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Highlights and Invitation for Journalists - Methodist Conference 2016
26 October 2017
The Methodist Conference 2016 is meeting to discuss matters affecting the life of the Church, the nation and the world at Methodist Central Hall, Westminster, in London from 30 June to 7 July.
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Orlando shooting
26 October 2017
The Revd Steven Wild and Dr Jill Barber, the President and Vice-President of the Methodist Conference, have made a statement adding their prayers to millions across the world in response to the horrific mass shooting at a gay night club on Sunday 12 June in Orlando, Florida.
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Murder of Jo Cox MP
26 October 2017
The Secretary of the Methodist Conference, the Revd Gareth Powell, has written to the Prime Minister and the Leader of the Opposition to express his condolences on behalf of the Methodist Church following the murder of Jo Cox MP.Reactions have also been made by the local Methodist communities within Jo Cox's constituency.
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New Methodist President Calls for Holiness
26 October 2017
In his inaugural address made earlier today, 2 July, the Revd Dr Roger Walton, the newly elected President of the Methodist Conference, has reminded the Church of its calling to spread holiness.
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New resources to highlight importance of ethics for Methodist Church's £1 Billion investments
26 October 2017
The Joint Advisory Committee on the Ethics of Investment (JACEI) has produced a film, leaflet and report highlighting the importance of investing ethically.
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Statement on EU referendum
26 October 2017
The Revd Steve Wild and Jill Barber, the President and Vice-President of the Methodist Conference, have released the following joint statement following the EU referendum.
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Methodist youth event selling out fast in record breaking year
26 October 2017
Tickets for the Methodist Children & Youth Assembly, 3Generate, are selling out at record speed, for what is the event’s largest gathering to date.
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Stop trying to fix the poor says Methodist Vice-President
26 October 2017
The newly inducted Vice-President of the Methodist Conference, Rachel Lampard MBE, has called for the Church to stop ‘problematising’ and trying to ‘fix’ the poor, but “address the problems and pain that not having enough money brings.”
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Methodist Young People Heard at Conference
26 October 2017
Young people have had their views heard at the Methodist Conference held at Methodist Central Hall, Westminster with a call for the Church to help them explore issues of faith and society.
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Methodist Church to review its understanding of marriage and relationships
26 October 2017
A task group established to consider whether the Methodist Church’s understanding of marriage and relationships should be revisited has reported back to this year’s Methodist Conference.
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Made for goodness - a JPIT report on the refugee crisis
26 October 2017
The Joint Public Issues Team have created a new briefing looking at the history and consequences of the current humanitarian crisis and highlights four specific areas that Churches can engage with and campaign on.
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Methodist Church issues progress report on Past Cases Review
26 October 2017
A year after the apology to survivors and victims of abuse, and the publication of Courage, Cost & Hope - the report on the Past Cases Review (PCR), the Methodist Church has given an update to the Methodist Conference, the supreme decision-making body of the Church, about its work over the past 12 months.
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