Community Care Fellowship Receives $4.5 Million in Grant Funding from Metro Nashville for Mobile Housing Navigation Centers
After approval during Metro Nashville’s October Council Meeting, Community Care Fellowship (CCF), a non-profit organization that has served Nashville’s unhoused and socially displaced for more than 40 years, has received […]
TWK Commission on Religion and Race | Observing National Hispanic Heritage Month
This month (Sept. 15 to Oct. 15), we honor the rich history and heritage of Hispanic Americans. We celebrate the many ways Hispanic Americans have enriched our society and we […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
TWK Commission on Religion & Race (CORR): A Reflection on George Floyd & the Buffalo Massacre
The following is a statement issued by the chair of the TWK CORR team, the Rev. Dr. Erin Beasley. On May 25th, 2020, we watched in horror as George Floyd […]
TWK Church & Society | An Update on the Drug Crisis and the Church’s Response
The following is an update from the TWK Church & Society team regarding the drug crisis in the U.S. and the church’s response. In a recently updated article from CNN, […]
TWK Commission on Religion & Race: A Call to Dismantle Asian American & Pacific Islander (AAPI) Racism
May is Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. As we honor the rich history and culture of our brothers and sisters, it is dire that we commit ourselves to […]