Bishop Tracy S. Malone Hall of Residence for Female Students Dedicated on the Campus of Africa University

By Rick Wolcott* Through the generosity of laity and clergy supporting the Teach • Reach • Bless campaign of the East Ohio Conference of The United Methodist Church, a new residence hall for female students is now a reality on the campus of Africa University. The Bishop Tracy S. Malone Hall of Residence was dedicated [...]

Rev. Adam Hamilton Encourages Doubt to Help Christians Grow

By Brett Hetherington* Doubt is an unwelcome, troubling feeling that Christians often are told is counter-productive to building a faith that lasts. The Rev. Adam Hamilton, who stopped at Strongsville United Methodist Church (Northern Waters District) on January 18 as part of a book tour, thinks about doubt differently. Hamilton is the founding pastor of [...]

Needing, Reading and Heeding the Words of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. 60 Years Later

By Rick Wolcott* “I am in Birmingham because injustice is here. Just as the prophets of the eighth century B.C. left their villages and carried their ‘thus saith the Lord’ far beyond the boundaries of their home towns, and just as the Apostle Paul left his village of Tarsus and carried the gospel of Jesus [...]