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Shaping a just and peaceful world by 2040
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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faith in action
People’s Justice March in Austria
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.
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faith in action
Meet The Church and Society Staff
GBCS continues the legacy of Christian witness and action that began over 250 years ago.
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faith in action
Easter in a Holy Saturday World
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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faith in action
The Climate and the Quadrilateral
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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faith in action
Reflections From COP26
The work of climate justice advocacy is light when each take a role in finding just and equitable solutions
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faith in action
Teaching the Revised Social Principles in the age of COVID-19
An Elder reflects on the urgency of the Social Principles in the midst of a pandemic.
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faith in action
New Resource: Gun Violence Prevention Cheat Sheet
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.
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faith in action
A United Methodist Reflections on COVID-19 in Nigeria
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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faith in action
Welcome our summer intern Jessica Frazier-Emerson
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.