UMNS Daily Digest - Sept. 13, 2011 (Connectional Table; ethnic caucuses; Minot, N.D., Africa, Muslim

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       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


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   "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.

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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.

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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.

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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. The Christian
   communication association calls for meaningful dialogue and strongly
   encourages government, church and community leaders in Fiji to move toward
   greater honesty and trust in church-state relations.

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