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Human Rights
The Rev. Calvin Hill, a Navajo holy man and pastor at First United Methodist Church in Newcastle, Wyo., puts cedar ashes on Doug Tzan, assistant dean at Wesley Theological Seminary, in a calling your name ceremony Sept. 11 during the 10th Historical Convocation at Bozeman United Methodist Church in Bozeman, Mont. The convocation featured a detailed report on The United Methodist Church’s involvement with U.S. boarding schools for Native American children. Photo by the Rev. Jeremy Smith.

Spotlighting UMC’s role in Indigenous boarding schools

A report on The United Methodist Church’s involvement with U.S. boarding schools for Native American children was presented at the 10th Historical Convocation. Remembrance and reconciliation is the goal of the initial research, but more work is planned.
Theology and Education
The Rev. Candace M. Lewis gives a tour of renovations underway at Gammon Theological Seminary in Atlanta, where she serves as president and dean. The historically Black United Methodist seminary is proceeding with an ambitious rebuilding plan despite having lost almost half its funding from the denomination since 2016. Photo by Mike DuBose, UM News.

Gammon builds on legacy as it looks forward

The leadership of Gammon Theological Seminary shares ambitious plans as they seek to get the only historically Black United Methodist seminary fiscally healthy.
Theology and Education
United Methodist scholar Joerg Rieger leads the Wendland-Cook Program in Religion and Justice at Vanderbilt Divinity School, a program which focuses on issues of justice in religion, economics and ecology. Photo by Mike DuBose, UM News.

Scholar puts spotlight on capitalism and Christ

As a theologian who works in the tradition of liberation theology, Joerg Rieger of Vanderbilt Divinity School believes Christians need to be in the thick of political issues on the side of the poor and disadvantaged.
Faith Stories
Bishop Julius C. Trimble. Photo by Tessa Tillett for the Indiana Conference.

Reflecting on the deaths of three ‘giants’

Bishop Julius C. Trimble writes about the influence that the Rev. James Lawson, theologian Jürgen Moltmann and baseball legend Willie Mays had on his life.

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