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LEAD 2023 Registration and Speaker Application Open Now!

Jun 2, 2022

UMC LEAD is excited to announce that registration for the LEAD 2023 Conference in Asheville is now live!

Dear Church

Mar 3, 2017

Say something. Say it loud and brave. Say it even though your voice shakes. Say it even though you feel like you’re pushing too far.

I Need the Church to Fight for Me

Dec 21, 2016

This year I have had to ask myself, “Who will speak for me?”

What is Poetry For?

Dec 13, 2016

How often do we allow ourselves the flexibility of thought and the risk of imagination to see our call to serve Christ and the world from a different perspective?

Giving Up The Ghost, Part III: Holy Spirit

Aug 29, 2016

By Kenneth Pruitt

At Pentecost, the Spirit powerfully showed us that she can unite us in God and yet respect our differences.

Welcome to the New UMC LEAD

Aug 17, 2016

By Brandon Lazarus

We want to share and to hear stories of hope within and beyond the United Methodist Church. We are a people of resurrection and we hope UMC LEAD can be a place that reflects that.

How a Construction Crane Helped Me Understand Church

Aug 13, 2016

By Gabe Horton

In a lot of ways, a fully constructed crane is as mysterious to me as a successful organization, whether it be a vital church in action, a thriving new small business, or a grassroots movement that takes a city by storm.

Why I Am United Methodist: Timely Grace

Aug 8, 2016

By Brittany Sky

I stay a United Methodist, even when I see missed opportunities for sharing grace, because no other faith community has ever loved me this way—the way that Jesus taught about and the way that I am called to live out.