Auction completed for Lon Morris College
The auction of Lon Morris College property ended with a local school district and office supply company as major purchasers, the firm handling the auction said. Lon Morris, a two-year, UMC-affiliated...
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Q&A: UM Bishop Willimon takes on the church, through a novel
Will Willimon After writing dozens of books, retired UM Bishop Will Willimon decided to try his hand at a new genre: fiction. A lover of novels, Willimon said that works of fiction are uniquely capable...
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Roger Drake named president of Central Methodist University
Roger Drake will be the next president of Central Methodist University, taking office July 1, said Glenn Cox, chair of the CMU Board of Trustees and of the Presidential Search Committee. His...
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First UMC Austin joins Reconciling Ministries Network
First UMC Austin The First United Methodist Church of Austin, Texas, voted Sunday, Feb. 10, to join the Reconciling Ministries Network, a group actively opposing the denomination’s stance on...
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Hazelwood moves from UMCOR to Memphis Conference
By Lane Gardner Camp, Special Contributor…Rev. Tom Hazelwood of Springfield, Va., has been named Director of Connectional Ministries for the Memphis Conference of the United Methodist Church, beginning...
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Cecil and Janice – Unlikely pair writes of leading Glide Memorial UMC
They are the odd couple of United Methodism, but the ministry results can hardly be questioned. The Rev. Cecil Williams, a destined-to-be-a-pastor African American and extreme extrovert, and Janice...
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Edward Burger named president of UM-affiliated Southwestern Univ.
Edward Burger Southwestern University, a United Methodist-affiliated college in Georgetown, Texas, has chosen Edward R. Burger as its next president. He’s the Francis Christopher Oakley Third Century...
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UMM leaders, citing negative reaction, ask BSA to hold off on gay policy change
Gilbert Hanke Top leaders of the General Commission on United Methodist Men have written the Boy Scouts of America, citing strong negative response within the denomination to a proposed lifting of the...
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Q&A with Kent Millard
Under Brad Stevens, the Butler University men’s basketball team has built an amazing record, twice reaching the NCAA Finals in a field of much bigger schools. Coach Stevens and his wife Tracy are...
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UM clergywoman is a ‘first’ at National Cathedral
The job of arranging a memorial service for the first man to walk on the moon fell, in large part, to the first United Methodist to serve as worship director for the Washington National Cathedral, in...
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The United Methodist Church exceeded goals for starting full-fledged churches and other worshipping communities, both in the U.S. and internationally, according to reports from two of the...
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Q&A: UMPH head provides update on closings
The United Methodist Publishing House’s decision to close all 57 Cokesbury stores last fall made big news beyond Methodism. Some stores have closed already, and the rest will be shuttered by April 26....
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Closing time – Cokesbury staff, patrons facing stores’ final days
DALLAS—Julie Chapman doesn’t really have time for sentimentality these days, given that she’s following a six-page email on how to close the Cokesbury store here. The going-out-of-business sale is...
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George W. Bush Presidential Center dedicated at SMU
Presidents and First Ladies on outdoor stage for Bush Center dedication. / PHOTO COURTESY SMU The George W. Bush Presidential Center at Southern Methodist University was dedicated this morning in...
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Rabbi speaks again, thanks to Perkins School of Theology archivist
The prophetic voice of a late Dallas rabbi, one who had close ties to Southern Methodist University, will be heard again, thanks to a curious archivist who wasn’t content just to file away some...
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Bishop’s book draws on faith, leadership theory, martial arts
Greater Northwest Area Bishop Grant Hagiya earned a third-degree black belt in karate, as well as a master of divinity and a doctorate in organizational leadership. His new book Spiritual Kaizen: How...
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Retired UM pastor faces possible church trial for officiating at gay son’s...
The Rev. Thomas Ogletree A new, high-profile episode in the United Methodist Church’s struggle over homosexuality has emerged, with a retired UM pastor and Yale Divinity School dean, the Rev. Thomas...
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Bishops ‘get act together’ in San Diego meeting
Bishop Sally Dyck of the Northern Illinois Conference hands out health kits at the California-Mexico border/UMNS PHOTO Active bishops of the UMC wrapped up their meeting in San Diego on Thursday,...
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United Methodist woman helps arrange burial of Boston Marathon suspect
Martha Mullen A United Methodist woman in Richmond, Va., said she was acting out of Christian compassion in helping to arrange the burial of Tamerlan Tsarnaev, a suspect in the Boston Marathon...
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Two clergy hit the highway to save lives
The goal of beating malaria in Africa put two United Methodist clergymen on the road in hilly East Tennessee. And they weren’t riding in automobiles, either. The Rev. Charles Maynard walked 100 miles...
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