Results for united methodist church
-
United Methodists Reject Calls for Divestment from Israel-Related Companies
Originally Posted: 05/03/2012 - 11:15am | Type: Blog -
United Methodists twice rejected measures on Wednesday (May 2) that called for the denomination to divest from companies accused of contributing to the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories. ...
-
United Methodists to Debate Allowing Gay Clergy and Same-Sex Marriage
Originally Posted: 04/25/2012 - 5:07pm | Type: Blog -
As nearly 1,000 delegates from across the world gather in Tampa, Fla., for the United Methodist Church's General Conference , gay and lesbian activists have printed pamphlets promoting their cause in five languages, including Portuguese and ...
-
Aid, Not War in Afghanistan: An Open Letter From Religious Leaders to President Obama
Originally Posted: 08/31/2011 - 4:40pm | Type: Blog -
<p><a href="/sites/default/files/images/soj11031.jpg"></a>Dear Mr. President,</p> Dear Mr. President, As your target date to begin U.S. troo ...
-
One Pastor's Journey to America
Originally Posted: 07/14/2011 - 8:35am | Type: Blog -
[<strong>Editors' Note</strong>: <em>This month, Sojourners and Christians for Comprehensive Immigration Reform will be featuring "The Stories of Immigration" blog series. ...
-
Faith That Creates Jobs
Originally Posted: 07/14/2011 - 8:35am | Type: Blog -
As the old saying goes, 'In God we trust -- all others pay cash.' As our economy shows promising signs of recovery, the cash is not translating into jobs. As the old saying g ...
-
Rethinking Our Approach to Immigration Reform
Originally Posted: 07/14/2011 - 8:35am | Type: Blog -
It is time for those of us who have been advocating for comprehensive immigration reform to rethink our strategies. It is time for those of us who have been advocating for comprehensiv ...
-
Why Are the Big Banks Still So Bad?
Originally Posted: 07/14/2011 - 8:35am | Type: Blog -
Yesterday, Elizabeth Warren and the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau convened their first roundtable of religious leaders at the White House. Why does this matter? Yesterday, E ...
-
Why We Need Criminal Justice Reform
Originally Posted: 07/14/2011 - 8:35am | Type: Blog -
The nearly 2.3 million people in U.S. The nearly 2.3 million people in U.S. prisons and jails accounts for 25 percent of the world's incarcerated, and, as Michelle Alexander point ...
-
Why We Opened Our Church to Muslims
Originally Posted: 07/14/2011 - 8:35am | Type: Blog -
In a <a href="http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2011/januaryweb-only/muslimsevangelical.html" target="_blank">recent article</a> on <em>Christianity Today's</em> ...
-
Honor Roll: Trinity United Methodist Church
Originally Posted: 08/31/2011 - 4:40pm | Type: Blog -
<p><a href="http://blog.sojo.net/tag/truth-and-civility/" target="_blank"></a> [Editor's Note: Welcome to Sojourner's Truth and Civility Election Watch Honor Roll ...