Publishing House Laying Off About 70 Workers United Methodist News Photo by mike dubose, um news. the denomination’s oldest and largest agency, the united methodist publishing house, is feeling the effects of the covid 19 pandemic and will be laying off about 70 of its 296 employees in june. the rev. brian milford, president and publisher, said sales levels are predicted to be 40% to 50% lower in 2020 over. The united methodist publishing house dates to 1789 and has come through many dangers, toils and snares, as the old hymn goes. then came covid 19. while the pandemic was closing church buildings, it also was sabotaging the publishing house’s sales revenue, prompting leaders to lay off about a third of the staff and put the nashville.
Publishing House Laying Off About 70 Workers The publishing house shared in a press release that revenue for the last week of march was up 167% over the same period in 2020, when it plummeted. april 2021 sales through cokesbury — the online retailing arm of the agency — topped $1 million. that hadn’t happened in any single month since the pandemic began. March 2024 born in the small zimbabwean village of gandanzara, bishop eben kanukayi nhiwatiwa became an inspired and accomplished leader in the church and larger society. elected as a bishop in the united methodist church in 2004, he has guided ministries in zimbabwe and across africa and beyond through periods of immense and rapid change. Three years ago, the united methodist publishing house closed its last cokesbury retail bookstores nationwide to focus on selling online, over the telephone and through community resource. The united methodist publishing house is laying off about 70 workers beginning in june, partly because of the impact of the coronavirus on church attendance.
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