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  • 27 Jul 2007
    South African Methodists offer hope to Zimbabwe refugees

    As the situation in Zimbabwe worsens, South African Methodists are offering a 'ray of hope' to homeless asylum seekers, refugees and displaced people crowding into the capital city of Johannesburg.

  • 26 Jun 2007
    Methodists want positive alternatives to playing at war

    While the issue of whether it is right or helpful to ban violent video games is becoming a hot topic again, the Methodist Church's chidren's adviser wants to see a more positive approach to kids learning about peace.

  • 5 Jun 2007
    Methodist Conference

    The Conference of the governing body of the Methodist Church

  • 22 Apr 2007
    Nigerian prelate wins peace prize as country faces election chaos

    A leading Nigerian church figure, Sunday Mbang, has won the world Methodist Peace prize. But Nigeria is currently caught up in presidential and parliamentary election violence and disruption.

  • 19 Apr 2007
    Christians urged to vote against racist candidates

    Three major Christian denominations have produced an election briefing which urges Christians to vote for the common good and against those promoting racism and xenophobia.

  • 1 Mar 2007
    Methodists to go 46 days without shopping (for anything but essentials)

    The average UK household spends £443 a week, with £58 on recreation & culture and £62 a week on transport. But what if we didn't? What if we said ‘no’ to all this spending and settled on just buying what we need?

  • 25 Jan 2007
    Methodists launch inter-faith initiative to combat religious misinformation

    In 2006, the young people of Methodism challenged the Church to dedicate a month to prayer for improved relationships between people of different faiths. They pointed to the 'hostile and untrue' things that are said about some faiths, particularly Islam. Inter faith action, they decided, was hugely important as a way of challenging this. And the first step could be prayer.

  • 8 Dec 2006
    Churches condemn Fiji coup and seek peace with justice

    The head of the Fiji Council of Churches has condemned the administration set up by army commander Commodore Frank Bainimarama after a military seizure of power as "illegal and unconstitutional" and has urged prayers for God's intervention ‚Ä' reports Ecumenical News International.