UMNS Daily Digest - October 25, 2010 (Call to Action, Council of Bishops, Haiti earthquake, agricult

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                          Monday, October 25, 2010
                    [5]Call to Action: Reform U.S. church
            [6]Agriculture project targets Haiti earthquake zones
          [7]CWS resettles nearly one-tenth of U.S. refugee arrivals


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  âThe need for accountability by the church's leadership â 
especially the
  bishops â for results in the life of the church is absolutely 
crucial for
 the challenges as we go forward.â â Neil Alexander, co-chair of the 
Call to
                            Action steering team

Call to Action: Reform U.S. church

   NASHVILLE, Tenn. (UMNS)âThe United Methodist Church needs to 
institute
   widespread reforms â from consolidating general church agencies to 
holding
   bishops and clergy accountable for church growth â to revitalize 
the
   denomination, a churchwide advisory group says. [14]The Call to 
Action
   Steering Teamâs final report, to be presented to the Council of 
Bishops on
   Nov. 3-4, says the status quo of a shrinking and aging church is 
âtoxicâ and
   unsustainable.

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Agriculture project targets Haiti earthquake zones

   NEW YORK (UMNS)âTo increase food production in the 
earthquake-affected areas
   of Haiti, United Methodists are supporting a project that will 
encourage
   farmers in the practice of âpassing on the gift.â The United 
Methodist
   Committee on Relief is teaming up with the Methodist Church of 
Haiti to
   implement  the cooperative effort, similar to the model used by 
Heifer
   International.


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CWS resettles nearly one-tenth of U.S. refugee arrivals

   NEW YORK (UMNS)âWith the active involvement of congregational 
co-sponsors
   and community volunteers, including United Methodists, global 
humanitarian
   agency Church World Service resettled 7,055 refugees to the United 
States
   from Oct. 1, 2009, to Sept. 30, 2010, abouty 10 percent of the 
total 73,311
   refugees.
   Iraqis (1,617) constituted the largest group CWS resettled in 
2010, followed
   by 1,293 ethnic Karen from Burma, 1,213 ethnic Nepalis from 
Bhutan, 510
   Iranians, 481 ethnic Chin from Burma, 446 Somalis, 406 Cubans, 250 
refugees
   from the Democratic Republic of Congo, 181 Eritreans and 148 
Vietnamese. CWS
   also resettled 143 Palestinians and smaller numbers from each of 
30 other
   nationalities.

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