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 [...]
By Rick Wolcott* Annual Conference 2025 will meet on the campus of the College of Wooster. The decision was made by the Cabinet following a recommendation from Bishop Tracy S. Malone, who in March formed the Annual Conference Venue task group to explore alternate sites that could host the annual meeting of laity and clergy [...]
By Rick Wolcott* The morning business session on the last day of the postponed 2020 General Conference began with a report from the Interjurisdictional Committee on Episcopacy proposing a reduction from 39 to 32 bishops serving the five jurisdictions in the United States. Delegates approved the report with 631 voting in favor and 65 voting [...]
