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  • Engaging an African Bishop

    Engaging an African Bishop By Thomas Lambrecht A recent commentary by Bishop Mande Muyombo (North Katanga Area in the Congo Central Conference) sets forth his understanding of where things are and where things are headed for The United Methodist Church in Africa. Given Muyombo’s position of power within the church’s hierarchy,

  • Meeting Hegel Halfway at the Empty Tomb

    After the sabbath, as the first day of the week was dawning, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to see the tomb. And suddenly there was a great earthquake; for an angel of the Lord, descending from heaven, came and rolled back the stone and sat on it .—Matthew

  • Methodist Heritage Archive: Brother Stanley

    Methodist Heritage: Brother Stanley By Edmund Robb III Good News Archive, July-August 1976 TIME magazine, Oct. 20, 1948: “A grand old man among U.S. missionaries is a rugged Methodist preacher named Eli Stanley Jones. Baltimore-born Missionary Jones went to India in 1907, and his 35 busy years there made him

  • New ELCA World Hunger Director!

      Join us in welcoming Haemin Lee, the new director of ELCA World Hunger, who will lead the amazing team working with ELCA World Hunger’s domestic and international grants! Welcome, Haemin! A Greeting from Haemin Lee Hi, my name is Haemin Lee, and I’m super excited to serve alongside you

  • Happy Fourth of July

      Let us not forget that when the thirteen British colonies declared their independence from England, they made a very important historic political statement. We do not need a king to govern us! We can govern ourselves! Of the freedoms that we cherish as Americans, our most precious freedom is