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Methodist Church calls for welfare with dignity
16 March 2018
Methodists have expressed concern for lone parents and peoplereceiving incapacity benefits following the publication of theWelfare Reform White Paper yesterday.While the proposals offer assistance to help some of the fivemillion people w...
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Church hopes for long term improvement following Government's legislative programme
16 March 2018
The Methodist Church envisages long term improvement rather thana quick fix to the economic crisis following the Queen's speech toParliament.The Church welcomed measures to empower around eight million peopleon low incomes through the We...
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Methodist Church backs appeal to help thousands affected by flooding in Brazil
16 March 2018
An international appeal to help thousands of people displaced byfloods in Brazil has been backed by the Methodist Church inBritain.Almost 80,000 people lost their homes and around 100 people losttheir lives after a torrential downpour st...
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Call to prayer as Christmas Day violence feared in India
16 March 2018
Following a year of tensions, threats and destruction,particularly in Orissa, Karnataka, Kerala and Madhya Pradesh, manyChristians will celebrate Christ's birth in hiding or in fear. TheMethodist Church is urging Christians to pray as fresh ...
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MRDF appeals for support for crisis-hit countries
16 March 2018
This Christmas, the Methodist Relief and Development Fund (MRDF)is calling on people to remember those affected by humanitariancrises in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Zimbabwe. MRDFis supporting appeals through ACT (Action by Ch...
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Christmas Message from the Methodist President
16 March 2018
In his Christmas Message, the Revd Stephen Poxon, President ofthe Methodist Conference, calls for Christmas to be a time ofhospitality towards strangers. Stephen highlights the work of localchurches amongst asylum seekers and refugees and as...
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More than 2,000 Bible verses can't be ignored!
16 March 2018
Methodist Relief and Development Fund (MRDF) has released a newBible Study Pack for Lent and beyond, entitled 'What does the Biblesay about poverty?', to help small groups get to the heart of theBible's teaching on poverty.'No other issu...
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Methodist Church calls for international pressure to bring an end to Gaza conflict
16 March 2018
In light of the escalating conflict in Gaza over the last 24hours, the Methodist Church is calling for international pressureon both Israel and Hamas to bring an end to the violence.Steve Hucklesby, Public Issues Policy Advisor, said; 'The...
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Brothers and sisters in Christ? Can the Church face the challenges of multicultural Britain?
16 March 2018
· Tackling the issues at the Hayes Conference Centre, Swanwick,2-4 FebruaryWhat role does the Church have in bringing multicultural Britaintogether? How can the Church help ethnic minority Christiansexpress their faith and culture fully ...
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Celebrating Methodist heritage - all are invited to apply for Heritage Open Days scheme
16 March 2018
In order to help celebrate the Methodist anniversaries in 2007,the Civic Trust has offered 300 places to The Methodist Church aspart of their annual Heritage Open Days weekend (Thursday 6th toSunday 9th September 2007). This means that up to...
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Face 2 Faith
16 March 2018
In 2006, the young people of Methodism challenged the Church todedicate a month to prayer for improved relationships betweenpeople of different faiths. They pointed to the 'hostile anduntrue' things that are said about some faiths, particula...
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Shared lives, changing lives
16 March 2018
A new DVD shows how the Methodist Church brings hope, healingand reconciliation to communities around the world.'Shared Lives' is a short film that combines stories from projectsthat work for justice and to combat deprivation and poverty w...
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