United Methodist News Service

• Political context and the meaning of church September 22, 2022
  A pending separation and changing international composition find The United Methodist Church in a time of rethinking what it means to be a church, and a global church at that.
• Hungarian camp houses Ukrainian Roma refugees September 20, 2022
  At the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, about 800,000 refugees crossed through Hungary. The United Methodist Church in Hungary has helped to house hundreds of them, including at a summer camp.
• Grassroots groups talk up The United Methodist Church September 19, 2022
  In a season of discussion and action about local church disaffiliation, coalitions such as Stay UMC and Celebrate UMC are challenging what they see as misinformation and making a case for remaining in The United Methodist Church.
• World Council of Churches works for just peace September 19, 2022
  On the final day of the 11th General Assembly, delegates adopted numerous documents, including statements on peace.
• WCC General Assembly closes with call to ‘act for justice’ September 19, 2022
  At the 11th General Assembly of the World Council of Churches, around 3,000 participants from 120 countries met to discuss the future direction of ecumenism.