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Word from Winkler — My hopes for General Conference
By Jim Winkler, General Secretary, General Board of Church & Society
2009-2012 apportionment
Dollars and sense
By Wesley E. Paulson, Chief Financial Officer, General Board of Church & Society
A misleading letter seeks to significantly reduce the 2009-2012 general church budget.
Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice
A statement in support of United Methodist participation
By Bishop Beverly Shamana, President, General Board of Church & Society
Africa and the new Social Creed
Why we need this new version
By The Rev. Lloyd Nyarota, Mutare, Zimbabwe
The proposed Social Creed that General Conference will consider reflects the political, social and religious realities in Africa.
Sex education
Initiatives address unwanted pregnancies
By Linda Bales, Director, Louise and Hugh Moore Population Project and Children’s Concerns, General Board of Church & Society
Peace with Justice Sunday 2008
Making things right
Special Sunday gifts enable The United Methodist Church to have a voice in advocating for peace and justice at home and around the world.
The ambiguity of religion
Source of violence or peace?
By Ronald J. Young, National Interreligious Leadership Initiative for Peace in the Middle East
All 3 Abrahamic religions hold core beliefs that can be interpreted to support acts of violence or peace.
Arkansas environmental conference
Christians called to care for creation
By Scharmel Roussel, Arkansas United Methodist
Conference highlights consumption, starting a church green team, rain gardens, compost, ecological footprints, recycling, community food initiatives, political advocacy and the biblical basis for creation care.
GBCS lunch at General Conference
Cong. Emanuel Cleaver to speak at April 28 event
First African American mayor of Kansas City will address "importance of Social Justice Ministry."
HIV/AIDS conference
Lighten the Burden II is April 22 in Ft. Worth
Quote of the week: On the United Methodist Church
"Is there a link between the vanishing social middle class and mainline denominations that relate to them?"
—Mike Selleck, Director of Connectional Ministries, North Georgia Conference
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Word from Winkler — My hopes for General Conference
2009-2012 apportionment
Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice
Africa and the new Social Creed
Sex education
Peace with Justice Sunday 2008
The ambiguity of religion
Arkansas environmental conference
GBCS lunch at General Conference
HIV/AIDS conference
Quote of the week: On the United Methodist Church
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