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A CALL TO ACTION TO THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCHES IN THE U.S.
From the United Methodist Immigration Task Force September 4, 2017 We have learned that President Trump is considering rescinding the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) which presently provides undocumented immigrant young people employment authorization.* Under DACA young people are able to obtain social security cards, work and go to school. Since DACA’s inception in…
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Pastoral Response to the Recent Decision of the United Methodist Judicial Council
By the College of Bishops of the Western Jurisdiction of The United Methodist Church The members of the Western Jurisdiction College of Bishops of The United Methodist Church today presented a pastoral message to the church during the meeting of the denomination’s Council of Bishops in Dallas, Texas. The message (below) is the bishops’ response…
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Update from Bishop Grant Hagiya
Message on Judicial Council Decision No. 1431 Concerning the Election of Bishop Karen Oliveto As you have probably already heard, the Judicial Council met this past week and released its ruling on the South Central Jurisdictional challenge to Bishop Karen Oliveto’s election as a Bishop in our Western Jurisdiction. The decision came as a 19-page…
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