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The Rev. Cynthia Davis (at podium), a retired district superintendent in the Mississippi Conference and executive vice president and director of The Moore-West Center for Applied Theology in Memphis, Tenn., speaks March 2, 2024, at Rust College in Holly Springs, Miss., as part of the Mississippi Conference’s End Racism for Good campaign. The Rev. Zachary Beasley (right), pastor of Asbury and Calvin Chapel United Methodist churches in Holly Springs, Miss., welcomed the public to the event and ended it with a benediction. Photo by Jim Patterson, UM News.

Mississippi church services target racism

An ongoing effort to confront racism is producing five worship services in the Mississippi Conference this year to get people gathered and inspired to be change agents against racism.
United Women In Faith
Sally Vonner addresses the crowd at her July 29, 2023, installation service as top executive of United Women in Faith. That organization, formerly United Methodist Women, is based in New York, but Texas native Vonner’s installation was held at Lovers Lane United Methodist Church in Dallas. File photo by Sam Hodges, UM News.

Women’s agency leader optimistic about its future

Sally Vonner, top executive of United Women in Faith, said the agency is prepared to help lead the church into the future, despite the denomination’s current uncertainty.
Church History
United Methodist church members carry a banner during a rally in Jalingo, Nigeria, celebrating the 100th anniversary of Methodism in the country. Festivities took place in December and included free medical services for two days in each of the church’s four United Methodist annual conferences in Nigeria. Photo by Ezekiel Ibrahim, UM News.

United Methodists in Nigeria mark 100 years in mission

Church leaders and members celebrate milestone with a street rally, worship services and outreach, including free medical care in each of the four Nigeria annual conferences.

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