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1. 2023 Central Nigeria Annual Conference Report

   Dec. 9-11, 2023, Federal Republic of Nigeria

2. 2023 Northern Nigeria Annual Conference Report

   Dec. 5-8, 2022, Gwandum, Gombe State, Federal Republic of Nigeria

3. When the poor share what they have

   An agricultural program initiated by the United Methodist Church in Albania to help those struggling economically led to an inspiring act of charity.

4. Native immersion explores culture, horrors

   A group of nearly 30 students, United Methodist church members and pastors toured central Oklahoma to learn about the culture and mistreatment of Native Americans. The experience was sobering yet hopeful.

5. Court rules on General Conference questions

   The United Methodist Church’s top court addressed questions about filling delegate vacancies and whether another General Conference needs to be scheduled after the postponed 2020 General Conference takes place in 2024.

6. Methodists participate in movement to preserve border park

   Friends of Friendship Park, led by a United Methodist pastor, continues to defend the preservation of the oceanfront park, located on the border between Mexico and the U.S.

7. Eurasia and Estonia begin exit from church

   Church regions in Eurasia and the Baltics, built up after the breakup of the Soviet Union, now plan to leave The United Methodist Church.

8. Engineers cook up eco-friendly solution at church school

   The Nyadire Connection teamed up with Carnegie Mellon University students to install a biogas digester at a United Methodist mission school in Zimbabwe.

9. Agency seeks role in complaint against bishop

   The United Methodist Commission on the Status and Role of Women is asking to serve as a monitor in the church complaint process involving Bishop Minerva Carcaño, who has been suspended for more than a year.

10. The many meanings of connectionalism

    Church divisions have raised a host of questions about what it means to be connected, prompting a new look at this basic characteristic of Methodist community.