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The Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia has stopped a lawsuit by 33 United Methodist congregations over property. In the meantime, the West Virginia Conference says it remains committed to supporting the churches. Photo by J. Alex Wilson, courtesy of the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

State supreme court blocks church-property suit

The West Virginia Supreme Court stopped a lawsuit by 33 United Methodist congregations over property. In the meantime, the West Virginia Conference says it remains committed to supporting the churches.
Church Leadership
Andrew Q. “Andy” Hendren. Photo courtesy of Wespath.

Clergy get second chance for Social Security

With broad bipartisan support, new law provides an opt-in window for clergy.
Social Concerns
At left, Democrat Keisha Lance Bottoms, a member of Ben Hill United Methodist Church in Atlanta, celebrates winning Georgia's race for governor during an election night rally Nov. 3 in Atlanta. She is the first Black woman to be elected governor of a U.S. state. At right, the Rev. Adam Hamilton, senior pastor of Resurrection, The United Methodist Church’s largest U.S. congregation, celebrates his victory in Kansas’ Senate race at a watch party Nov. 3 in Overland Park, Kan. Hamilton will be the first Democratic senator from the state in nearly a century. Bottoms photo by REUTERS/Taylor Edgerton; Hamilton photo by Evert Nelson/The Capital-Journal / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images.

United Methodists win big in midterms

The Rev. Adam Hamilton and Keisha Lance Bottoms notched historic victories in the Kansas Senate and Georgia governor races, respectively. Both plan to rely on their Christian faith in their new roles.
Faith Stories
The Rev. Alfred T. “Fred” Day III speaks about the founding of the African Methodist Episcopal Church on May 17 during the 2016 United Methodist General Conference in Portland, Ore. Day, former top executive of the United Methodist Commission on Archives and History, died Oct. 29 after a short illness. He was 75. File photo by Mike DuBose, UM News.

Beloved historian Rev. Fred Day dies at 75

Friends and colleagues remember the former leader of the United Methodist Commission on Archives and History as a “spiritual guidepost” and powerful preacher who helped history and faith come alive for new generations.

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