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By Heather Hahn April 28, 2022 | UM News   Key Points: The Global Methodist Church, a theologically conservative breakaway denomination, has set May 1 as its official start date.  However, it will take time for any potential ...

A group of half a dozen Kentucky Annual Conference clergy spanning the ideological spectrum might not agree on the LGBTQ debate or other political matters, but one thing they do agree on: the need to worship together after being ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. ­-- To say that Bishop Cynthia Fierro Harvey’s time as President of the Council of the Bishops (COB) of The United Methodist Church has been unusual would be an understatement. Bishop Harvey, who serves the ...

Today is the final day of our 2022 Grace That is Greater Lenten Devotionals. We hope you have  been inspired or somehow touched by these words that have been shared. Today, Bishop Leonard Fairley reminds us that, "When faith ...

Seven churches across the Kentucky Annual Conference have stepped forward to assist refugees from Afghanistan who were forced to flee the country after the summer 2021 withdrawal of U.S. support and the subsequent government ...

Today is the first of  twelve mornings that you will receive a daily devotional from Bishop Leonard Fairley and the Cabinet of the Kentucky Annual Conference. We hope you that you will be inspired or somehow touched by these words...

Our efforts this past weekend achieved some help for a couple of fields in a couple of counties. There are still many farm fields that have debris from either the tornadoes of Dec. 11 or Jan. 1 that will impede crop planting. ...

Spring and the planting season are quickly approaching. There are still many farm fields that have debris from either the Dec. 11 or Jan. 1 tornadoes that will impede crop planting. Several of the counties that we have been most ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. -  The Bishops of The United Methodist Church in their March 15 called meeting discerned pathways for churches choosing disaffiliation and separation. The bishops have met two consecutive weeks to discern pathways...

In 2021, as churches were starting to reengage despite the lingering COVID-19 pandemic, the Kentucky Annual Conference’s New Church Development Team invited its New Faith Communities to bless others in an exercise known as The ...

Haley Andes has been named Director of Operations at Aldersgate Camp and Retreat Center. Her first day on the job will be March 21. Andes, 27, is currently Associate Director of Build Inclusion Inc., of Lexington. Previously, she...

If you have not read the statements made by The Commission on the General Conference or our Council of Bishops President Cynthia Fierro Harvey’s comments, I encourage you to do so. Also worth reading is Bishop Ken Carter’s ...

Nashville, Tenn.: As the pandemic continues and the wait time for visas stretches to over two years in some countries, the Commission on the General Conference announced today that the 2020 General Conference cannot be held in ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Commission on the General Conference today announced the further postponement of the postponed 2020 General Conference of The United Methodist Church. The next General Conference will be in 2024. In ...

Holding the Ashes “Do not cast me away from your presence, and do not take your Holy Spirit from me. Restore to me the joy of your salvation, and sustain in me a willing spirit.” - Psalm 51:11-12 I write this reflection with a ...

UMC-organized prayer vigil in Nicholasville draws hundreds

Bishop Christian Alsted of the Nordic and Baltic Episcopal Area has penned a letter asking all people called United Methodists to join together and pray for protection and peace in light of what is happening in Ukraine. Below you ...

The Southeastern Jurisdiction of The United Methodist Church mourns the death of SEJ Conference Secretary and retired South Georgia Conference clergyperson Rev. Dr. Brad Brady. Dr. Brady was a pillar of SEJ Methodism and a ...

UMC churches and congregations across the Kentucky Annual Conference remain hard at work in partnership with disaster-relief organizations in the recovery effort from the tornadoes that hit western Kentucky on Dec. 11, 2021.   “...

On Feb. 1, 2022, the first day of Black History Month, at least a half-dozen historically Black universities were responding to bomb threats on their campuses. Kentucky State University, located in Frankfort, was one of the ...

Black History Month often raises many questions and responses around why it is celebrated. Therefore, I ask for this moment of personal privilege, not as debate (my heart has grown weary of that), but as an opportunity of witness....

LOUISVILLE, Kentucky – When Winter Blitz organizers talk about the event and the life-changing impact it has on youth, they have people like Kayla Koerner in mind. Koerner, 19, is a sophomore at Lindsey Wilson College.  Five ...

The Executive Committee of the Council of Bishops of The United Methodist Church is standing with the statement from the Central Conference bishops concerning the WCA’s plan for distribution of COVID-19 vaccines to General ...

Two Louisville churches teamed up Saturday, Jan. 15, to hand out about 70 backpack kits to the homeless that had been assembled by Kentucky Annual Conference staff as a Christmas-season service project. About three dozen blankets...

The leadership of the Central Conference bishops of The United Methodist Church is appalled by the action of the Wesleyan Covenant Association (WCA) to assist some United Methodists, mostly in Africa, with getting COVID-19 ...

December 30, 2021, KAC COVID Re-entry Team Communication Dear Kentucky United Methodist Clergy and Laity, The KAC Covid Re-entry Team once again expresses our deep concern to you and your congregations related to the unrelenting ...

  Watch Bishop Fairley's Video Message   “I just want peace in my house!” It sounded so simple, but it drove the kids and me crazy. We had grown to expect this classic Priscilla response every Christmas to our question, “What do ...

When 6-year-old Sam Riddell learned of the families who lost everything in the Dec. 10-11 tornadoes, he and his friends at Crestwood UMC decided they had to do something. The Riddell family has close friends in Bowling Green, ...

A Conference team led by Bishop Leonard Fairley visited storm-stricken southwestern Kentucky on Thursday, Dec. 16. In the group besides Fairley was his wife, Dawn; Rev. Gary Graves; and Conference Communications staff members ...

To Clergy and United Methodists across Kentucky, We are amazed. Your hearts, your actions, and your generosity inspire us. You are responding to challenges around us with Spirit-led servants’ hearts. While you continue to assess ...

The tornadoes that ripped through Kentucky in the early morning hours of Saturday, Dec. 11, affected two annual conferences. The far western section of Kentucky, including the hard-hit city of Mayfield, is part of the ...

I write this message during Advent against the backdrop of deadly tornadoes that struck western Kentucky and nine states. I write in the midst of major destruction and loss of life in Mayfield, in the Tennessee-Western Kentucky ...

Some stories from Bowling Green and elsewhere about the storms and the outpouring of prayers and offers for assistance in their aftermath. (And we’re sure this is just the beginning.):   Rosemary Meszaros, a member of Broadway ...

BOWLING GREEN, Kentucky – The sun shone brightly through the stained-glass windows of Broadway UMC’s Melrose Campus on Sunday, Dec. 12, as worshipers gathered for the 8:15 a.m. traditional service. But the mood inside was much ...

The following information is from Jim Morse, the Conference’s Disaster Response Coordinator, which he shared with his disaster-response teams. Updates from Jim will be posted on our social media channels throughout the day as more...

Today we wake to the devastating news of major damage and loss of life from horrific tornadoes. Our immediate response, as it should be, is prayer. In listening to early-morning reports, my heart breaks for the people of Bowling ...

United Methodist churches in some of Louisville’s most challenged neighborhoods are teaming up to establish an arts academy that will provide professional training for at-risk teens and children. Three churches have been ...

Longtime piano instructor and Middletown UMC pianist Dr. Vernon Cherrix was recently inducted into the Steinway Teacher Hall of Fame – an honor for Cherrix, but also a bit of a mystery that he’s still trying to unravel. Cherrix, ...

Aldersgate Camp & Retreat Center’s motto is “welcome home.” But for Dave Cohn, the camp director since 2013, “welcome home” is about to have a different meaning. Cohn, director of the camp in east-central Kentucky for nearly nine...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Council of Bishops ended its Fall meeting on Friday having spent time in worship, plenary and covenant groups as they seek God’s guidance to lead The United Methodist Church. The worship services were ...

Bishop Cynthia Fierro Harvey has some advice for United Methodists feeling anxious about the many uncertainties facing the denomination: Stay focused on the Great Commandment. “Let’s stop speaking ill of one another and creating ...

Yes, the numbers are over 25 years, since the uniting of the old Louisville Conference and the Kentucky Annual Conference – but even allowing for that, the figures are pretty staggering: Nearly $200 million given to Our Mission ...

Facing the challenges of the COVID-19 epidemic, the Council of Bishops of The United Methodist Church will meet November 2-5 to discuss the future of the continuing United Methodist Church, elect new officers and address other ...

A few months ago, New Church Development invited our New Faith Communities to accept $1,000 in feed money and use it to bless others in an exercise known as The Kingdom Assignment. We suggested that they study the Parable of the ...

Beginning this October, Bishop Leonard Fairley is releasing a monthly video blog/podcast called “Grace for the Future” which explores different aspects of the means of grace that inform our lives together. Fairley decided to ...

A few months ago, New Church Development invited our New Faith Communities to accept $1,000 in feed money and use it to bless others in an exercise known as The Kingdom Assignment. We suggested that they study the Parable of the ...

The Kingdom Assignment at The Source in Lexington, KY.

ASHLAND, Kentucky – Ashland First UMC’s commemoration of its 100-year anniversary culminated Sunday, Sept. 12, as Bishop Leonard Fairley preached at the historic church at 18th and Carter streets in downtown Ashland. “What an ...

9/11 - 20 Years Later I made the decision to write my reflection on 9/11 after letting my soul sink deeply into the morning uninhibited by the struggle of what to say. I needed to simply allow my heart to listen for the whispers ...

September 10, 2021 KAC COVID Re-entry Team Communication   *COVID PANDEMIC – DANGEROUS LEVEL IN KENTUCKY*    Dear Kentucky United Methodist Clergy and Laity,   The KAC Covid Re-entry Team expresses our deep concern to you and your...