Domestic Violence

Black Methodists for a Better Future, a group of Black United Methodist pastors, is promoting a national day of prayer and fasting on Feb. 1 to ask God’s help with the problems of gun violence and systemic racism. Photo by Tep Ro, courtesy of Pixabay; graphic by Laurens Glass, UM News.

Black pastors group calls for day of prayer

A national day of prayer and fasting on Feb. 1 has been declared by the Rev. Dennis Blackwell and the group Black Methodists for a Better Future to ask for God’s help curbing gun, domestic and economic violence as well as systemic racism.

Social Concerns

Students learn how to draw and mark measurements on sewing material during a lesson at the United Methodist Church Women Training Center in Bugembe, Uganda. The center works with women, youth, rape survivors, displaced people and others in the community. The goal is to improve livelihoods through vocational training and education. Photo by Gad Maiga, UM News.

Grants enrich United Methodist outreach in East Africa

Partners UMC Ministries and Harper Hill Global raised more than $13,000 to assist projects in the Uganda-South Sudan Conference.

Social Concerns

Program preaches that real men respect women

An eight-week course offered to United Methodist men contradicts the sexist attitudes that can lead to domestic violence.

Social Concerns

The Rev. Anne Marie Hunter. Photo courtesy of the Rev. Hunter.

Faith community must support those experiencing abuse

Clergy must be ready, as some research shows domestic violence victims are five times more likely to seek the aid of clergy than any other professional.

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