by Daniel Burke | Jun 21, 2011 | News
(RNS) United Methodists will begin a trial Tuesday (June 21) against a Wisconsin minister who’s accused of breaking church rules by celebrating a same-sex marriage and being in a lesbian relationship. The Rev. Amy DeLong, 44, of Osceola, Wis., could be defrocked if...
by Greg Garrison | Jun 17, 2011 | News
(BIRMINGHAM) A new Alabama law that makes it a crime to offer rides to undocumented immigrants is the “meanest” immigration law in the country, according to a United Methodist bishop and respected theologian. Bishop William Willimon of the North Alabama Conference...
by Bruce Nolan | May 26, 2011 | News
NEW ORLEANS (RNS) A Methodist hurricane-recovery ministry that funneled nearly 68,000 hammer-wielding volunteers into metro New Orleans until it essentially ran out of money has reinvented itself—by asking volunteers to pitch in $225 to spend a week repairing houses....
by EthicsDaily.com Staff | Mar 23, 2011 | News
Church members in Nashville, Tenn., are watching EthicsDaily.com’s latest documentary as they discuss faith and taxes. Members of the adult Sunday school class at Edgehill United Methodist Church near downtown Nashville are watching “Sacred Texts, Social...
by Clayton McCleskey | Mar 22, 2011 | News
(RNS) The Rev. James Howell knew he had a problem on his hands when several teenagers arrived at a church dance drunk and had to be taken from the church by ambulance for treatment for alcohol poisoning. Starting in 2009, he urged his flock at Myers Park United...
