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Missionary: To boost church, boost marriages

Tue, 06/12/2018 - 10:27am

A missionary has started a course to help married couples strengthen their relationships. Graduation featured a church version of The Newlywed Game.

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616 Africa University students graduate

Mon, 06/11/2018 - 12:39pm

Africa University graduates 616 students, and Boeing executive endows scholarship for women.

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Hospitals in Congo concerned by growing child malnutrition

Mon, 06/11/2018 - 11:34am

Poor nutrition is becoming a major problem in areas of the Congo where people have been displaced due to violence and natural disasters.

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Help for churches in preparing for disaster

Mon, 06/11/2018 - 10:21am

United Methodist Insurance has produced a free e-booklet to help churches prepare for emergencies even before it looks like we're in for nasty weather.

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Church seeks partnership for rape survivors’ center

Fri, 06/08/2018 - 10:47am

As Mama Lynn Center nears completion in Congo, United Methodists look to Panzi Foundation for possible partnership on training, other services.

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Bulgarian proposals would affect churches

Wed, 06/06/2018 - 10:49am

Proposed amendments to Bulgaria’s Religious Denominations Act could affect financial support for United Methodist pastors, as well as who could serve.

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UMW members learn about organic farming in Tanzania

Tue, 06/05/2018 - 11:49am

Workshop teaches women about organic fertilizers, farming and the use and protection of soil.

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Church institutions continue to aid post-Ebola Liberia

Tue, 06/05/2018 - 11:11am

In the two years since Liberia was declared Ebola-free, United Methodist schools and hospitals have helped the country recover.

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Zimbabwe United Methodists work to defeat cervical cancer

Mon, 06/04/2018 - 4:03pm

Effort to combat leading cause of death among Zimbabwean women focuses on education and prevention.

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African publishing provides hymnals, curriculum

Mon, 06/04/2018 - 11:36am

Publishing teams are helping keep United Methodists informed about the church, as well as providing needed study and preaching materials.

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Korean United Methodists appeal for prayer

Mon, 06/04/2018 - 10:37am

Possibility of a summit between the U.S. and North Korea raises expectations among United Methodists.

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United Methodist Church in Liberia targets planting 250,000 trees

Fri, 06/01/2018 - 11:04am

A Peace with Justice celebration challenged Liberians to plant trees to combat the effects deforestation and climate change have had on the coastal nation.

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Text messages educate about Ebola in Congo

Fri, 06/01/2018 - 11:03am

Combating a new Ebola outbreak, Central Conference communicators work with United Methodist colleagues to send daily words of help and hope.

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Conference claims property of exiting church

Thu, 05/31/2018 - 3:18pm

The Mississippi Conference says departing members of First United Methodist Church in Louisville can’t take the property with them. Now the matter heads to court.

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Bishop rules 2 LGBTQ clergy candidates ineligible

Thu, 05/31/2018 - 12:21pm

Baltimore-Washington bishop rules two clergy candidates approved by the Board of Ordained ministry are not eligible because they are “self-avowed practicing homosexuals.”

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