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Visions for urban life in the coming decades
16 March 2018
Four out of five of us live in towns and cities. Urban livingcan be fun and frustrating, exhilarating and exhausting, convenientand confining. Our towns and cities are changing around us, butwhilst for some the prospects are bright, ...
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Churches prepare for general election
16 March 2018
For the past 20 years, churches across the country have beenresponsible for organising 'hustings' for local candidates. Thesehave proved to be valuable opportunities for genuine politicaldebate to take place on neutral territory. The...
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World Methodism grows in run-up to Brighton
16 March 2018
Methodism is growing globally at a rapid pace, figures show, andthe World Methodist Council (WMC) is exploring ways to better servethis rising membership. World Methodists members have risen from19-34 million in the past four decades...
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Formal conversations between the Church of England and the Methodist Church
16 March 2018
The final report of formal conversations between the Church ofEngland and the Methodist Church will be published in December,following consideration of a draft text by the appropriate bodieswithin each church during the coming months...
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Asylum in the UK
16 March 2018
Open letter from the President of the Methodist Conference tothe leader of the Conservative Party.
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Training for Ministry - Planning it and Funding it
16 March 2018
A report on the initial training of authorised ministries in theMethodist Church will recommend the principle of "RegulatedFunding" for training from 2002.
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Tributes for Cardinal Thomas Winning
16 March 2018
The President of the Methodist Conference, Rev Inderjit Bhogal,said today that the death of Cardinal Thomas Winning was "a sad andtragic loss, not only for the Roman Catholic Church but for theChurch community of all denominations. H...
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Success story of church 'plants'
16 March 2018
New churches 'planted' in new housing estates, or becoming theworshipping community for ethnic or student groups, are one of thebest success stories for Methodism currently.
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Praise for Bolton Mission as it becomes an Investor in People
16 March 2018
Bolton Methodist Mission has been awarded the Investors inPeople standard - the first time, it is believed, that a Methodistchurch achieved the prestigious plaque. The Investor in Peoplebenchmark is given to businesses, schools, hosp...
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New all-female President and Vice President team to take office
16 March 2018
This year's Methodist Conference will be the first ever to bepresided by an all-female presidential team.
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New Methodist President takes office - and calls for a 'self-confident' and 'self-critical' Church
16 March 2018
Rev Christina Le Moignan has taken office as the new Presidentof the Methodist Conference - the most senior position in theMethodist Church in Britain.
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Responses to the crisis in farming
16 March 2018
No one can dispute that many farming families are facing acrisis. There have been four years of depressed incomes. Thepictures of the mass culling of herds and disposing of thecarcasses have brought home to everyone, rural and urban ...
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