Tag: United Methodist Church

HBCUs

Bennett College Raises $8.2M, Looks to Move Forward

Bennett College has exceeded its $5 million #StandWithBennett campaign goal, raising $8.2 million in 55 days in the fight to save its Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) accreditation.

February 4, 2019

HBCUs

Haywood Strickland Leaving Wiley College in Good Hands

Shortly after Dr. Haywood L. Strickland announced his retirement from Wiley College — after 18 years at the helm — trustee Patsy Ponder and her husband, Gene, gave the small, historically Black college in Marshall, Texas an unrestricted gift of $2 million.

July 6, 2018

LGBTQ+

Campus Minister No Longer Faces Discipline for Same-sex Wedding

IOWA CITY, Iowa — A United Methodist Church organization has decided not to discipline a University of Iowa campus minister who performed a same-sex wedding. The Appointive Cabinet of the Iowa Conference had filed a complaint against the Rev. Anna Blaedel, charging her with practices considered “to be incompatible with Christian teaching.” She’s executive director […]

June 6, 2017