The event, held by the churchwide Board of Global Ministries, ended a June 8-July 15 training program. A recent conversation reminded me of the importance of praying for children. The Rev. Jesse Jackson has been invited to open the event March 29. The Odyssey cable network will provide entertainment at the April 1 closing banquet. More than 60 workshops are planned.
Registration is now open.
Seven United Methodist churches are among the 29 church buildings an Indiana man has now been charged with setting on fire. He was charged with setting 17 church fires in Indiana, California, Kentucky, Missouri, Ohio, South Carolina and Tennessee over a five-year period. Ballinger, who was arrested in February, already had been charged in 12 other church arsons in Indiana and Georgia. He remains in federal custody. Indiana police have said Ballinger had a longtime interest in Satanism.