UMNS Daily Digest - Sept. 13, 2011 (Connectional Table; ethnic caucuses; Minot, N.D., Africa, Muslim
From "United Methodist News Service" <newsdesk@umcom.org>Date Tue, 13 Sep 2011 15:57:08 -0700
To ensure consistent delivery, please add [1]newsdesk@umcom.org to your contact and/or safe senders list. [2]View Online | [3]Add to Address Book | [4]Subscribe UMNS Daily Digest - Produced by United Methodist News Service Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2011 [5]Ethnic caucuses oppose church restructure [6]N.D. flood doesn't stop start of school [7]Solid relationships ease ministry [8]Harassment of Fiji Methodists deplored [9]General Conference 2012» [10]UMCOR Disaster Response» [11]Slideshow: Flood Recovery in Minot» [12]UMNS Immigration Survey» [13]Read Additional UMNS Stories» [14]Find us on Facebook [15]Twitter Contact Us [16]E-mail (615) 742-5470 "It minimizes and will exclude the participation of racial ethnic persons, and works against the principle of inclusiveness that we see as one of the important values our church has to offer to the multicultural, multi-racial society in which we live and do ministry." - Statement on proposed consolidation of nine general agencies. Ethnic caucuses oppose church restructure NASHVILLE, Tenn. (UMNS) - Leaders of five groups that represent the denomination's ethnic constituencies caution that proposals to restructure the church are "too drastic." The leaders are responding to proposed legislation that would consolidate nine of the denomination's 13 general agencies into a new United Methodist Center for Connectional Mission and Ministry. [17]Read full story and post a comment» N.D. flood doesn't stop school start MINOT, N.D. (UMNS) - The teachers arrived first. They filed into the narthex of First Presbyterian Church in Minot and watched eagle-eyed as a semi pulled into the driveway. This was no ordinary back-to-school scene. The teachers - from Lincoln Elementary School - were preparing for school after an extraordinary summer. [18]Read full story and post a comment» Solid relationships ease ministry ABIDJAN, Côte d'Ivoire (UMNS) - For many United Methodists outside the United States, interfaith dialogue with Muslims is more than being neighborly. It can be a matter of life and death, Interpreter magazine reports. Muslims constitute the majority or a substantial minority in many countries where The United Methodist Church is growing, particularly in Africa. [19]Read full story» Harassment of Fiji Methodists deplored TORONTO (UMNS) - The World Association for Christian Communication has called for an end to government harassment of the Methodist Church in Fiji and Rotuma, part of the Methodist Church of Britain. Recently, the government of Fiji canceled the annual meeting of the Methodist Church of Fiji and Rotuma and prohibited all church meetings except Sunday worship. Methodists constitute the largest religious group in Fiji. 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