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Home» 2014 » January

Archive: January, 2014

A New Year’s Message from General Secretary Ivan Abrahams

Posted on January 3, 2014 by admin in January 2014
A New Year’s Message from General Secretary Ivan Abrahams

A Happy New Year to us all! As I conclude my time with family and friends in South Africa and prepare for my first engagement in Nigeria,  I find myself looking back upon 2013 both proud of the work that the World Methodist Council has done and excited about what lay ahead. The time around […]

Nigerian Bishop honored at Global Peace Convention

Posted on January 3, 2014 by admin in January 2014
Nigerian Bishop honored at Global Peace Convention

Bishop Dr. Sunday N. Onuoha, a Bishop in the Nigerian Methodist Church, was recently honored by the Global Peace Foundation at its 2013 Global Peace Convention in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Bishop Onuoha is the founder and President of Vision of Africa, an organization that focuses on bringing networks of faith communities to share God’s love […]

World Methodist Council Reacts to Recent Violence on the African Continent

Posted on January 3, 2014 by admin in January 2014
World Methodist Council Reacts to Recent Violence on the African Continent

As Christians around the world paused to celebrate the Christmas holidays, an outbreak in violence throughout the African continent began, with violence in the South Sudan and a failed coup attempt in the Democratic Republic of Congo and inter-religious violence in the Central African Republic. As we collectively sit and watch these all-too-grim numbers begin […]

New vision, unity leads to Nazarene church plants in Lebanon

Posted on January 3, 2014 by admin in January 2014
New vision, unity leads to Nazarene church plants in Lebanon

Equipped with a new vision and sense of unity, three Nazarene churches in Beirut, Lebanon, are working together in a shared mission that resulted in four new churches in the past year. The three churches in Lebanon, which the denomination first officially entered in 1950, have persevered through decades of civil war and political instability. […]

WMC General Secretary Speaks at Mandela Memorial

Posted on January 3, 2014 by admin in January 2014
WMC General Secretary Speaks at Mandela Memorial

As the world gathered in Johannesburg, South Africa, to remember and celebrate the life of Nelson Mandela, World Methodist Council General Secretary Ivan Abrahams delivered a powerful sermon celebrating the life and framing the legacy of the South African leader. “While others will only read about him in years to come, we are his heirs,” […]

January 18-25 marks Week of Prayer for Christian Unity.

Posted on January 3, 2014 by admin in January 2014
January 18-25 marks Week of Prayer for Christian Unity.

During the month of January the World Council of Churches is urging churches to participate in the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, and has released information about the event. At least once a year, many Christians become aware of the great diversity of ways of adoring God. Hearts are touched, and people realize that […]

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