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Keep Faithful & Carry On, says Methodist General Secretary
16 March 2018
The Revd Dr Martyn Atkins, General Secretary of the Methodist Church, has urged Methodists to focus on what it means to be a ‘discipleship movement shaped for mission.’
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UK is a tax haven, says tax expert Richard Murphy
16 March 2018
In a lecture entitled, “The Courage to Pay: tax, faith, honesty and business”, Mr Murphy will say that the UK has become a tax haven for rich and multinational companies.
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Methodist Church plans to build schools in deprived areas
16 March 2018
The Methodist Church has today reaffirmed its commitment to the education sector, pledging to increase the number of state-funded Methodist schools over the next ten years.
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Methodist Vice-President: "The hardest thing for many to accept is the role of change"
16 March 2018
The newly inaugurated Vice-President of the Methodist Conference, Michael King, told a packed conference hall in Plymouth today that welcoming strangers into the Church implied a willingness to be changed.
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I'm grateful to a Church that has never given up, says Methodist President
16 March 2018
At the opening of the annual Methodist Conference in Plymouth today, the Revd Dr Mark Wakelin spoke of a Church that has never given up on him and challenged Methodists to make it a place where people are welcomed as they are.
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Young Christians tackle embarrassment surrounding faith
16 March 2018
Poverty, ethical living, sexuality, and dating non-Christians and are among the issues young Methodists want to talk about, the Methodist Conference heard today. The Conference also heard that a number of nine-to-13-year-old Methodists were coping with problems such as bullying and feeling embarrassed about being Christian.
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Methodists celebrate 40 years of rural work by the Arthur Rank Centre
16 March 2018
A year after an agricultural chaplain launched a helpline to support gay farmers, Methodists are celebrating the 40 year anniversary of the Arthur Rank Centre (ARC) at their annual Methodist Conference. The 40 year anniversary of the rural outreach charity, which works alongside other national agricultural bodies in the UK, coincides with the retirement of its Methodist director, the Revd Dr Gordon Gatward who has served the centre for 13 years.
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Church announces major reconfiguration of training structures
16 March 2018
The Methodist Conference today agreed plans for a major overhaul of its learning and training networks.
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Church elects new President and Vice-President designate
16 March 2018
The Revd Ruth Gee has been elected President Designate of the Methodist Conference for 2013-2014 and Dr Daleep Mukarji has been elected Vice-President Designate. The results of the elections were announced today at the annual Methodist Conference, meeting this week in Plymouth.
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New forms of church attracting thousands each month
16 March 2018
Recent statistics show that over 40,000 people attend some form of fresh expression church at least monthly.
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Conference draws to a close after a week of worship
16 March 2018
Thousands engage through live video and social media
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Church argues for Just War ethics in drone attacks
16 March 2018
• Methodists: “Terrorists function outside the law – it’s vital that the UK and its allies do not.”
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