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Alvin Makunike (left front) of the South Africa Provisional Conference and Togara Bobo (center) and Maxwell Mironga of the East Zimbabwe Conference sing during morning worship April 27 at the United Methodist General Conference in Charlotte, N.C. Photo by Mike DuBose, UM News.

Upbeat mood at General Conference’s halfway point

As the action moved out of committee meetings and into a week of floor debate, participants at General Conference were feeling positive about the progress of the April 23-May 3 legislative assembly.

Faith Stories

April is National Donate Life Month which highlights the urgent, widespread need for lifesaving donations of organs Graphic courtesy of Donate Life America.

Church friendship grows from kidney donation

When Diane Boggess needed a second kidney transplant, her church family at Grove United Methodist Church came to the rescue. After hearing a sermon on sacrificial friendship, church member Susan Parno decided to step up as a donor.

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Retired Bishop Timothy Whitaker, who served as resident bishop of the Florida Conference from 2001 to 2012, died March 28. Photo courtesy of the Florida Conference.

Bishop faced death — and wrote about it

Leader of The United Methodist Church’s Florida Conference from 2001 to 2012, retired Bishop Timothy W. Whitaker has died at age 75.

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Mourners gather in Funyula, Kenya, during the burial service for the Rev. Carol Alois Ososo, retired dean of superintendents and Busia District superintendent in The United Methodist Church. He was 77. Photo by the Rev. Bernard Amani Mudiri, UM News.

Church leader in Kenya remembered as father figure

Friends and colleagues say the Rev. Carol Alois Ososo was a “statesman of integrity” who mentored countless young people and contributed to the growth of The United Methodist Church in Kenya. He died Feb. 19 at age 77.

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