Some 2,581 clergy and laity gathered last month across the Texas Annual Conference for Table Talks with Bishop Jones, Conversations on The Way Forward.

What has the greatest power to not only draw people, particularly millennials, to your church but also keep them coming back Sunday after Sunday?

Last January, the Rev. Greg Oberg, Sam Houston University Wesley Foundation pastor, had a graduating senior stop by his office in search of some advice. To whom should she give her cats so that they would not starve when she committed suicide?

In 2014, Abundant Life UMC Lufkin targeted literacy to make a difference in the lives of children. Four years later, they have fine-tuned their approach.

More than ten years ago, Tomball UMC began a backpack feeding ministry to hungry children in their community. Since then, their Hunger Ministry has expanded dramatically.