The Order of Deacons (1996-2021)  At the 1996 General Conference of The United Methodist Church, the Order of Deacons was voted into existen...

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Photo 69266331 © Paul Brady | Dreamstime.com The CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) recently issued some long-awaited, almost ...

When I arrived on the campus of Asbury Theological Seminary in Wilmore, Kentucky, in the fall of 1977 to begin my Master of Divinity degree,...

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I am certain that all of us are grieved by the uptick of mass shootings that are happening all over the country at the moment.   This is of ...

Five General Agencies of the UMC are joining together this year to commit to Net-Zero Carbon Emissions * in their operations and as a resour...