In Memory of Her By Bishop Paulo Lockmann I want to express my joy at being here, and to be able to share the message of the Word of God at this time of Easter. I will start by focusing on a particular fact that occurred before the remarkable episode of Jesus’ arrest, death and […]

The launch of the Anglican Methodist International Commission on Mission in Unity (AMICUM) document, Into All the World, took place on Tuesday, March 17, in Downpatrick, Northern Ireland, in the context of local diocesan celebrations of St Patrick’s Day. Bishop Harold Miller, Anglican co-Chair of AMICUM and Bishop of the Diocese of Down and Dromore, […]

The Korean Methodist Church marks the year 2015 as 130 years since Henry G. Appenzeller, the first Methodist missionary to Korea, arrived at Chemulpo, Korea (now Incheon) with his wife, Ella, on Easter Sunday in 1885. One year later, Mrs. Mary F. Scranton became the first female missionary in Korea with her son, Dr. William […]

By Sam Hodges (United Methodist News Service) Dayna Barrera seems typical of a bright, accomplished U.S. high school senior.She’s filled one bedroom wall with inspirational slogans jotted on multi-colored sticky notes. Her nightstand holds books by John Green, best-selling author of young adult novels.But Barrera gets to class by leaving the country. Each weekday, she’s […]

This week, the Christian world mourned the loss of a true ecumenical leader, Rev. Dr. Philip Potter. Dr. Potter was the third General Secretary of the World Council of Churches, and a native of Dominca, West Indies. Dr. Potter passed away on 31 March at the age of 93 in Lübeck, Germany. We give thanks to […]

The World Methodist Council Steering Committee welcomes three new individuals. These individuals were chosen to fill vacancies on the Steering Committee and will serve out the term through 2016. Bishop Darryl Starnes – North American Regional Officer Bishop Darryl Starnes is a bishop of the Midwest Episcopal District in the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church. […]

By: Lynn Hargrow (CME Church) There is great potential in ecumenism today. In an international context, the prominence of individual Christian denominations has fallen substantially from the shibboleths of unquestioned power they had this time a century ago. Thus, the need for working together to accomplish tasks is even more pressing now than it was […]

Each year, Wesley Mission in Australia conducts a program of mission and outreach throughout Holy Week and into Easter.  For 51 years, the Easter Mission, initiated by Alan Walker, a former Superintendent, has reached a climax with a nationwide televised Sunrise Service on Easter Day.  Originally this service was broadcast from a drive-in cinema, but […]