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Churches urge G8 leaders to act on AIDS, poverty and climate change
16 March 2018
Speaking ahead of the G8 Summit to be held in Germany onJune 6, The Methodist Church, United Reformed Church and BaptistUnion of Great Britain have issued this statement:"As the G8 meets in Germany, our churches urge its leaders to place...
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Forget violent video games and do something positive for peace
16 March 2018
Banning violent video games doesn't go far enough,according to Steve Pearce at MethodistChildren: "We need to takethe more difficult step and do something positive to buildpeace."Peacebuilders is a brand new project which does exactly t...
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Giant 'carbon footprint' to spark debate at Methodist Conference
16 March 2018
The Methodist Relief and Development Fund (MRDF) will beusing a red, two metre high 'carbon footprint' at this year'sMethodist Conference to highlight the danger to developingcountries posed by climate change. The charity will be challenging...
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Lets talk about...
16 March 2018
The Methodist Youth Conference is urging the Church toprovide greater support for vulnerable young people, to encourageaction on climate change and to engage more with young people onissues of faith and sexuality. Received today by the Metho...
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Inaugural address by the new President of the Methodist Conference
16 March 2018
The new President of the Methodist Conference, the RevdMartyn Atkins, issued a call to go back to the future in hisinaugural address. Martyn said that the Church needs to rediscoverthe reasons why it was created in the first place, but not t...
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Address by the new Vice President of the Methodist Conference
16 March 2018
Ruby Beech, new Vice President of the MethodistConference, called for Christians to "listen to what God had to sayto us today." She pointed out that, as people celebrate the 200thanniversary of the Act to abolish the slave trade in Britain, ...
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Methodist Conference celebrates Fresh Expressions
16 March 2018
The Methodist Conference has warmly received a report onthe Church's involvement in the Fresh Expressions initiative. FreshExpressions is an ecumenical initiative backed by The MethodistChurch and the Church of England.At the moment abo...
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Empowering and equipping the Church in the face of climate change
16 March 2018
Receiving the report 'Caring for creation in the face of climatechange', the Methodist Conference is encouraging local churches,circuits and districts to monitor and reduce their carbon emissionsand made a commitment to identify resources to...
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Methodist response to renewed consultation on casinos
16 March 2018
Anthea Cox, Coordinating Secretary for Public Life &Social Justice, says;"We're delighted to hear this news. Our concerns about casinoshave always primarily been about the harm they can do to people whodevelop gambling problems but ...
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Methodist Conference debates Covenant challenges
16 March 2018
Today, the annual Methodist Conference has received thesecond report from the Joint Implementation Commission (JIC). TheJIC monitors and promotes the implementation of theAnglican-Methodist Covenant which was signed in November 2003between...
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New President and Vice President designate elected at Methodist Conference
16 March 2018
The Revd Stephen Poxon has been elected PresidentDesignate of the Methodist Conference for 2008-9, and Mr DavidWalton has been elected Vice President Designate.Stephen has served in Jamaica, Wales and the North West of England,and is cur...
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Methodist response to report on the Draft Climate Change Bill
16 March 2018
Anthea Cox, Coordinating Secretary for Public Life andSocial Justice, has welcomed the publication of the Report of theJoint Committee on the Draft Climate Change Bill:"We are pleased to see that this report raises many of the concernsth...
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