by Robert Gribben, Chair, Standing Committee for Ecumenical Relationships The April issue of this Newsletter carried two reports on the recent Opening of the Methodist Ecumenical Office in Rome (MEOR). They described the worship service in the English-speaking church at the Ponte Sant’Angelo, and the reception by Pope Francis the following day. Cardinal Kurt Koch, President […]
By Mr. John Thomas III, Ph.D. Student, Department of Political Science, University of Chicago From July 11-13, 2016 a delegation from the African Methodist Episcopal Church visited the 2 Comunidade Cristã Metodista (CCM) – Christian Methodist Community – in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. ‘The Comunidade Cristã Metodista (Christian Methodist Community – CCM) is pastored by […]
It is with great sadness that WMC received the news that Bishop Emeritus Federico J Pagura passed away on 6 June, 2016, in Argentina. The former bishop of the Evangelical Methodist Church of Argentina was an advocate for peace and human rights. He was the WCCPresident from 1998-2006. He also served for 17 years as president of the Latin […]
In 1956 … the World Methodist Conference met at Lake Junaluska, North Carolina. During the Conference, The World Methodist Council building was dedicated at the 9th World Methodist Conference. From left to right: The Rev. Oscar Thomas Olson of Cleveland, Ohio (chair of the then American Section of the World Methodist Council; Rev. Lalomilo Kamu, delegate […]
On this, the anniversary of the mass shooting at Mother Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, SC, once again, our Nation and the World hear the names of the slain from another mass shooting. And once again, the Body of Christ weeps over another evil act that has taken lives of 49 souls, as well as […]
By Laura Cook, Communications Manager for All We Can “To get to the border on one day we had to walk for seven hours continuously. We had many fears. At any moment we might be killed.” In 2010, with four young children, Amana made the long journey on foot from Der’a in Syria across the […]
This blog post was shared with us by the Waddel’s. You can follow them at http://idaandkeith.blogspot.com/. MOVING…… It has been some time since the flitting and that was the last time we posted, over a month ago. Much has happened nationally, locally and in our lives and work in Lusaka. Nationally the economy is still in […]
Sister and Brothers in Christ, This year we mark the 130th anniversary of May Day or International Workers Day. It is officially celebrated in 66 countries and recognised in much more, but ironically it is not celebrated in the country which led the workers revolution. On May 1, 1886, thousands of workers across the United […]
COUNTDOWN: 15 WEEKS TO GO! We are now just 15 weeks away from the beginning of The 21st World Methodist Conference! See what is in store and what is happening as preparations are being made for this historic gathering! General Secretary Abrahams at UMC General Conference Bishop Abrahams will preach at the UMC General Conference worship […]
Representatives of the World Methodist and European Methodist Councils, the British Methodist Church, the Methodist churches in Italy, and The United Methodist Church met in April in Italy. Among the many things accomplished were the opening of the Methodist Ecumenical Office in Rome, a visit to the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity and a private audience with […]
The South African Council of Churches has urged Christians in South Africa to participate in 40 days of prayer for SA from May 7 to June 15, reports the Association of Christian Media. The SACC encourages people to make use of a 40 day prayer guide published by Jericho Walls Prayer Network, which centres around reconciliaion events […]
Papua New Guinea’s Supreme Court ruled on 26 April that the detention of 850 asylum seekers on Manus Island breaches the detainees’ right to personal liberty under the PNG Constitution. Rev. Poulos is urging the Australian Government to take the opportunity to end its “brutal and immoral” policy of offshore detention. “Barely a week goes […]
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