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Christian Living

Social Concerns
Since the Church’s inception, Methodists have been actively involved in social and political matters in order to build a more peaceful and just world. Graphic by Laurens Glass, United Methodist Communications.

Ask The UMC: Is The United Methodist Church involved in politics?

Can United Methodists be politically active? The Social Principles offer guidance about the interaction of church and politics.
Bishop Julius C. Trimble. Photo by Tessa Tillett for the Indiana Conference.

A Christian response to antisemitism

Bishop Julius C. Trimble writes that as a Christian leader, he bears a profound obligation to oppose antisemitism. “As an African American United States citizen, I refuse to be ambiguous or approach this commitment to stand against violence and hatred directed toward Jewish people as somehow a binary choice or a denial of suffering of some over others ..."
Local Church
The Rev. Dr. Sun-joong Kim. Photo courtesy of the author.

Living as a United Methodist pastor in Nomadland

Like the main character in the Oscar-winning film, itinerant pastors learn to form community and connection even though they are always on the move.
Evangelism
DeAmon Harges delivers a Ted Talk in 2017. Harges, a member of Broadway United Methodist Church in Indianapolis, is one of five winners of the inaugural Tom Locke Innovative Leader Award from the Wesleyan Investive. He is a community organizer who has consulted in South Africa, Canada and Central America. Photo by WildStyle DaProducer.

Looking to neighbors to fix neighborhoods

An organizer who believes residents are the most important key to improving in-danger neighborhoods has won a Tom Locke Innovative Leader Award. DeAmon Harges works to improve northwest Indianapolis and consults all over the world.

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