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Abandoned: Haiti hospital is home to orphaned children
The doctors and staff at Grace Children’s Hospital in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, are caring for 10 to 15 children left “abandoned”—often parentless—by the Jan. 12 earthquake. Kathy L. Gilbert has the story.
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Q&A: Women leave streets behind, find new hope
In 1997 the Rev. Becca Stevens founded Magdalene, a residential program for women to escape a cycle of substance abuse and prostitution. She spoke with Bill Fentum about the rewards of that work.
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Q&A: Asbury a model for modern Methodists
Francis Asbury, whom many historians consider the “Father of American Methodism,” often does not get as much attention as John Wesley. Mary Jacobs spoke with historian John Wigger about Asbury’s tremendous impact on the church.
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Getting the job done: Mission volunteers eager to return to Haiti
Though Haiti’s fragile infrastructure has hampered aid efforts, UMCOR and Methodist churches with deep roots in the country are helping fill in the gaps. Bill Fentum has the story.
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COMMENTARY: Connectional Table affirms plans for holistic 21st-century church
For years we’ve heard grim diagnoses on the future of the United Methodist Church, but in the coming year, says Mary Brooke Casad, the Connectional Table is drawing up blueprints for a brighter future.
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GEN-X RISING: Trading new patterns for old
In the second of a multi-part series on the means of grace, Andrew Thompson explains how spiritual disciplines help our lifelong journey of salvation—and how our culture works against it.
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WESLEYAN WISDOM: Definition of ‘liberal’ has drifted from its generous roots
The word “liberal” has morphed into something far different from its roots, says Donald Haynes, who recounts his own experiences with liberal Christianity in the ‘50s.
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Ex-gang member helping ex-cons get on track
Perhaps the worst of the “preacher’s kids,” ex-gang member Matthew Taufetee now speaks to ex-cons to help them get back on track. Kathy L. Gilbert has the story.
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Path 1 begins training church-plant coaches
The Path 1 Coaching Forum, an event nearly a year in the making, recently trained coaches who will venture out into different conferences to work with church planters. Tim Ghianni reports.
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German layman to head UMC missions agency
Thomas Kemper, a German former missionary with broad ecumenical and international experience will be the new chief executive of the denomination’s General Board of Global Ministries. Elliott Wright reports.
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Shelter from the cold: Churches find ways to help others stay warm
Hit by an unusually cold winter, several United Methodist Churches across the country instituted “Snow Day” programs. Mary Jacobs has the story on how these churches reached out to those in need.
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Survivor: Trio kept faith in rubble
Even trapped beneath the collapsed Hotel Montana in Haiti, the Rev. James Gulley, the Rev. Sam Dixon and the Rev. Clinton Rabb knew they were in the hands of God. Kathy L. Gilbert reports.
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