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Revd Graham Carter elected President of the Methodist Conference 2006
16 March 2018
The Revd Graham Carter has been elected President of theMethodist Conference for 2006- 7. Currently the chair of theDarlington Methodist District, Graham will start his year of officewhen Conference opens in Edinburgh in June 2006.Sunder...
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Methodist Church moves towards Bishops
16 March 2018
The Methodist Church of Great Britain has moved towards adoptingBishops. The annual Conference of the Church voted to receive thereport What Sort of Bishops, which commits the Church to make afinal decision on the topic in 2007 after a consu...
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Dudley Coates elected Vice President of Conference for 2006
16 March 2018
Dudley Coates has been elected Vice President of the MethodistConference for 2006. Dudley will start his year of office when theConference meets in Edinburgh in 2006.Dudley is a retired civil servant, ending his career as head of theEnvi...
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Statement made to the Methodist Conference on 30th June 2005 on Press Coverage of the 'Pilgrimage of Faith' debate
16 March 2018
Following a most sensitive and helpful debate responding to the'Pilgrimage of Faith Report' at the Methodist Conference yesterdaythe Conference decided to ask the working party which had producedthe report to continue their work as they purs...
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Methodist Church calls for open debate on Trident replacement
16 March 2018
Methodist Church calls for open debate on Tridentreplacement
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Methodist Church response to the G8 summit
16 March 2018
The Methodist Church has welcome the news from the G8 summitthat an additional $50 billion in aid has been secured for Africa.The Church also hailed the pledge of $3 billion in aid for thePalestinian Authority.But Church leaders said tha...
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Reaffirming unity in the "Faith Together in Leeds 11" Partnership
16 March 2018
The neighbourhood that was home to three of the four Londonbombers is determined to show solidarity in the wake of the shockand grief caused by the events of July 7.Based in Beeston, Leeds, 'Faith Together in Leeds 11' is a uniquegrass r...
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Prayers for Thursday's events
16 March 2018
In the face of terrorism
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Methodist charity appeals for marathon runners
16 March 2018
The Methodist Relief and Development Fund is appealing forpotential long distance runners to enter the London marathon ballotthis month. Although many people are aware about charity 'goldenbond' places, in reality these are mainly held by a ...
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Methodist Church launches podcast
16 March 2018
The Methodist Church has launched a monthly podcast Ð a shortradio programme available on the Internet. The podcasts areavailable directly from the Methodist Connexional website, orthough audio software such as iTunes.The Methodist Web R...
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Statement on changes to alcohol licensing
16 March 2018
Anthea Cox, Co-ordinating Secretary for Public Life and SocialJustice: 'We welcome the indications from the Government that itmight scale back or even repeal parts of the legislation looseninglicensing laws. The Methodist Church has warned f...
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Methodist Church appeals for consensus on anti-terror laws
16 March 2018
The Methodist Church is calling for the Government to seek abroad consensus on new anti-terrorism proposals following theLondon bombings. Although the Church recognises the need to givethe police the necessary powers to effectively combat te...
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