Bishop Peggy Johnson will update conference members on the UMC Way Forward and respond to questions at four district town hall meetings in September and October. Here are some helpful resources. Learn more…  Read more

Read the new summer issue of NEWSpirit now online at: Summer 2018. All issues are found on our NEWSpirit newspaper webpage. Featured in this issue: “Conference, churches rally to recover from recent floods,”…  Read more

Representatives of the UMC and the Methodist Church in Britain held two worship services together recently to mark the 50th anniversary of an agreement between the two denominations. Learn more…  Read more

The Eastern PA Conference elected at their June Annual Conference to move to the HealthFlex plan offered through Wespath in January 2019. ControlHealthFlex Exchange is a private exchange model…  Read more

Clergywomen in Africa, where congregations once frowned on female pastors, are asserting their leadership in a profession previously dominated by men. That includes talk of electing their second female bishop in 2020.  Read more

The Council of Bishops has amended its call for the 2019 special General Conference. Under the new call, delegates to the denomination’s top lawmaking body will receive…  Read more

In recent weeks, people of faith have been shocked and moved by reports of immigrant parents and children separated after detention…  Read more

The United Nations’ (UN) World Refugee Day is observed on June 20 each year. This event honors the courage, strength and determination of women, men and children who are forced… Read more

A pastor’s kid and former school psychologist, this bishop encourages us to see beyond barriers and embrace possibilities. Learn more…  Read more

The Council of Bishops and The Upper Room will launch Phase 3 of the Praying our Way Forward campaign on Sunday, June 3, inviting United Methodists to fast and pray through the Special Session of General Conference…  Read more