2020 State of the Church: Blessed is the Church

The United Methodist Church has continued to carry out its mission despite the unique challenges and uncertainties of 2020. That’s according to the new 2020 State of the Church Report produced by the Connectional Table and United Methodist Communications, themed “Blessed is the Church.”  The report uses the framework of the Beatitudes to share a compilation of stories that provide an inspiring look at the ways the church responded in an unprecedented year – which included a global pandemic, renewed calls to end racism, a delayed General Conference and the possibility of a denominational split.  The State of the Church report is available in its entirety online, along with previous reports, at www.ResourceUMC.org/church-report. Local churches and annual conferences are encouraged to post on their websites and there is an option to download the video for use in Sunday worship or annual conference sessions.

Learn Strategies to Identify and Support New Volunteer Leaders

How can you best support and affirm existing leaders? Help new leaders in your church get started? More effectively invite people to be leaders? Make meetings matter? Learn the answers to these questions and more in 50 Ways to Multiply Your Church’s Leadership Capacity from the Lewis Center for Church Leadership. Read the list of 50 strategies at https://www.churchleadership.com/50-ways/50-ways-multiply-churchs-leadership-capacity/.