UMC membership increases worldwide

Wed, 30 Jun 2010 05:00:00 GMT

As of Dec. 31, 2008, The United Methodist Church had approximately 11 million professing members and an additional 2.5 million baptized members in Africa, Europe, the U.S. and the Philippines. Compared to 10 years earlier, professing membership gl...

Theme, logo chosen for General Conference

Fri, 25 Jun 2010 05:00:00 GMT

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (UMNS)—"Make Disciples of Jesus Christ to Transform the World" will be the theme for The United Methodist Church's 2012 General Conference, scheduled for April 24-May 4 in Tampa, Fla. The theme, selected b...

Tornado produces anxious moments

Fri, 14 May 2010 05:00:00 GMT

By Boyce Bowden

Photo: The Rev. Keith King holds the center portion of a stained glass window of Broadway UMC blown out by a tornado. Photo by Boyce Bowden

T...

UM Men support Nashville recovery efforts

Fri, 07 May 2010 05:00:00 GMT

United Methodist men haul the possessions of Millie White from the home to the street following 13.5 inches of rain that fell on the Nashville community on the weekend beginning May 1. Photo by Tim Grabbe

Commission Staff Recovering from Nashville Floods

Wed, 05 May 2010 05:00:00 GMT

NASHVILLE, Tenn. –– The roof of the General Commission on United Methodist Men office was already damaged, but the 13.5 inches of rain that fell upon the Nashville area during 48 hours beginning May 1, exacerbated the...

United Methodist map to change in June

Fri, 16 Apr 2010 05:00:00 GMT

Photo: Bishop Hee-Soo Jung serves Holy Communion during the Northern Illinois
Annual Conference’s 2009 meeting. A UMNS Web-only file photo courtesy
of the Northern Illinois Annual Conference.

Men send 1,500 t-shirts to Haiti

Fri, 05 Feb 2010 05:00:00 GMT

Photo: Earl James, a member of Mt. Zion UMC helps package t-shirts for Haiti

PHILADELPHIA, Pa. The devastation of the earthquake in Haiti prompted Herman Turnage, president of the Mt. Zion UM Men ...

Head of UMCOR dies in Haiti

Sun, 17 Jan 2010 05:00:00 GMT

UMNS--The Rev. Dr. Sam Dixon, head of the humanitarian relief agency of The United Methodist Church, died before he could be rescued from the rubble of a hotel destroyed by the earthquake that hit Haiti on January 12.

The ex...

Clint Rabb dies in Florida hospital from injuries in Haiti

Sun, 17 Jan 2010 05:00:00 GMT

New York, NY, Jan. 17, 2010—The Rev. Clinton Rabb, 61, a
leader in The United Methodist Church’s extensive mission volunteer
program, died on January 17 in a Florida hospital of injuries caused
...

Dallas woman dies of injuries suffered in earthquake

Sun, 17 Jan 2010 05:00:00 GMT

A member of a Dallas mission team providing eye care to Haitians died of injuries suffered in the Jan. 12 earthquake.

“Jean Arnwine passed away overnight in Guadeloupe. Doctors there tried to revive her, but were u...

Help the victims of the Haiti earthquake

Wed, 13 Jan 2010 05:00:00 GMT

A major earthquake hit Port-au-Prince, Haiti causing widespread destruction. Millions of people are affected.

The New York Times reports that Haiti's president Rene Preval has called the death toll "unimaginable,"...