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United Women in Faith volunteers from the Western North Carolina Conference help to sort and organize crafts brought by central conference delegates to the postponed 2020 United Methodist General Conference in Charlotte, N.C. The goods are for sale at the Worldwide Craft Market, which is open at the Hilton Garden Inn, a block from the Charlotte Convention Center, daily except Sunday. Photo by Patrick Scriven, Pacific Northwest Conference for the Western Jurisdiction.

Global craft market supports delegates, ministries
All profits from the sale of wares from Africa, the Philippines and Palestine go back into the pockets of the individuals selling their goods to support various ministries.
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Panelists take part in a briefing for female delegates from outside the U.S. in preparation for the long-delayed United Methodist General Conference in Charlotte, N.C. From left are Jenn Ferariza Mendes and the Revs. Anne Detain, Hortencia Lange Bacela and Eva Cosme. The briefing was hosted by United Women in Faith and the United Methodist Commission on the Status and Role of Women. Photo by Mike DuBose, UM News.

Ensuring women have voice, vote at General Conference
United Methodist agencies appoint monitors to empower female delegates to express themselves freely during deliberations in legislative committees.
United Women In Faith
Joyce Sohl visits the Scarritt Bennett Center in Nashville, Tenn., to take part in its 35th anniversary celebration. Sohl retired from a 28-year career with United Methodist Women (now United Women in Faith) in 2004 and five years later became the first volunteer laywoman-in-residence at the nonprofit conference, retreat and education center. Photo by Mike DuBose, UM News.

Scarritt Bennett honors women during 35th anniversary
When Scarritt College closed in 1988, a legal clause guaranteed the property would continue to be used for the original design of the owners, and The United Methodist Church’s women’s organization retained the land.
Theology and Education
A 2006 greeting card celebrating Women of Color Scholars captures the vibrancy of the program that since its founding in 1989 has transformed seminaries and universities around the world. Pictured are (top row, from left) Tumani Mutasa Nyajeka, Velma Love, Pamela Lightsey, Beauty Rosebery Maenzanise, Cheryl Anderson, Boyung Lee, Anne Joh, Namsoon Kang, and Debra Mubashsir-Majeed, and (bottom row, from left) Youtha Hardman-Cromwell, Yar D. Gonway-Gono, Linda Thomas, Rosetta Ross, Ai Ra Kim, Traci West, Seong Hee Kim. Image courtesy of the United Methodist Commission on Archives and History.

Women lead way in expanding church scholarship
Through its groundbreaking Women of Color Scholars program, the United Methodist Board of Higher Education and Ministry is transforming theological education around the globe.

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