UM News

News from UM News, the official news reporting organization of the United Methodist Church.

1. United Methodists should support Dobbs decision

   Restrictions on abortion are consistent with a careful reading of the denomination’s Social Principles.

2. Getting to a pro-choice and pro-life position

   Pastor says it’s time to move beyond binary thinking about abortion and have a broader conversation.

3. Church court makes impact

   Bishops are trying to set the record straight on misinformation being spread about The United Methodist Church’s future. They also are working toward building a church where traditionalists, centrists and progressives will all feel they belong.

4. Bishops push back against recruitment tactics

   Bishops are trying to set the record straight on misinformation being spread about The United Methodist Church’s future. They also are working toward building a church where traditionalists, centrists and progressives will all feel they belong.

5. Church says clergywoman faces trumped-up charges

   Church groups have organized a prayer vigil and issued statements in support of a Filipino pastor known for her social justice work. She has been charged with attempted murder, but fellow United Methodists say she is innocent and the charge is meant to silence her.

6. A plan to re-church rural America

   Acknowledging that something significant must happen to save his beloved United Methodist Church, a retired pastor traces the historical trajectory of the denomination.

7. Political context and the meaning of church

   A pending separation and changing international composition find The United Methodist Church in a time of rethinking what it means to be a church, and a global church at that.

8. Hungarian camp houses Ukrainian Roma refugees

   At the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, about 800,000 refugees crossed through Hungary. The United Methodist Church in Hungary has helped to house hundreds of them, including at a summer camp.

9. Grassroots groups talk up The United Methodist Church

   In a season of discussion and action about local church disaffiliation, coalitions such as Stay UMC and Celebrate UMC are challenging what they see as misinformation and making a case for remaining in The United Methodist Church.

10. World Council of Churches works for just peace

    On the final day of the 11th General Assembly, delegates adopted numerous documents, including statements on peace.