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World Methodist Council’s new president talks about what holds a fracturing church together

RNS In August, the World Methodist Council, an umbrella group of Methodist denominations, meeting in Gothenburg, Sweden, elected the Rev Debra Wallace-Padgett president of the council. Wallace-Padgett has been a bishop of the United Methodist Church since 2012 and has led both the denomination’s North Alabama Conference and, since 2021, its Holston Conference, in eastern […]

The Global Methodist Church will meet in Costa Rica. Sexuality is not on the agenda

United States RNS Sexuality won’t be on the agenda when members of the nascent Global Methodist Church convene for the first time from 20th to 26th September in San Jose, Costa Rica. The breakaway denomination established by departing United Methodist churches two years ago will instead adopt a constitution and iron out its governance structure. […]

More than 200 Christian leaders sign letter calling for ceasefire in Gaza

Washington DC, US RNS More than 200 Christian leaders from an array of traditions have signed a letter calling for a permanent cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war and the release of hostages taken by Hamas, as well as a list of other measures aimed at providing relief in Gaza. “We speak out as Christian leaders […]