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Preserving and protecting after disaster strikes.

Nell Mitchell make history in Missouri.

Historically Black Churches receive grants of $25,000 from the Missouri Conference.

Associate Lay Leader discusses the importance of living in the present in this month's Laity Voices.

Annual Conference Sessions Team meets at the site of the 2023 Session.

Play as a Christian calling.

Ken Nash share how laity need to be empowered for church 2.0.

Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.

Bishop Bob Farr is assigned to Missouri at Jurisdictional Conference.

Three Bishops elected on first ballot during jurisdictional conference.

Rev. David Gilmore is an episcopal candidate for the 2022 South Central Jurisdiction election.

The South Central Jurisdiction Black Methodists for Church Renewal met in St. Louis, MO October 20 - 22, 2022. The meeting theme was Attempting Great Things for God based on Ephesians 3:20.

Yesterday, a teenage student and a teacher were killed and at least seven others were injured by a 19-year-old man who entered Central Visual and Performing Arts High School with a gun and more than a dozen, 30-round ...

Daily life looks different without electricity. Most modern conveniences – like working after dark and charging a cell phone – require power. Yet, 65% of United Methodist pastors in Mozambique don’t have electricity in ...

Bishop Bob Farr announced his intent to appoint Rev. Mona Candea as Associate Director of Next Generation Ministries effective December 12. This position supports local churches in the areas of children, youth, ...

HealthFlex 2023 Annual Enrollment begins two weeks from today, November 2, 2022, and continues through November 17, 2022. We want to provide you with some resources related to making your healthcare coverage choices. ...

Serving isn't always working on big projects. Sometimes it is the little things in between.

“So speak encouraging words to one another. Build up hope so you’ll all be together in this, no one left out, no one left behind.”

Missouri Conference leaders take time to visit a Kansas City area museum to learn about how redlining has impacted how the city developed.

Missouri Conference pastors share their approaches for having conversations around challenging subjects.

United Methodists participate in a ceremony at the Boone County courthouse to remember the victim of a lynching that took place there 133 prior.

Hurricane Ian made landfall in Florida on Wednesday, causing severe flooding and power outages. Forecasters downgraded Ian to a tropical storm on Thursday morning but the storm is still expected to produce severe rain ...

Hurricane Fiona made landfall in southwestern Puerto Rico on Sunday morning. The storm brought heavy rains and wind. The whole of the island remains without power. Currently, the Iglesia Metodista de Puerto Rico (IMPR) ...

This summer, across our camping programs, we had increased participation with over 4,500 campers attending and experiencing the love of Christ! With another successful camping season behind us, NextGen Ministries is ...

Missouri’s United Methodists supported several Freedom Schools this summer, flipping what could have been a “summer slide” into a season of growth.  The origins of Freedom Schools can be traced back to when African ...

Encourage them to get out there and walk — better yet, run! — on the road, God called them to travel. He handed out gifts of apostle, prophet, evangelist, and pastor-teacher to train Christ’s followers in skilled servant...

“So we’re not giving up. How could we? Even though on the outside it often looks like things are falling apart on us, on the inside, where God is making new life, not a day goes by without his unfolding grace.”

Beginning January 1, 2021, all candidates entering into ministry in the Missouri Conference of the United Methodist Church have been required to take the implicit bias course as part of their complete file. In spring ...

In the Missouri Conference, we recognize God is doing new things to reach people in fresh new ways. We refer to these ways as New Places for New People (NPNP). These come in a variety of forms and can take place both ...

Lifebridge Creates Pathway to Change in Community

Church looks for ways to help the unhoused in rural Missouri.

Christ In Youth aims to partner with the local church to create moments and conversations that call young people to follow Jesus.

The Missouri Annual Conference states that recently it has had the opportunity to mediate with some churches seeking to disaffiliate from the denomination: Schweitzer Church, Morning Star Church, SunRise, The Way and ...

COLUMBIA, Mo. – The Missouri Annual Conference delegation has endorsed Rev. David Gilmore, Northwest District Superintendent, for the office of bishop in the South Central Jurisdiction of the United Methodist Church. ...

ST. LOUIS – A FEMA disaster recovery center will open Saturday, Aug. 20 in St. Charles County to provide one-on-one assistance to people directly affected by the July 25—28 flooding and severe storms. Recovery ...

On Thursday, August 11, Bishop Bob Farr met with John Hampton, Jr. in a supervisory meeting and removed him from his appointment to the Hermann and Rosebud United Methodist Churches. He will be on indefinite suspension ...

October is Pastor Appreciation Month, and the Missouri United Methodist Foundation’s C2FM initiative invites you to celebrate a special pastor (or pastors) with a financial gift made in honor or in memory of a pastor, ...

Missional outreach takes many forms, and the Conference Office of Mission, Service and Justice has grant funds to support your new, innovative, or one-time mission program and event. Applications are now available for ...

On August 4, the U.S. National Weather Service in Saint Louis posted that the previous two weeks were the “wettest two-week period in STL ever.” Over one-third of the area’s normal annual rain (41.70") occurred between ...

A 281-page ruling last Friday in the Boy Scouts of America's (BSA) bankruptcy proceedings indicates that most of the reorganization plan meets the criteria of bankruptcy law and is constitutional. The ruling approves the...

United Methodist leaders and the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) have reached an agreement about new Affiliation and Facility Use Agreements between congregations, scouting units and the BSA. Over the last year, leaders of ...

Most churches, and virtually every other institution or business, is in some stage of recovery after being set back by the pandemic and are gradually building back. There are a few, however, that are already in a ...

“Now here is what I am trying to say: All of you together are the one body of Christ, and each one of you is a separate and necessary part of it.” 1 Corinthians 12:27 LB

Body of navy man killed at Pearl Harbor returned to home church for funeral and burial.

Episcopal election set for November

Area United Methodists offer hospitality following a train derailment.

Last night, a St. Charles County judge granted a motion to dismiss the lawsuit filed by Morning Star Church against the Missouri Annual Conference. The Court found that under the facts presented in the pleadings, the ...

A look at how a few of the churches around the Missouri Conference celebrated Juneteenth.

Commissioners and Ordinands welcomed into the Missouri Conference.

Len Wilson shares the concepts he wrote about in his new book, Greater Things.