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Church makes progress on Equality and Diversity

The latest missive from the Methodist Media service: The Methodist Church has made significant progress in addressing equality and diversity issues within its own structures, the Methodist Council heard at its first meeting of 2012. Methodists working on a new … Continue reading

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Latest news from the Methodist Church in Fiji

Some good news from Fiji from Methodist Church E-News: On 7 January 2012 the government in Fiji lifted the public emergency regulations which seriously restricted the activities of the Methodist Church there. However they were immediately replaced by a revised public … Continue reading

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Challenge your pre-suppositions this Christmas, says Methodist President

From the Methodist Church Media Service: The Revd Leo Osborn, President of the Methodist Conference, has challenged people to push past their assumptions about the nativity story this Christmas. Mr Osborn said that asking God to take away our belief … Continue reading

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Methodist ministers may be employees

So says the Court of Appeal, upholding the previous finding of the Employment Appeal Tribunal in the case of Haley Preston (formerly Moore) vs. the President of the Methodist Conference. The background to this case is that in 2009 Ms … Continue reading

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Fiji crisis escalates

According to radiofiji.com, the government’s ban on Methodist meetings goes far beyond prohibiting the Methodist Conference from meeting. All church business meetings, even at local level, have now been banned by the ruling Military Council, as stated in a letter … Continue reading

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Concern for the Methodist Church in Fiji

From the Methodist Church Media Service: Concerns for Fijian Methodists escalate There is growing concern for the religious freedom of Methodists in Fiji following news that the country’s Government has forced the Church to cancel its annual Conference. Methodists in … Continue reading

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Handwritten Bible goes electronic

The Handwritten Bible is the Methodist Church’s contribution to the ‘Year of the Bible’ – celebrating 400 years of the Authorised Version (“King James”) of the Bible. Chapters were divided between circuits who were also encouraged to find artistic ways of … Continue reading

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Time for tough decisions

Methodist Conference continues and I have enjoyed listening to bits of it on the live feed as I’ve toiled away in the church office. Unsurprisingly the Methodist Media Service has gone into overdrive, producing press releases faster than I can … Continue reading

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Methodist Conference comes to Southport

From the Methodist Church Media Service. The Methodist Conference will meet at the Southport Theatre and Convention Centre from 30 June to 7 July 2011, for the first time in more than 10 years. The Conference is the Church’s governing … Continue reading

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Anglican-Methodist Covenant? I’d forgotten about that.

I’m blogging here the first bit of news from the Methodist Church News Service in nearly a month. I can’t believe that nothing of interest has happened in the church in that period, or nothing worthy of comment. Perhaps everybody’s busy getting … Continue reading

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