Friends, As we read this, 2015 is still in its infancy, full of the possibilities that each New Year has and rife with hope and expectations that this year will be better for us that those previous. I too feel those expectations for the year, personally and professionally. We see the turning of the calendar […]

  The World Methodist Council strongly condemns the attack on the offices of the French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo in Paris on Wednesday. In a statement General Secretary Ivan Abrahams said: “Two days after the attack on the offices of Charlie Hebdo and the world remains in shock of the senseless and wanton violence that […]

The World Methodist Council’s Ministerial Exchange Program (MEP) was founded in 1947 to develop ties between Methodist clergy and churches in the United States and England. Its expansion now includes Methodist congregations in other countries and Methodist laity as well as clergy. Since its inception the MEP has afforded a deeper appreciation for and understanding […]

The World Methodist Council came into being as a result of the awakening that occurred under the leadership of John and Charles Wesley in 18th Century England. Churches that have emerged n the Methodist tradition stand within the continuity of the one universal Church, confessing the Lord Jesus Christ as God and Savior, worshiping the […]

The three Senior Bishops of the African Methodist Episcopal (AME), African Methodist Episcopal Zion (AME Zion) and Christian Methodist Episcopal (CME) Churches met with others on December 19th in Charlotte, NC to confer on strategies for a “Black Life Matters” campaign. The actions  put forward to by the three denominational groups include: The Senior Bishops […]

Former member of the World Methodist Council Executive Committee, member of the Honorable Order of Jerusalem and Retired Bishop of the Germany Central Conference UMC, Hermann Sticher, is dead. His family announced that he died on Friday, December 19 at the age of 87 years of cancer. From 1977 to 1989, Hermann Sticher was bishop […]

Wesley House, since 1921, the Methodist College in Cambridge, is opening its doors to the international Wesleyan/Methodist community from October 2015. Embedded in the University of Cambridge and a founder member of the Cambridge Theological Federation, Wesley House is located in the heart of the medieval city with access to world class resources for theological study and research. […]

Through December 2014, the World Methodist Council’s Achieving the Vision Campaign is one-quarter of the way to its fundraising goal. You can help us reach this goal! If every member of the World Methodist Council’s member churches gave just 50 cents (USD) we would reach our goal of establishing a $20 million endowment to provide […]