Pan-African Methodist educators unite in Johannesburg to strengthen church-academy ties and advance leadership, education, and collaboration in Africa.
When I pay attention, even just for a day, to the beautiful solutions, practices and relationships that my community is planting, I find a hope growing in me that empowers me to continue pursuing a more just and beautiful world.
Rev. Dr. Anthony Purcell is helping students at Dakota Wesleyan University build authentic spiritual communities and discern their callings through student-led ministries, ecumenical partnerships and a ministry of presence.
At a time when we, as human beings, seem so disconnected, these simple acts, one to another, help us to see one another and to reconnect. These acts remind us of what really matters and they reawaken our hearts.
The Rev. Meghan Benson, chaplain at Duke Divinity School, has spent nearly two decades walking alongside students as they discern their calls to ministry. Her work centers on leading worship and offering pastoral care to both residential and hybrid students.
I wonder where you see tangible signs of hope even when it feels everything we know is shifting? I wonder where are the places of hope you can touch or hold…or perhaps even mount on a Christmas tree? May God give us grace to see concrete hope, even in places of desolation and despair.
Addressing the boards of Global Ministries and Higher Education and Ministry in a joint online meeting, General Secretary Roland Fernandes outlined the agencies’ progress on faith-based responses to suffering caused by ongoing global instability and humanitarian crises, and he announced This Moment Matters, a campaign to address global needs in key areas of focus.
The General Board of Higher Education and Ministry (GBHEM) hosted the 2025 United Methodist Church Deacons Gathering, a landmark event convening nearly 150 deacons, provisional deacons and candidates in Nashville, Tennessee, and online.
Love is truly the most powerful force we can encounter. If our communities put the energy it takes them to be angry into being loving, no challenge will stand against them. Love always wins.
When the Rev. Brian Anderson meets a new student at Alaska Pacific University, he sees more than just a name on a roster. “What inspires hope for me,” he says, “is beginning relationships. Meeting each new student and reconnecting with returning ones over the years. It’s a privilege to walk alongside them.”
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