Massachusetts church says it’s open for same-sex weddings
A UMNS Report by Sam Hodges
The council of Harvard-Epworth United Methodist Church in Cambridge, Mass., has approved a “Marriage Equality Statement” saying that the...
Musings: The State of the Modern Church
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Musings & Younger Perspectives
By Megan Ernst Kilpatrick | Montage by Jesse N....
Chuck Knows Church—But Do We?
Rev. Steve Horswill-Johnston explaining the popularity of Chuck Knows Church" in a "Behind the Scenes" video on Vimeo (link).
Commentary by Rev. Matt Gorman, Pastor at...
I just left the funeral for my church…
By Patrick Scriven, Director of Communications and Young People's Ministry
I went to an environmentally focused liberal arts college for undergrad back in the late...
Review: Spiritual Kaizen
Bishop Grant Hagiya of the Greater Northwest Area speaks about developing new leaders, one of the denomination's Four Areas of Focus during an April...
Commentary: The Pastor as Prude
2013 Academy Awards host Seth McFarlane. Photo courtesy of Disney ABD Television Group; Creative Commons License.
Commentary by Rev. Melvin Woodworth*
I don’t think I’m unduly...
Things that fill my soul in Black History Month
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The observance this year of Black History Month has nearly concluded. In many communities and churches, special times...
On gun control: safe practice, as well as policy
On gun control: safe practice, as well as policy | By the Rev. William “Bo” Bryan, Jr.
The Rev. William "Bo" Bryan, Jr. of Prosser...
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...
A Greater Love…
Photo by the Rev. David V. Valera
By Patrick Scriven, Director of Communications, Young People's Ministries
I was on an elliptical at my local YMCA when...