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Bishop Joaquina Filipe Nhanala of the Mozambique Episcopal Area has helped launch an online giving platform to fund local projects that support community health, pastor salaries, evangelism efforts and more. File photo by João Filimone Sambo, UM News.

Mozambique conferences launch online giving

United Methodists can now support local programs and economic sustainability in the country through the new Local Advance Project giving platform.
Church Leadership
Members of the United Methodist Korean American Pastors' Soccer Club in New York enjoy fellowship with pastoral colleagues. Photo courtesy of the New York Conference.

Pastors find community, healing in soccer club

Young Korean American United Methodist clergy in the New York Conference are playing soccer as a way to stay physically and mentally fit, share information about ministry and take care of their families. The Rev. CheonEui Oh has the story.
Church Leadership
The Rev. Dr. Tori Butler. Photo by Dominque J. Allan, Create It Photography, LLC.

Black clergywomen experience freedom to dance, operate, manifest

At its national meeting in New Orleans, the Black Clergywomen of The United Methodist Church caucus gathered to encourage one another and be encouraged by peers in key leadership positions.
Ask The UMC series provides insight into legislation that went into effect immediately after the 2024 General Conference and major changes that will go into effect beginning in January, 2025. Graphic by Laurens Glass, United Methodist Communications.

Ask The UMC: Part 3: Reinstating some clergy

The 2024 General Conference made provisions for clergy who had been removed or forced out because of their sexual identity or because they presided at a same-sex marriage or union ceremony to be reinstated. Learn about how this happened, how it works and the three clergy reinstated by annual conferences in 2024.

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