February 22, 2011

The General Board of Church & Society has been at the heart of many successes in the past year following its mandate to get the United Methodist Social Principles implemented.

More than 400 clergy have participated in familiarization program linking faith to justice.

U.N. Foundation funds initiatives of social justice agency because political stability, economic security and human survival all depend on healthy populations born of healthy mothers.

Faith communities' ever-increasing movement toward just, humane immigration reform is not reflected by Obama administration or congress — yet.

The United Methodist Building in Washington, D.C., represents an investment in God’s future in which liberty and justice are truly for all people.

Possibilities look good for Christian communities in the south to enjoy religious liberty into the future, according to head of United Methodist mission agency.

An immigration-enforcement bill before the Indiana Senate will have adverse economic effects and lead to racial profiling.

David Kato, a gay man, was beaten to death Jan. 26 in his home in Kampala after winning court case against newspaper that called for homosexuals to be hanged.

Sponsored by the UMC Global AIDS Fund Committee, conference will be March 3-5 in Columbia, S.C.

Weekend will specifically address how DREAM Act affects attendees’ communities and churches.

The United Methodist Church's Social Principles affirm the denomination's long-standing support of abstinence from alcohol as a faithful witness to God's liberating and redeeming love for persons.

Gifts to the United Methodist Special Sunday offering lay the foundation for UMCOR to seek justice and mercy for suffering people everywhere.

Overall, five fewer United Methodists serve in the new Congress.

9th Ecumenical Advocacy Days, March 25-28, in Washington, D.C., will educate, advocate in support of economic justice, security for women and families.

1000s of youths expected to take part in worldwide day of activism.

Over 38 presenters, sustainable community to help faith communities become caretakers of planet Earth.

March 5 deadline to submit presentations for June 17-19 conference at Emory University in Atlanta.