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.
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 ...