Conflict Resolution

Violence
Palestinians pass by destruction from the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip in the Maghazi refugee camp on Nov. 3. The United Methodist Council of Bishops released a statement on the Israel-Gaza conflict amid rising international calls for a cease-fire. The bishops called for prayer and encouraged work toward long-lasting peace. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)

Bishops call for peacemaking in Holy Land

The United Methodist Council of Bishops released a statement on the Israel-Gaza conflict amid rising international calls for a cease-fire. The bishops say they want to encourage work toward long-lasting peace.
Congregations
After Memorial United Methodist Church in Gladstone, Mich., voted to stay with The United Methodist Church, a substantial number of members walked away. The pastor used a new book coauthored by three United Methodists to help chart a new course. Photo by Greg Campbell for United Methodist Communications.

Doing church after a disaffiliation vote

After losing a chunk of the congregation because of a painful disaffiliation vote, it was time to discern a new future for Memorial United Methodist Church in Gladstone, Michigan. A workshop with three United Methodist authors helped make it happen.
Social Concerns
A United Methodist women’s choir sings during a consultation on peace and Christian unity in Uvira, Congo. Photo by Philippe Kituka Lolonga, UM News.

United Methodist women determined to restore peace in Kivu

At consultations in Bukavu and Uvira, women seek solutions to years of conflict in Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Social Concerns
Koreans from both North and South Korea and American Koreans join together in singing a 600- year-old Korean folk song, "Arirang," about love and reuniting during 70th anniversary events of the World Council of Churches in Geneva. At the "Roundtable for Peace on the Korean Peninsula," a Nov. 9-11 event in Atlanta hosted by the United Methodist Board of Global Ministries, Methodist and ecumenical leaders will discuss the best ways to help secure the peace. Photo by Albin Hillert, WCC.

Building momentum for peace in Korea

Global Methodist family represented at Atlanta event that will include input from former U.S. president and a United Methodist who served as U.S. ambassador to Korea.

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