Prison Evangelism Transforms Inmates
Prison Evangelism Transforms Inmates - By Kudzai Chingwe - HARARE, Zimbabwe (UM News) Editor’s note: For security purposes, only the first names of incarcerated individuals have been used. In an effort to share God’s love with those in need, The United Methodist...
Thank You From A Christmas Charity Kid
Thank You From A Christmas Charity Kid - By Elizabeth Glass Turner - Have you ever bought and donated Christmas presents for kids through an Angel Tree project or local congregational initiative? If so, let me say Thank You for all the kids opening Lego sets, Frozen...
Voices of The Global South
By Max Wilkins - As The United Methodist Church moves ever closer to the seemingly inevitable adoption of the Protocol for separation and the establishment of the Global Methodist Church (GMC), those of us who remain committed to traditional understandings and...
Distinctions, Differences, and the Future of Methodism
By Thomas Lambrecht What will the proposed new Global Methodist Church look like? How will it operate? In what ways will it be different from what we have been accustomed to in The United Methodist Church? These questions weigh on the minds of people who are thinking...
If They Do These Things Now
By Rob Renfroe - Not long ago I spoke via Zoom to the Zimbabwe General Conference delegation. They have asked several persons representing all theological views to talk to them about the future of the United Methodist Church. The man who spoke before I did would...
Pastoral Perseverance Amid Challenges
By Chenayi Kumuterera (UM News) - Every Sunday, the Rev. Annamore Kahlari awakens before sunrise to pack a bag for her long walk. She is the pastor in charge of Zimbabwe’s Chikore Circuit, Makoni Buhera District. She journeys about 15 miles each way, carrying a...
The Spirituality of Work
By Thomas Lambrecht - Labor Day is a holiday in honor of work. Too often, Christians have adopted a secular understanding of work. We view it either as drudgery or as an idol to which we devote all our time and energy. But work is a spiritual endeavor. We are to...
Making Joyful Noise
By Kudzai Chingwe - In Psalm 40:3, David praises God, who “put a new song in my mouth, a song of praise to our God. Many will see and fear, and put their trust in the Lord.” Like the Psalmist, three Zimbabweans – a child and two young adults with United Methodist...
