Posts in the ‘Stories’ Category

By Phileas Jusu* Dec. 18, 2008 | WHITE PLAINS, Liberia (UMNS) In a region of Africa that has struggled with civil conflicts, United Methodist young people gathered to learn ways to develop as leaders and peace builders. “We want Christian-disciplined leaders,” Liberian Bishop John G. Innis said Dec. 15, as he opened a three-day training [...]

Members of Churches Uniting in Christ are seeking to bring two of its historically black partner denominations back to the table.

Youngsters become peacemakers after a visit to the Oklahoma City Federal Memorial. (From United Methodist TV)

(This article originally appeared on March 30, 2007 on the Ekklesia website.   It was written by Ekklesia staff writers). Children are not often asked for their opinions on the big issues of life, but church partners in India and the UK have decided that children are the perfect place to start when talking about [...]

An article from the Sept-Oct 2006 edition of Interpreter Magazine that gives examples of how various United Methodist churches decided to respond to the war in Iraq.

A New World Outlook article from 2006 explores the peace (and United Methodist) roots of Mother’s Day.

Rose and Haven Whiteside, a United Methodist couple, joins the Christian Peacemaker Team on a trip to Iraq to engage in non-violent peacemaking. From the Florida United Methodist News Service (March 2004).

“The children that I interviewed at Kearny School answered the open-ended questions I asked about how to have peace in the world with responses that reflected both local and global concerns, almost at the same moment.” New World Outlook. By Christie R. House

Parvina Nadjibulla’s faith and life call her to peacemaking. The story of how she got from Tajikistan to New York City, where she is a US-2 assigned to work with the seminar program at the Church Center for the United Nations, is filled with serendipity. By Yvette Moore.