bridges of
understanding between people, among delegations,
and across the boundaries of national borders
that separate people from one another.
Source:
GBGM Mission News
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Date posted: May 02, 2008
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General Conference Affirms Support for Reproductive Choice
The United Methodist General Conference on May 2
affirmed the denomination’s continuing
participation in the Religion Coalition for
Reproductive Choice, a non-partisan, interfaith,
and education organization.
Source:
GBGM Mission News
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Date posted: May 02, 2008
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United Methodists Accept New Litany as Part of Social Creed
The United Methodist Church, on the last day of
its 2008 General Conference, celebrated the
100th
anniversary of its Social Principles, which are
guidelines for the social behavior of its
members
and institutions. Earlier in the meeting it
adopted a litany to accompany a denominational
Social Creed, which stands at the conclusion of
the principles.
Source:
GBGM Mission News
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Date posted: May 02, 2008
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United Methodists Contribute to Native Center, Site of 1864 Massacre
The United Methodist Church will contribute to
the development of a learning center on the site
where in 1864 a Methodist preacher was
responsible for the deaths of 150 Native
Americans.
Source:
GBGM Mission News
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Date posted: May 02, 2008
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Environmental Protection Resolutions Readopted
General Conference delegates renewed three
resolutions initiated by the Women's Division and
the General Board of Global Ministries to protect
the environment in separate votes this week. The
measures required renewal under a 2004 General
Conference rule mandating review of resolutions
eight years after adoption.
Source:
GBGM Mission News
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Date posted: May 02, 2008
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Global Music Teaches Church About Faith and Cultures
Music at the 2008 United Methodist General
Conference reflected the increasingly global
nature of the denomination and taught the
delegates about their own cultural diversity.
Source:
GBGM Press Releases
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Date posted: May 02, 2008
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Our Ascension Mystery: What Have We Learned?
Looking forward to Ascension Sunday, United
Methodist Bishop Hope Morgan Ward of Mississippi
Conference reflected on "the great Christian
mystery that illumines our faith" in morning
worship at the denomination's General Conference
two days before the Ascension celebration on May
4.
Source:
GBGM Mission News
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Date posted: May 02, 2008
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United Methodists Support Fair Trade and Small-Scale Farmers
Fair wages for small scale farmers was among the
concerns addressed by The United Methodist
Church’s highest legislative body that meets every
four years.
Source:
GBGM Press Releases
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Date posted: May 02, 2008
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Church Supports People of Tibet and Taiwan
United Methodists have officially affirmed
support for 'the people of Tibet and their
struggle for independence and autonomy.'
The action came May 1 as General Conference,
the denomination's top legislative body, met at
the Fort Worth Convention Center. The petition on
Tibet was among the consent calendar items
approved that day.
Source:
United Methodist News Service
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Date posted: May 02, 2008
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Church Joins Global Health Campaign
The United Methodist Church "ramped up" its
commitment to fight malaria by agreeing to enter
into a capital campaign to raise $75 million to
$100 million for global health.
Source:
United Methodist News Service
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Date posted: May 02, 2008
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Witness and Work for Peace at General Conference
We oppose unilateral first/preemptive strike
actions and strategies on the part of any
government," declares a new phrase inserted into
the Social Principles of the denomination at its
General Conference, which meets every four years
and is the only official voice of the church.
Source:
GBGM Press Releases
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Date posted: May 02, 2008
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Gates Thanks United Methodists For Partnership
United Methodists have decided to wipe out
malaria because "brothers and sisters don't sit
back and let each other die," said William H.
Gates Sr., co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates
Foundation.
Source:
United Methodist News Service
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Date posted: May 02, 2008
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United Methodist Church Supports Justice for Immigrants
Delegates to the denomination's top legislative
body, meeting in Fort Worth from April 23 to May
2, adopted two comprehensive resolutions
covering both global migration and immigration
issues in the United States.
Source:
GBGM Press Releases
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Date posted: May 01, 2008
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Bishop Says United Methodists in Tension Between "Hospitality" and "Holinesss"
Bishop Hee-Soo Jung said that both "are biblical
values and both are right, but they can [also]
both be wrong.
Source:
GBGM Press Releases
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Date posted: May 01, 2008
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General Conference Acts on Girls' Rights, Mercury in Vaccines
"The Girl Child" resolutions acknowledged that
while all children are among the most vulnerable
in any society, many cultures place a lower
value on girls, creating unique perils that
require special protection.
Source:
GBGM Press Releases
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Date posted: May 01, 2008
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As a Young Deaconess Is Mourned, United Methodists Support Human Rights in the Philippines
Last month, the Rev. Mariesol Villalon of the
Philippines received sad news as she prepared to
depart from Manila for Fort Worth, Texas. She
learned that Elisa Pera, a 26-year-old United
Methodist deaconess, had been killed in what
appeared to be a military operation at Tanay in
Rizal province on the outskirts of Manila.
Source:
GBGM Press Releases
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Date posted: May 01, 2008
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Increasing Commitment to the Poor
The denomination's top legislative body affirmed
the church's continuing support and increased
focus on poverty at their quadrennial meeting
through three actions, which resulted in changes
to the Book of Discipline and the Book of
Resolutions. The petitions underline the
denomination's focus on "Engaging in Ministry
with the Poor," one of four focus areas for The
United Methodist Church for the next
quadrennium.
Source:
GBGM Press Releases
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Date posted: May 01, 2008
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United Methodists Will Now Promise To "Witness" When Becoming Members
The witness phrase, which highlights the mission
and evangelistic responsibility of church
membership, was added to the part of the liturgy
used when individuals make their professions of
membership. The addition was made by the United
Methodist General Conference, which meets every
four years to conduct the business of the
denomination.
Source:
GBGM Press Releases
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Date posted: May 01, 2008
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New Mission Statement Directs Church to Transform the World
United Methodists refined their mission
statement
on April 28, 2008, to infuse a mission directive
into the life and work of the church.
The statement now reads, "The mission of the
Church is to make disciples of Jesus Christ for
the transformation of the world." The latter
phrase was added in the revision and will now
appear in the United Methodist Book of
Discipline, the denomination's official manual.
Source:
GBGM Mission News
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Date posted: May 01, 2008
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Four Jurisdictions Will Each Lose One Bishop
Delegates to the 2008 General Conference of The
United Methodist Church approved a plan that will
result in one less bishop in each of four of the
five U.S. jurisdictions, beginning in 2012.
Source:
United Methodist News Service
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Date posted: May 01, 2008
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United Methodist Assembly Decides that Building a Global Church Requires Planning
The growth of The United Methodist Church in
Africa is raising serious questions about
church organization and leadership. In
response, the denomination's legislating General
Conference decided that it needs a plan for
organizing new geographic units and naming new
bishops.
Source:
General Conference
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Date posted: May 01, 2008
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Delegates Reinvest and Affirm Hope in Africa University
Africa University is a uniting, connectional
dream come true. That's the message delegates to
the denomination's legislative assembly received
during a report from its nearly 16-year-old Pan-
African institution.
Source:
United Methodist News Service
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Date posted: Apr 30, 2008
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General Conference Counters Hate, Torture, Violence, and Genocide
The "Resisting Hate, Fear, and Scapegoating, and
Transforming the Context of Hate in the United
States" resolution reaffirms the denomination's
historical opposition to acts of hate, hate
speech, and violence in both church and society
and urges the church to redouble efforts to
speak out against hate crimes.
Source:
GBGM Press Releases
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Date posted: Apr 30, 2008
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