Church Leadership

The Rev. Michael Adam Beck leads The United Methodist Church’s Fresh Expressions movement. In his new book, “Never Alone,” the pastor of St. Mark’s United Methodist Church in Ocala, Fla., says Fresh Expressions can help create community for people suffering from loneliness. Photo courtesy of the Rev. Michael Adam Beck.

From prisoner to pastor

The Rev. Michael Adam Beck knows all about being lonely, and he thinks he can help a lot of other people like him get to a better place.

General Church

The Rev. Grace Pak leads a session on cross-cultural theology at the United Methodist Church of the Incarnation in Schaumburg, Ill., during the 2024 CRCC Madang retreat on Aug. 13, 2024. File photo by the Rev. Heewon Kim, the National Association of Korean-American United Methodist Pastors Serving Cross-Racial/Cultural Appointments.

Program strengthens cross-racial ministry

The Madang program focuses on helping the many Korean American United Methodist pastors who are serving in non-Korean congregations.

Church Leadership

Churches build bridges to counter hate

United Methodist clergywomen share how they are promoting understanding across differences in their communities.

Faith Stories

This year, United Methodists mourned the passing of beloved bishops, trailblazing women church leaders and a faithful strategist of the U.S. Civil Rights Movement who taught fellow leaders how to transform a nation through nonviolence. Photo by NoName_13, courtesy of Pixabay; graphic by Laurens Glass, UM News.

2024: Notable United Methodists remembered

This year, United Methodists mourned the passing of beloved bishops, committed evangelists, church pioneers and the pastor who taught many of the Civil Rights Movement’s most prominent leaders how to transform the U.S. nonviolently.

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