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New Methodist Vice President calls for woolly boundaries
16 March 2018
The new Vice President of the Methodist Conference has called onthe Church to be more visible, to take risks and to stress thespiritual rather than offering rules and regulations. In hisinaugural address to the annual Methodist Conference, M...
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Methodist Conference sets new rules for ethical investment in Israel and Palestine
16 March 2018
The Methodist Conference has voted for the Church to draw upguidelines on how to engage with corporations or activities thatsupport illegal Israeli activity in the West Bank or Gaza stripcompanies, with disinvestments as the ultimate sanctio...
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Methodist youth call for revival
16 March 2018
Asylum, revival and inter-faith relations are just some of theissues covered in the annual report of the Methodist YouthConference (MYC). Received today by the Methodist Conference, thereport details all resolutions passed by Youth Conferenc...
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Church faces the challenge of Peacemaking: A Christian Vocation
16 March 2018
Addressing matters of life and death, today the MethodistConference commended a resource considering the ethics of modernwarfare. Produced jointly by the Methodist Church and the UnitedReformed Church, Peacemaking: A Christian Vocation aims ...
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Defence Committee questions the purpose of deterrence
16 March 2018
Statement by Steve Hucklesby, Secretary for InternationalAffairs for The Methodist Church:'We are pleased to see the Defence Committee's findings reflectmany of the points raised by the Methodist Church in itssubmission.'The report n...
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Methodist Church votes on same sex blessings
16 March 2018
The Methodist Church will not formally bless same sex CivilPartnerships, although ministers will be allowed to offer informal,private prayers to couples. The Methodist Conference yesterdayvoted on the report on Pilgrimage of Faith, the Churc...
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Ruby Beech Elected Vice President Designate of the Methodist Conference
16 March 2018
Ms Ruby Beech has been elected Vice President Designate of theMethodist Conference. She will begin her year of office at the 2007Methodist Conference, which meets in Blackpool in July of nextyear.Mansfield-born Ruby is Assistant Serjeant...
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Revd. Dr Martyn Atkins elected new President Designate of the Methodist Conference
16 March 2018
This morning, the Methodist Conference announced the Revd DrMartyn Atkins, as President Designate. He will start his office atConference in 2007.Speaking about becoming President Designate, Martyn said, "I wasspeechless when I heard the ...
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Methodist Church welcomes ceasefire between Lebanon and Israel
16 March 2018
Welcoming the ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon that beganthis morning, Anthea Cox, Methodist Coordinating Secretary forPublic Life and Social Justice said;'We have to recognise this as being a positive move towards peacefor the peopl...
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Methodist leaders call for immediate ceasefire in Lebanon
16 March 2018
Anthea Cox, Methodist Co-ordinating Secretary for Public Lifeand Social Justice, says; 'The Prime Minister has talked of'getting a UN Security Council resolution, which will give us anopportunity both to have a complete cessation of hostilit...
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Methodist Church backs ecumenical day of prayer for Pakistan
16 March 2018
The Methodist Church is supporting a day of prayer for Pakistan,taking place on August 6. The day of prayer is organised by thePakistan Asian Christian Welfare Association in Bradford.The day of prayer is a response to attacks on Christian...
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Creation of new district brings 'explosion of creative vision and energy'
16 March 2018
From the beginning of September, the Methodist Church in theSouth East is taking on a new shape, helping it to work moreeffectively to enrich and serve communities. A new Methodist Londondistrict will come into existence serving the whole of...
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