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The Revd Michaela Youngson and Bala Gnanapragasam elected as President and Vice-President of the Methodist Conference for 2018/19
26 October 2017
The Methodist Conference has elected the Revd Michaela Youngson to serve as President, and Bala Gnanapragasam to serve as Vice-President, starting their year of office when the Representative Session of the Methodist Conference meets in Nottingham next year.
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Methodists call for Brexit compassion
26 October 2017
The Methodist Church has called upon its members to contact their MPs and MEPs to ask the UK and EU Government to finalise, as a matter of urgency, the future rights of EU citizens and UK citizens living elsewhere in the EU.
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Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI): a central agenda for the Methodist Church
26 October 2017
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI): a central agenda for the Methodist Church with much more to do
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Safeguarding Implementation - Past Cases Review
26 October 2017
The Methodist Conference, currently being held in Birmingham, has announced that significant progress has been made on implementing all the recommendations of the 2015 report into non-recent abuse.
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Professional Supervision for Ministers
26 October 2017
The Methodist Conference, currently taking place in Birmingham, has confirmed that “social worker style” supervision is to be introduced for its ordained ministers.
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Epworth Old Rectory celebrates diamond jubilee
26 October 2017
A Lincolnshire museum, which attracts visitors from throughout the world, is celrbating its diamond jubilee this year.
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"Membership figures don't tell the whole story"
26 October 2017
The Methodist Church in Britain has revealed a 3.5% year-on-year decline in membership over the past decade, with membership now at 188,000.
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UK High Court judgement fails to offer protection to civilians
26 October 2017
The Methodist Church has expressed its disappointment and concern following a ruling of the High Court, announced earlier this week, allowing the UK to continue to export weapons to Saudi Arabia.
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Religious persecution in Sri Lanka
26 October 2017
The Revd Loraine N Mellor, President of the Methodist Conference, has written to MP Boris Johnson, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, expressing the concern of the Methodist Church over the escalating level of religious persecution in Sri Lanka.
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President and Vice-President of the Methodist Conference meets the Archbishop of Canterbury
26 October 2017
The President and Vice-President of the Methodist Conference visited Lambeth Palace on Friday (14th July) for a meeting with the Archbishop of Canterbury.Image courtesy of Lambeth Palace
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Cholera outbreak adds to Yemen’s misery- All We Can responds
26 October 2017
Yemen is facing one of the largest cholera outbreaks in recent recorded history. All We Can has extended its work in the country to meet the needs of people not only facing the threat of starvation but the risk of contracting this deadly disease too.Yemen facing largest cholera outbreak anywhere in the world
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Methodist Council gains living wage accreditation
26 October 2017
The Methodist Council has been accredited as a living wage employer by the Living Wage Foundation.
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