Church Leadership

Liberia Bishop Samuel J. Quire Jr. (right) shares communion with Africa University Vice Chancellor Peter M. Mageto (left) during worship at GCFA’s Quad Training in Mutare, Zimbabwe. The church's finance agency gathered church leaders in Africa to discuss stewardship of property, finances and data. Photo courtesy of the Africa University Public Affairs Office.

African leaders focus on stewardship

General Council on Finance and Administration’s Quad Training for African United Methodist leaders offered space to collaborate in charting the denomination’s financial future.

Church Leadership

Holding hands during a service of appreciation for African Americans who stayed in the church despite institutional racism at The United Methodist Church's 2004 General Conference in Pittsburgh are, from left: Anne Marshall of the church's Commission on Christian Unity and Interreligious Concerns; Juanita Bryant of the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church; Jerry Ruth Williams; the Rev. Larry Pickens; and Bishops Violet L. Fisher and Charlene P. Kammerer. File photo by Mike DuBose.

Giving Methodist women their due

A new book brings Southern Methodist women and their social justice work to the forefront.

Faith Stories

The Rev. Mark Salvacion (right center), pastor of St. Luke United Methodist Church in Bryn Mawr, Pa., holds the hands of Ahmad Abdel-Hamid, president of As-Salaam Islamic Society, after a fellowship feast March 15 at the church, during the holy month of Ramadan. Photo by John W. Coleman, UM News.

Church embraces its Muslim tenants as neighbors

St. Luke United Methodist Church is sharing its space with the As-Salaam Islamic Society to host weekend prayer gatherings, Sunday school classes and fellowship events.

Faith Stories

This year, United Methodists mourned the passing of beloved bishops, trailblazing women church leaders and a faithful strategist of the U.S. Civil Rights Movement who taught fellow leaders how to transform a nation through nonviolence. Photo by NoName_13, courtesy of Pixabay; graphic by Laurens Glass, UM News.

2024: Notable United Methodists remembered

This year, United Methodists mourned the passing of beloved bishops, committed evangelists, church pioneers and the pastor who taught many of the Civil Rights Movement’s most prominent leaders how to transform the U.S. nonviolently.

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