Will Fenton-Jones, East Ohio Conference director of Multicultural Ministries, will now also serve in that capacity in the West Ohio Conference of The United Methodist Church, effective January 2, 2025. This shared staff position will serve both East Ohio and West Ohio Conferences, marking a first for both organizations. “I am so excited to begin [...]
Talitha Koum! These Aramaic words which translate to “little girl, get up” or “child arise” were spoken by Jesus to the daughter of Jairus in Mark 5:35-43. The phrase was at the core of Bishop Hee-Soo Jung’s message to the East Ohio Conference during the Service of Installation held on Saturday October 19 at Wooster [...]
By Brett Hetherington* The targeted firebombing, looting and vandalism of the Hough Uprising that rocked the Cleveland neighborhood July 18-24, 1966, began after the white owners of the Seventy-Niners Café refused to serve a glass of water to a Black customer. Nearly six decades later the East Ohio Conference of The United Methodist Church played [...]
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