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19 Arkansas Women in Desperate Need of Adoption Aid After Lawyer’s Lies
At least 19 Marshallese women in Northwest Arkansas are in desperate need of immediate assistance after an Arizona lawyer falsified information about adoption plans for their soon-to-be-born children. Paul D. Petersen -- an adoption attorney from Mesa, Arizona --...
Volunteers needed for General Conference
Nashville, Tenn.: Volunteers are needed for a variety of roles during the 2020 General Conference, The United Methodist Church’s top legislative assembly, which will meet in Minneapolis, Minnesota from May 5-15, 2020. At this time, volunteers are needed for the...
Ebony Bishops Demand a Voice in Discussions on UMC Future
The Ebony Bishops of The United Methodists Church (African-American bishops serving in the United States) have called on the denomination to include African-American clergy and laity in the ongoing discussions on the future of the church, as they provide the unique...
Hendrix to Award Odyssey Medals to Clark, Miles, Mills
November 14 ceremony and reception to celebrate achievements of three alumni
CONWAY, Ark. (October 18, 2019) – Hendrix College will award its 2019-2020 Odyssey Medals on Thursday, November 14, during a special reception in the Great Hall of the Clinton Presidential Center. Alumni receiving this year’s honors are Patterson Clark ’77 for...
UMC bishops honor, remember Rev. Dr. Felder
WASHINGTON, D.C. - United Methodist bishops are honoring and remembering the legacy of the Rev. Dr. Cain Hope Felder, a distinguished scholar and first executive director of the Black Methodist for Church Renewal (BMCR), who passed at his home in Mobile, AL on...
South Central Jurisdiction College of Bishops Join Texas Bishops in a Call to Address the Humanitarian Crisis Along U.S. Southern Border
For Immediate Release October 11, 2019 Greetings in the name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. We continue to watch with increasing distress the unfolding immigration crisis taking place along our southern border. And while much of the debate centers on the states...
Lilly Endowment Awards Grant for Hendrix Youth Institute
Sustainability funding to allow continuation of HYI’s programs for another five years
CONWAY, Ark. (October 7, 2019) — Hendrix College has received a $231,250 grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. to continue the Hendrix Youth Institute (HYI). The College operates HYI, which is geared toward teens discerning a call to ministry, under the direction of the...
Perkins Forges Agreement with National Nonprofit Project Transformation
Dallas (SMU) — Perkins School of Theology has established a partnership with the nonprofit Project Transformation National to provide a preferred pathway for Project Transformation interns and alumni considering a graduate theological education at Perkins. Craig C....
South Central Jurisdiction Convocation of Archivists 2019
On October 11-12, 2019, the South Central Jurisdiction of the UMC’s Convocation of Archivists will be held at at Centenary College of Louisiana. This year's Convocation of Archivists is hosted by Centenary College of Louisiana's Archives and Special Collections and...
UMCOR starts efforts for Bahamas relief
This story originally appeared on UMNews.org. Donations for the Bahamas can be made through UMCOR's International Disaster Response Advance #982450. Money from this fund is used to respond to disasters around the world. In the U.S., donate to the U.S. Disaster...
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