Home ›

Category - methodists

  • 17 Nov 2012
    Methodists encourage people to dig out their radical history

    Historians are inviting people to dig up stories about radical, dissenting Methodists in their family tree and share them on a new heritage website.

  • 11 May 2012
    Trusting in what is not real

    The Bible says more about money than about almost any other ethical issue. In a world where critics of capitalism are described as "unrealistic", Christians can point to a greater reality than the dominant values of our own time and culture. We can recognise that capitalism depends on faith in the idols of money and markets.

  • 30 Mar 2012
    British Youth Council praises work of Methodist Youth President

    The Youth President of the Methodist Church in Great Britain has won an award for his effective representation of young people within Methodist structures.

  • 31 Aug 2011
    Fijian government bans Methodist meetings in harshest crackdown yet

    The military government in Fiji has banned all Methodist Church meetings except for Sunday worship in an unprecedented crackdown on religious freedom.

  • 27 Jun 2011
    Methodist Conference comes to Southport

    The annual Methodist Conference will meet at the Southport Theatre and Convention Centre from 30 June - 7 July 2011.

  • 19 Oct 2010
    Wesley, the poor and the cuts

    For John Wesley and the Methodist Church he founded, it is inconceivable to follow Christ and not have the welfare of the poor and the vulnerable close to your heart, says Alison Tomlin. That is why the Church says that the government's spending cuts should be judged by their impact on the most vulnerable.

  • 17 Feb 2010
    British Methodists urge fast for Fiji as human rights abuses worsen

    Methodists in Britain and Ireland are urging a day of prayer and fasting on 25 February in solidarity with Methodists in Fiji. The military regime in Fiji has banned the Methodist Church's meetings and arrested its leaders.

  • 2 Feb 2010
    Methodists report continuing commitment to Haiti relief

    Appeals for Haiti launched by the Methodist Church and the Methodist Relief and Development Fund (MDRF) have raised more than £270,000. They are channelling funds through Action by Churches Together International on the spot.

  • 30 Jan 2010
    Indian church leader criticises 'cut off their hands' call over attacks

    An Indian church leader has criticised the chief minister of India's southern Karnataka state for saying that those responsible for a continuing series of attacks on churches should have their hands cut off.

  • 13 Aug 2009
    Fijian regime puts church leaders in the dock

    Nine Methodist Church leaders appeared in court in Fiji yesterday, pleading not guilty to charges of breaching Public Emergency Regulations. They have been released on bail but are forbidden to preach, speak in public or meet with each other.