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November 3, 2022 On October 31st, 2022, the United States Supreme Court heard oral arguments in two cases: Students for Fair Admissions (SFFA) v. University of North Carolina and SFFA v. Harvard College. In both cases, SFFA claims that the universities unfairly use race in their application processes, discriminating against white and Asian-American applicants. Furthermore, […]
October 28, 2022 After her parents died from AIDS five years ago, Jackeline, then 12, had no choice but to live with her impoverished, elderly grandmother, Martha. Together they struggled to survive, living in a crumbling, 8-feet-square, dirt-floor shack in the rural outskirts of Maua, Kenya. With only the food supplied by neighbors and no […]
November 4, 2022 Two United Methodist jurisdictions on opposite sides of the U.S. interrupted their work to grapple with racism faced by some of their bishop candidates — a problem some see embedded in the jurisdictional conference structure itself. In a highly unusual move, the Western Jurisdiction’s delegates voted to meet in a closed session […]
November 4, 2022 After 19 rounds of votes, just before dinner, the Western Jurisdiction happily celebrated the election of its third new episcopal leader. While the focus of the day was the election, pieces of legislation were introduced, discussions over racism were held and the day ended with retirement celebrations for two of bishops. Here’s […]
November 4, 2022 The Rev. Dottie Escobedo-Frank, senior pastor of Paradise Valley United Methodist Church in Paradise Valley, Arizona, was elected a bishop by The United Methodist Church’s Western Jurisdiction. Delegates elected Escobedo-Frank, the jurisdiction’s third Hispanic bishop, on Nov. 4 at the jurisdiction’s meeting at Christ United Methodist Church on the 19th ballot. She received 85 votes out […]
November 4, 2022 The Rev. Cedrick D. Bridgeforth, director of innovation and communication in the California-Pacific Conference, has been elected a bishop by The United Methodist Church’s Western Jurisdiction. He becomes the first openly gay African-American man to be elected a bishop in The United Methodist Church. Delegates elected Bridgeforth on Nov. 4 at the jurisdiction’s meeting at Christ […]
November 4, 2022 The Rev. Carlo A. Rapanut, assistant to the bishop in the Greater Northwest Episcopal Area, has been elected a bishop by The United Methodist Church’s Western Jurisdiction. He is the first Filipino American bishop in The United Methodist Church, and the first U.S. bishop who was ordained in a central conference — […]
November 2, 2022 The Rev. David Wilson, assistant to the bishop of the Oklahoma and Oklahoma Indian Missionary Conference, has been elected as bishop in The United Methodist Church’s South Central Jurisdictional Conference, becoming the denomination’s first Native American bishop. Delegates elected Wilson, age 59, Nov. 2 at the jurisdiction’s meeting in Houston on the first […]
October 27, 2022 Editor’s note: Due to the political climate in Laos and the risks facing church workers, initials are being used in this story to identify sources who are serving in the country or may travel there in the future. For the first time in its 16-year history, the members of the Methodist mission […]
October 27, 2022 Editor’s note: UM News is using first names only for some of those interviewed due to the stigma associated with incarceration. Attendees of the sixth National Summit on Mass Incarceration were urged to go back into their churches and communities and open conversations about ways they can work toward criminal justice reform. […]
