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Ahead of next United Methodist vote; which Oklahoma churches will exit, which must stay?
The Oklahoman via Yahoo News· 1 year agoExit plans may be placed on hold for four of 55 Oklahoma churches seeking to end their affiliation...
96 Kansas congregations among 155 authorized to leave United Methodist Church
The Topeka Capital-Journal via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe exodus of 155 conservative churches in Kansas and Nebraska over theological matters, including...
Florida Methodist Conference to vote Saturday on potential exits of 55 churches
The Ledger via Yahoo News· 1 year agoLess than a week after a judge declined to intervene, representatives of the United Methodist Church...
Florida Methodist Conference votes to let 55 churches leave over fears of gay marriage, clergy
The Ledger via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe Florida Conference of the United Methodist Church approved a conditional disaffiliation for 55...
LGBTQ marriage fight, schism leads to lawsuit by 106 Florida Methodist churches
WJAX via Yahoo News· 2 years agoTheological differences and a property dispute are among the reasons more than 100 churches in...
Yong Wha Kim, founder of the Korea Times Chicago, dies
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 2 months agoYong Wha Kim founded the Korea Times Chicago in 1971, seeking to build community among the city’s Korean population through local reporting. At first, the newspaper’s staff was so small that ...
Florida churches split from Methodist denomination over LGBTQ+ inclusion
Tampa Bay Times, St. Petersburg, Fla. via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe Florida Conference of the United Methodist Church recently approved the requests of 55 congregations in the state to leave the denomination amid debates over sexuality and theology. Six ...
Washington seeks to fix discrimination from racially restrictive property deeds
Washington State Standard via Yahoo News· 1 month agoWashington has tens of thousands of homes with racially restrictive deeds dating back to the 1960s....
Wheaton College examined its racial history, but absence of hijab-wearing professor, LGBTQ rights...
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 9 months agoArdent abolitionists founded Wheaton College in DuPage County just before the start of the Civil...
Christmas in Orlando: A merry month of concerts, plays, events
Orlando Sentinel via Yahoo News· 6 months agoWe know Santa and his elves are super-busy making all those toys, but Central Florida arts groups are also hard at work. December is chock-a-block with Christmas-themed concerts, plays, dance ...