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Easter Message from the President of Conference
16 March 2018
The Revd Will Morrey, President of the Conference:
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The death of His Holiness Pope John Paul II
16 March 2018
The Revd Will Morrey, President of the Methodist Conference:"The death of Pope John Paul II is no less than the passing of anera for the Roman Catholic Church, indeed for the whole Christianmovement throughout the world. He was a man of tran...
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Methodist Council meeting, April 2005
16 March 2018
The Methodist Council met at High Leigh in Hertfordshire for itslast meeting before the annual Methodist Conference in June. TheCouncil addressed a number of major topics that will now go forwardto Conference.
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Methodist Church warns against using immigration as a political football
16 March 2018
The Methodist Church calls for a sensible debate on immigration,rather than allowing the topic to become an exercise in electionpoint scoring. The Church agrees with the recent concerns of theImmigrant Advisory Service that playing up false ...
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The General Election
16 March 2018
Methodist response to the General Election  The Revd Will Morrey, President of the Conference: "In gaining a third term, the Government has won a notable andhistoric victory, but one that comes with greatly reduced supportand...
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Church leaders call for action on nuclear non-proliferation
16 March 2018
A group of five British church leaders, including the Presidentof the Methodist Conference, have written to The Guardian, pointingout that the new UK Government will have an important role to playin the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty talks...
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The Pilgrimage of Faith - Major report on Homosexuality coming to Methodist Conference
16 March 2018
The 2005 Methodist Conference in Torquay will discuss a reporton the Pilgrimage of Faith; the Pilgrimage was launched when the1993 Conference adopted the "Derby Resolutions" on human sexuality.The 2005 report is the response to the 2003 Conf...
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New Methodist resource to boost racial awareness training
16 March 2018
The Methodist Church is publishing a new resource aimed atracial awareness training facilitators. The new book, Workersfor the Harvest, is the first published under a new trainingstrategy by the Committee for Racial Justice.
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Response to the Queen's Speech
16 March 2018
Anthea Cox, Coordinating Secretary for Public Life and SocialJustice: "There are several items in the Queen's Speech that theMethodist Church supports. In particular, the Government's plans touse its presidency of the G8 to secure progress i...
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Church leaders seek to work with Milliband on new communities
16 March 2018
Church leaders from across England have written to DavidMilliband MP, Minister of Communities and Local Government,inviting him to work with them in developing new communities. TheGroup for New Communities, part of Churches Together in Engla...
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Methodist Church welcomes aid breakthrough
16 March 2018
Anthea Cox, Methodist Coordinating Secretary for Public Life andSocial Justice: "We applaud the increased aid commitment from theEuropean Union, and we hope that this leads to further progress atthe G8 summit in July. 'More and better aid' i...
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Methodist Church backs Kofi Annan's warning on HIV/AIDS
16 March 2018
The Methodist Church welcomes Kofi Annan's recent speechreminding the world of increasing rates of infection and death dueto HIV/AIDS. This timely warning acts a reminder that, according tothe World Health Organisation, the number of people ...
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