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• Faith leaders advocate for peace and reunification of Koreas
  The Fourth Roundtable for Peace on the Korean Peninsula, hosted by the Korean Methodist Church, The United Methodist Church and the World Methodist Council, was held Aug. 28-29 in Seoul, South Korea.
• Filipino lay leaders call for autonomy
  The Board of the Laity in the Philippines held a forum to seek clarity on compounding church issues and called for autonomy, but the three newly elected bishops in the country emphasized their commitment to preserving the unity of the church.
• Rural churches fuel economies
  Rural churches and their leaders should look beyond the length of the membership rolls and the amount of donations collected to gauge their worth, a new study in North Carolina suggests.
• Female Methodist reformer graces coin
  Event in South Texas celebrates the United States Mint’s issuing of a quarter bearing the image of Jovita Idár, who drew on her faith in challenging the status quo for Mexican American women.