Immigration: Tuesday Family and Faith Call-In Day
Tuesday Family and Faith Call-In Day
Every Tuesday evening, in coordination with other faith groups, we want to encourage families to get together, play...
President invites bishop to immigration meeting
United Methodist Bishop Minerva Carcaño is framed by the tightly-spaced mesh of the border fence between San Diego and Tijuana, Mexico, during the observance...
UMs hold more than 250 Family Unity Prayer Vigils so far
People celebrate the Posada Without Borders at El Faro Park in Tijuana, Mexico, across the border fence from San Diego. A UMNS photo by...
2013 Legislative Priorities
Immigration reform, reducing gun violence, ‘moral federal budget,’ combating human trafficking targeted
by Wayne Rhodes, Editor, Faith in Action on February 19, 2013
WASHINGTON, D.C. —...
Word from Winkler — A significant couple of weeks
UMNS photo of The United Methodist Board of Church and Society's decorated tent on the National Mall by Kathy L. Gilbert.
By Jim Winkler, General...
Hispanic caucus urges advocacy on immigration issue
In July 2012, members from the Western Jurisdictional Conference took a tour on the southern edge of San Diego area close to the Mexican...
Obama leadership on immigration reform welcomed by United Methodist social-justice agency, bishop
People celebrate the Posada Without Borders at El Faro Park in Tijuana, Mexico, across the border fence from San Diego. A UMNS photo by...
United Methodist bishops, social-justice agency welcome step forward on immigration reform
Bishops Minerva Carcano and John Schol are front and center carrying the UMW banner at a demonstration for immigrant rights in downtown St. Louis. A...
UMNS: Home for Christmas? Not for border families
By Amanda M. Bachus*
“Why do you cry?” I ask Nancy, a young woman who sits on a ledge, at El Faro, a small Tijuana...
Become an Immigrant Welcoming Congregation
Sign in front of the United Methodist Building in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Noel Andersen)
By the Rev. Noel Andersen*
Congregations across the United States are embarking...
