TWK Church & Society | September is Suicide Prevention Awareness Month
If you or someone you know is in an emergency, call or text 988. According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in 2020: Suicide was the twelfth leading […]
Rethinking Church Leadership: Executive Leadership Training
Session 1 Topic: Building Vision and Mission-Based Ministries Session 1 will set the stage for the remaining sessions in the series by introducing and explaining the Strategic Model as an overarching […]
How disaffiliation can affect pensions
The church agency that handles pensions is offering a video explaining how pension plan funding can be affected when churches choose to disaffiliate from the denomination. The video, also available […]
A Brief Recap of the Inaugural Tennessee-Western Kentucky Annual Conference
The inaugural Tennessee-Western Kentucky (TWK) Annual Conference was held as a hybrid conference from June 15-17 at Brentwood UMC and online. Although the TWK Conference was officially birthed on January […]
General Board of Church & Society | Gun Violence Prevention Resources
At this year’s inaugural TWK Annual Conference, a resolution urging federal, state, and local lawmakers to implement specific laws that either prevent or reduce gun violence, was presented to and […]
United Methodist Volunteers in Mission (UMVIM) | Survey and Leadership Training
Mission work is an integral part of how we as Christian disciples put our faith into action to love and serve God’s world. One of the strengths of our connectional […]
Local Church Requests for Disaffiliation
Caney Fork River District Cumberland River District Harpeth River District Metro District Mississippi River District Purchase District Red River District Stones River District Tennessee River District
District Life Cycle Closing Resolutions | Annual Conference 2022
Caney Fork District Lancaster UMC Harpeth River District Chappell Memorial UMC Friendship UMC South Lawrence-St. Joseph UMC St. James UMC Metro District Longstreet UMC Macon UMC Mississippi River District A […]
TWK Church & Society | Gun Violence Awareness Month Call to Action
On May 14th, a white teenage gunman opened fire at a supermarket in Buffalo killing 10 Black people. On May 15th, a 68-year-old man killed one person and critically wounded […]
TWK Annual Conference Will Consider Requests for Disaffiliation from the UMC
During the 2022 TWK Annual Conference in June, voting members will be asked to approve the requests from 57 churches to disaffiliate from the UMC. There currently are 921 churches […]