Sometimes it is helpful to remind ourselves ecumenism is alive and well throughout Jesus’ universal church and to know Christ’s followers are continuing to build relationships and be in ministry together, despite their differences. I recently ...
The United Methodist Church honors four “concordat” relationships, which were begun in 1968 when our denomination was founded. In particular, the Methodist Church in Britain (MCB) and The United Methodist Church (UMC) have led jointly through pulpit ...
The Council of Bishops is providing partial scholarships for three young adults who have been accepted into the World Council of Churches’ (WCC) Global Ecumenical Theological Institute (GETI).
The Council of Bishop has announced the names of 10 young adults selected as the next cohort of United Methodist Ecumenical and Interreligious Training: Young Adult Network (UMEIT: YAN).
By Rev. Dr. Jean Hawxhurst The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity is celebrated every year from 18-25 January in the Northern Hemisphere or around the feast of Pentecost in the Southern Hemisphere. It is sponsored jointly by the Pontifical ...
The Council of Bishops is offering scholarships to seminary students and first-time attenders to participate in the National Workshop on Christian Unity (NWCU) and UMEIT: USA 2022.
The bishops of The United Methodist Church are joining the world in mourning the death of Archbishop Desmond M. Tutu, their Anglican colleague, who will be buried tomorrow in Cape Town, South Africa.
The December 31, 2021, deadline for applying to be part of United Methodist Ecumenical and Interreligious Training: Young Adult Network (UMEIT: YAN) is approaching and interested young adults are urged to apply as soon as possible.
The Council of Bishops (COB) of The United Methodist Church (UMC) has hired Dr. David N. Field as the new Ecumenical Staff Officer for Faith Order and Theological Dialogue.
The Council of Bishops is offering three (3) grants of $1,000 each to groups within annual conferences for special projects designed to strengthen ecumenical and/or interreligious relationships.
The Council of Bishops stands together with all justice-loving people around the world in prayerfully bearing witnesses to the jury's decision that convicted former police officer Derek Chauvin of murdering George Floyd.
It has been quite a year, and plans have continued to change, but the National Workshop on Christian Unity will go on for 2021! We will have an entirely online Workshop which gives us the opportunity to provide you with the same great programming ...
Representatives of The United Methodist Church and the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops announced the release of the results of its latest round of dialogue in the form of a two-part publication.
As the new Ecumenical Officer for the Council of Bishops of The United Methodist Church, Bishop Sally Dyck met with several agency leaders on February 1 to talk with them about how they engage in ecumenical and interreligious ministry.
Press Release Birmingham, AL: Bishop Teresa Jefferson-Snorton, Chair of the Coordinating Council of Churches Uniting in Christ announces the release of new, ecumenical resources for the use of local congregations for this year’s Lenten and ...
The Rev. Richard Teal, President of the Methodist Conference and Mrs. Carolyn Lawrence, Vice-President of the Methodist Conference of the Methodist Church in Britain have sent a pastoral letter to the leaders of The United Methodist Church to offer ...
President of the Uniting Church in Australia Dr Deidre Palmer has sent a letter to church leaders in the USA offering support and prayers during this trying time. The Uniting Church is the third largest Christian denomination in Australia and the ...
Fr. Ioan Sauca, the Interim General Secretary of the World Council of Churches, has sent a letter to the leaders of communions in the USA, in in the aftermath of the attack on the Capitol Building to convey the renewed and strengthened solidarity of ...
The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity is celebrated every year January 18-25, or around the feast of Pentecost in some parts of the world. Every United Methodist annual conference is encouraged to participate with ecumenical services of prayer and ...
PRESS RELEASE: October 19, 2020 Birmingham, AL - Churches Uniting in Christ (CUIC), an ecumenical multi-lateral dialogue among ten Protestant faith communions in the USA announces the release of new, ecumenical resources for local congregations to ...
For Immediate Release Monday, September 28, 2020 WASHINGTON, D.C.– The Council of Bishops of The United Methodist Church is pleased to announce the winners of the 2021 Local Initiatives Grants. Bishop Sally Dyck, Ecumenical Officer for the Council ...
The United Methodist – Episcopal Church Dialogue Committee has agreed that it is not prudent for our churches to press forward with action on full communion next year. Instead, the Committee recommends that both bodies take up the full-communion ...
The Council of Bishops of The United Methodist Church is inviting applications for a scholarship to attend The Ecumenical Institute at Bossey in Switzerland.
The Council of Bishops of The United Methodist Church is pleased to announce that Bishop Bruce Ough and Bishop Sally Dyck will become the new Executive Secretary and Ecumenical Officer of the Council effective September 1, 2020.
Bishop LaTrelle Easterling, the presiding bishop of the Baltimore-Washington Conference of The United Methodist Church will lead United Methodists in gathering with other people of faith to call for justice, call for systemic change and an end to ...
Bishop Minerva Carcaño, the resident bishop of California-Nevada Conference, will represent The United Methodist Church, during the a public online memorial service on Sunday, May 24, 2020 to mourn the more than 300,000 people worldwide who have lost...
Three of the main ecumenical organizations in the United States of America have come together this Easter to promote a unified witness to our shared faith in the resurrection of Jesus Christ.
The World Methodist Council is partnering with other organizations in offering training for Young Adults on Interreligious Relations that started in Asia and is now expanding globally. This year’s Young Adult Training for Religions Amity (YATRA) will...
The Kabacan Central United Methodist Church, a vital congregation considered as one of the flagship churches of the Mindanao Philippines Annual Conference celebrated Ecumenical Sunday last January 19, 2020.
The United Methodist – Episcopal Church Dialogue Committee has released a series of videos highlighting shared ministries between the churches and discussing the current full communion proposal developed by the committee.
The United Methodist Church – Episcopal Church Dialogue Committee has released a series of videos highlighting shared ministries between the churches and discussing the current full communion proposal developed by the committee. This video ...
This fall, the United Methodist-Episcopal Dialogue Committee will be releasing a series of videos that discuss common ministries and the current full communion proposal entitled 'A Gift to the World.' In this video, Dean Jan Love (UMC) of the ...
This fall, the United Methodist-Episcopal Dialogue Committee will be releasing a series of videos that discuss common ministries and the current full communion proposal entitled 'A Gift to the World.' In this video, the presiding bishop of the ...
This fall, the United Methodist-Episcopal Dialogue Committee will be releasing a series of videos that discuss common ministries and the current full communion proposal entitled 'A Gift to the World.' In this video, Rev. Dr. Jean Hawxhurst, ...
This fall, the United Methodist-Episcopal Dialogue Committee will be releasing a series of videos that discuss common ministries and the current full communion proposal entitled 'A Gift to the World.' In this video, Dean Gregory Jones (UMC) and ...
The United Methodist – Episcopal Church Dialogue Committee has released a series of videos highlighting shared ministries between the churches and discussing the current full communion proposal developed by the committee. In the first video, ...
An ordained person from a Methodist or Wesleyan church is being sought to serve the World Methodist Council as Director of the Methodist Ecumenical Centre in Rome (MEOR).
On October 2-4, 2019, leaders from all of the major Christian traditions will gather in Montgomery, Alabama, to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the arrival of enslaved African peoples to Jamestown, Virginia (USA). The commemoration is part of ...
The Council of Bishops of The United Methodist Church is pleased to announce the winners of the 2020 Local Initiatives Grants.
Ecumenical staff who serve as church-wide leaders in various denomination met recently and issued a statement on their commitment to end racism. Click here for the statement.
The Council of Bishops of The United Methodist Church is inviting applications for the following programs: 2020 Local Initiatives Grants and scholarship to attend the Ecumenical Institute at Bossey in Geneva.
Churches Uniting in Christ (CUIC), a covenant organization of eleven different US denominations/communions, held its triennial plenary session in Montgomery, Alabama from June 6-9, 2019. The plenary included up to seven delegates from each of the ...
United Methodist bishops are among those who are attending the Consultation on Diaspora Churches in London, England, sponsored by the World Methodist Council.
The Episcopal Church - United Methodist Dialogue Committee AUSTIN, TEXAS - The Episcopal Church – United Methodist Dialogue Committee has agreed to send a resolution for full communion to be considered by the Council of Bishops and for possible ...
The Council of Bishops is offering partial scholarships for young adults (age 21-35) to attend the 2019 United Methodist Ecumenical and Interreligious Training (UMEIT:USA) and the National Workshop on Christian Unity (NWCU) next spring.
ATLANTA, Georgia - Pan-Methodist Commission, comprising six denominations within the tradition of Wesleyan Methodism, has condemned “anti-Muslim, anti-immigrant, anti-Black and anti-Brown bigotry” in the aftermath of the mass shootings that left 50 ...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Council of Bishops of The United Methodist Church is urging all United Methodists to join in the global Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, which starts on January 18 and runs until January 25.
ST. SIMON’S ISLAND, Georgia –The Council of Bishops of The United Methodist Church has authorized the preparation of legislation to deal with the full communion proposal between The United Methodist Church and The Episcopal Church. The bishops took ...
The United Methodist-Episcopal dialogue committee held a meeting recently to continue its conversations about a proposal for full communion between these churches entitled “A Gift to the World: Co-Laborers for the Healing of Brokenness.” The ...