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The General Commission on Christian Unity and Interreligious Concerns (GCCUIC) addresses the interreligious and ecumenical concerns of The United Methodist Church. The GCCUIC's office is located at The Interchurch Center in New York City. The Commission's President is Bishop Mary Ann Swenson and the General Secretary is Stephen J. Sidorak Jr.
In 2023, a few congregations of the United Methodist Church left that denomination to join the Congregational Methodist Church due to a polarization that occurred between traditionalist Methodist clerics and those with progressive tendencies. [5] [6] [7] In 2024 they were followed by numerous others.
Denomination's highest court closes alternative route for churches to leave UMC as part of splintering. Plus other rulings on bishops' jurisdiction. Why a United Methodist court ruling closes all ...
Many towns and villages bear an Asbury United Methodist Church, including the fourth largest United Methodist Church in the denomination, located in Tulsa, OK. The first Methodist Church in Northern China, the Asbury Church in Peking, built in 1870 by Rev. Hiram Harrison Lowry, was named after Asbury. Today the church is known as Chongwenmen ...
United Methodist Church administrative staff members Caitlin Congdon, left, Sandeep Kuntam, and Sharah Dass at the Upper Room Chapel Wednesday, April 3, 2024, in Nashville, Tenn.
The UMC, which is the nation’s largest mainline Protestant denomination, has dealt with a splintering following disagreements over church policy and theology, including dealing with LGBTQ+ rights.
The United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR) is the global humanitarian aid and development organization of the United Methodist Church (UMC). UMCOR is a nonprofit 501(c)3 organization operated under the auspices of the General Board of Global Ministries.
Chartered as the National Association of Schools, Colleges and Universities of The United Methodist Church (NASCUMC) in 1976, the organization revised its mission and purpose, expanded its membership, and changed its name in 2020 under the leadership of President Scott D. Miller (also President of Virginia Wesleyan University) and Mark Hanshaw, Associate General Secretary of the General Board ...