In a response to the UK Supreme Court’s decision related to “sex” in the Equality Act  the President, Vice-President and Secretary of the Conference have  said: “Nothing in this ruling diminishes our determination to be an inclusive Church.” See Page One.

In the latest in our Methodism and Me series, the Revs Ed and Audrey Standhaft reveal moments on their faith journeys.

Methodists are being asked to lobby their MPs to urge the Government to support a new international treaty to ban “autonomous weapons that target humans”. See Page One.

The Rev Dr Jennifer Smith offers a sermon for Aldersgate Sunday in this week’s issue.

Did you enter our short story competition? Read the winning entry in this week’s paper.

The Methodist Forces Board has warned church communities they “will need to understand what it is to be church in a time of conflict and to be ready to speak and act in ways that are practically, pastorally and theologically rich”. See Page One.

Following last week’s publication of the winning entry of the Methodist Recorder short story competition on the theme of “friendship”, this week we are printing the entry from the runner-up. You might need a tissue ...

General secretary of the World Methodist Council the Rev Dr Leão-Neto offers a reflection on his namesake, the new Pope.

Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has provoked anger from homeless charities and campaigners after pledging to end street-homelessness by 2030. See Page One.

This week we publish the first of the highly commended stories from entries to the Methodist Recorder short story competition on the theme of “friendship”. Check it out!

Members of the Methodist Conference will debate a report about new liturgical provision in a “digital-first age”. The report’s authors said: “The Church and society in general are in a time of transition as to how published resources are accessed and used.” See Page One.

This year’s Conference will take place in Telford. Don’t miss this week’s round up of information on the area and some of its famous inhabitants and visitors.

In this month’s Methodism and Me, Anthony Reddie talks about his roots and journey in faith.

The Methodist Church and All We Can have joined forces to call on the UK Government to “act with decency and morality and to urgently implement” threatened actions against the Government of Israel over Gaza. See Page One for full story.

We continue to publish the highly commended stories from our recent competition. Don’t miss “Sisters”, a story about friendships past and present.

This week we publish outgoing President the Rev Helen Cameron’s pastoral address to the presbyteral session of the Conference in Telford.

Don't miss this week’s edition of news, reports and pictures from the Methodist Conference in Telford.

The Rev the Baroness Richardson (Kathleen) considers ‘being laid aside’ in this month’s Elder Voices column.

Don't miss this week’s bumper Conference issue with 15 pages of news and pictures from Telford.

Christine Kinch looks at the work and legacy of the charity Action for Children in this month’s View from the Pew.