Hope and hurt comingled at a United Methodist Commission on Religion and Race conference about cross-cultural ministries, where hard discussions about bias and race took place.
Both Methodist and United Methodist speakers connected the theme of the ecumenical gathering, “Christ’s love moves the world to reconciliation and unity,” to a pending split within the United Methodist denomination.
Division is always a choice. If an annual conference and its churches can figure that out, it can return to doing God’s mission and be amazing for God’s people.
A free series of evening webinars April 26-30 will offer advice to church members on how to support people returning from prison and help them find gainful employment.