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    Shaping a just and peaceful world by 2040

    October 17, 2022

    The past few years have been troubling and anxiety producing. Pandemics, racism, wars, climate change, the rise of nationalism in many countries, migration and tentative economies. All the while the church has focused itself on internal struggles believed to threaten its very survival.

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    People’s Justice March in Austria

    October 7, 2019

    The Rev. Martin Obermeir-Siegrist serves as the pastor the Linz and Ried/Innkreis United Methodist congregations and as director of children and youth ministry in the Austria Conference. He recently attended the People’s Justice March in Linz, Austria. We asked him about the experience.

    A panoramic shot of people protesting. One sign reads, "Save our planet."
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    Meet The Church and Society Staff

    August 4, 2022

    GBCS continues the legacy of Christian witness and action that began over 250 years ago.

    Meet GBCS Staff
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    Easter in a Holy Saturday World

    April 15, 2022

    Holy Saturday is the time in between. It is the hours after the trauma, the shock of betrayal, the sickened response to violence, the chill of the horror, and the finality of death.

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    The Climate and the Quadrilateral

    March 17, 2022

    Looking for a book study for your church to talk about climate justice? Church and Society Theology Intern Wyatt Robinson explores a theological reflection on our climate crisis.

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    Reflections From COP26

    November 19, 2021

    The work of climate justice advocacy is light when each take a role in finding just and equitable solutions

    Laura Kigweba James, GBCS staff, second from right, joins some of the members of the Climate Justice 4 All Team, (from left) Camila, Irene, James, Mollie, and Jessica at Woodlands Methodist Church in Glasgow during COP26.
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    Teaching the Revised Social Principles in the age of COVID-19

    September 22, 2020

    An Elder reflects on the urgency of the Social Principles in the midst of a pandemic.

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    New Resource: Gun Violence Prevention Cheat Sheet

    June 2, 2017

    Here's a new resource for clergy by clergy focusing on how to begin or continue engaging the issue of guns and gun violence in a congregational context.

    Front cover of PDF for the Gun Violence Cheat Sheet.
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    A United Methodist Reflections on COVID-19 in Nigeria

    March 30, 2020

    Rev. Esther Inuwa, Church and Society Intern, reflects on how COVID-19 raises recurrent challenges in Nigeria of whether God causes disease in response to humans for their sins and whether God is powerful enough to prevent disease from occurring in the first place.

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    Welcome our summer intern Jessica Frazier-Emerson

    July 11, 2019

    Jessica Frazier-Emerson is serving with us as a General Summer Intern from Hendrix College. We asked her a few questions at the start of her internship to share more about her background.

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