September 22, 2023 United Methodists and others gathered in San Antonio recently to celebrate the minting of a U.S. coin bearing the image of Jovita Idár, a Methodist, journalist and activist who worked to empower Mexican American women and others in the early 20th century. The
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
October 4, 2022 Fame is catching up with Jovita Idár. One might even say she’s having a moment, 76 years after her death. Idár’s life as a Mexican American journalist and activist in South Texas began to be rediscovered in the late 1970s and early 1980s, as
Bishop John William Russell served various local churches and as a district superintendent before his election as bishop in 1980. In 1988, he became the first episcopal leader of the newly formed Central Texas Conference. Russell died Sept. 2. Bishop John William Russell passed away Friday
August 19, 2022 Fifty-two years ago, in the immediate aftermath of Hurricane Celia, First United Methodist Church of Aransas Pass, Texas, became the temporary hospital for its battered community. Pneumonia and other serious illnesses got treated there. Surgeries were performed. Ambulances came and went. And
August 9, 2022 On August 8, the Texas Methodist Foundation (TMF) and Wesleyan Investive Boards of Directors elected the Rev. Lisa Greenwood as president of the two organizations. Greenwood succeeds Tom Locke, who announced his retirement in November 2021 after serving in the role for
June 20, 2022 In the late 1960s, Roberto Luis Gómez was a rare Hispanic student at Southwestern University, a Methodist school in Georgetown, Texas. He went by “Robert,” with close friends calling him “Bobby.” One night he met and prayed with a pre-ministerial student named Charles
[#theyarechildren] As the Obama Administration prepares to fast-track the deportation of these unaccompanied migrant children against public opinion (Reuters/Ipsos poll), faith and community leaders from both The United States and Mexico will visit a temporary holding facility in McAllen, Texas on Monday, August 18, 2014.