Evangelisch-methodistische Kirche
Ruhrgebiet West

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Menzelstr. 20
45147 Essen
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Heißener Str. 25
45468 Mülheim/Ruhr
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Ruhrorter Str. 14
45478 Mülheim/Ruhr

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  • Pickett Chapel has served both Black and white congregations over nearly 200 years. The fingerprints of enslaved people who built this church can still be seen today.
  • The United Methodist Church can be a more welcoming denomination by adding gender and ability to its constitution, clergywoman writes.
  • Collections for United Methodist general-church ministries dropped in 2024, but financial leaders expect the denomination’s much smaller budget will better align with giving going forward.
  • Ambitious plans are brewing at the United Methodist Commission on Archives and History, in a time when budgets in The United Methodist Church are being cut. Top executive Ashley Boggan talks about those plans and raising the money to pay for them.
  • Korean and Hispanic/Latino church leaders voice concern about the United Methodist Publishing House’s decision to no longer translate the Book of Discipline due to financial pressures.
  • United Methodist leaders are evaluating what parts of the Book of Discipline can be adapted in different geographic areas and which apply worldwide. The work is heading to General Conference regardless of whether regionalization is ratified.
  • United Methodist leaders are evaluating what parts of the Book of Discipline can be adapted in different geographic areas and which apply worldwide. The work is heading to General Conference regardless of whether regionalization is ratified.
  • With its budget cut by more than half, United Methodist Communications has restructured with plans to serve the denomination’s needs into the future.
  • At least 100 people, including eight United Methodists, were killed in fighting in Goma between the Congolese armed forces and the Rwandan-backed M23 rebels.
  • With financial support from UMCOR, more than 12,000 people displaced by conflict received food and other needed supplies.
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