Social Concerns

When the doors were not yet open

It’s been 25 years since the rollout of The United Methodist Church’s brand promise of “Open Hearts. Open Minds. Open Doors.” Despite controversy, it remains relevant today.

Social Concerns

The Rev. Adam Hamilton (right), a United Methodist pastor and candidate for the U.S. Senate from Kansas, chats with a volunteer June 1 at the Wesley House in Pittsburg, Kan. Hamilton leads Church of the Resurrection, the largest United Methodist congregation in the U.S. The Wesley House is an outreach ministry of First United Methodist Church in Pittsburg, Kan., that feeds needy families in the area. Photo courtesy of the Hamilton campaign.

On the road with Rev. Adam Hamilton in Kansas

The United Methodist pastor is traveling the state in his bid to become a U.S. senator. He’s trying to build a bipartisan base like the one he has enjoyed at Church of the Resurrection for 36 years.

Faith Stories

(Top left) The Rev. Ralph Edwin “Ed” King Jr. (in a clerical collar) stands behind (left to right) John Hunter Gray (formerly John Salter), Joan Trumpauer (now Mulholland) and Anne Moody offering support as an angry mob attacks a sit-in on May 28, 1963, in the Woolworth’s in Jackson, Miss. King and others at Tougaloo College helped organize the nonviolent protest to segregation. (Bottom left) Another view of the sit-in and violent mob. (Right) In this June 25, 2016, photo, the Rev. Ed King, a former chaplain at Tougaloo College, sits in Woodworth Chapel at the liberal arts school in Jackson, Miss. Black and white photos by Fred Blackwell, courtesy of the Civil Rights Movement Archive; color photo: AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis.

Rev. Ed King, civil rights ‘icon,’ dies at 89

An ordained United Methodist, King worked for racial equality in his native Mississippi. Fellow church leaders remember his courage in the face of jailtime, rejection from church leaders and threats to his life.

Social Concerns

The U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington. File photo by Clayton Childers, United Methodist Board of Church and Society.

Church cheers birthright citizenship ruling

While grateful that the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Trump’s executive order denying birthright citizenship, United Methodists also lament that the court upheld other measures targeting immigrants.

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