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World Methodist Peace Award Recipients Announced

Posted on December 11, 2017 by admin in December 2017
World Methodist Peace Award Recipients Announced

Two organizations have been chosen to receive the World Methodist Peace Award for 2017. The recipients were chosen at this year’s World Methodist Council Steering Committee meeting held in Rome, Italy. The committee verbalized its desire to present the award to both a Methodist and Non-Methodist recipient, especially during a time when the world needs […]

Thinking “Communalistically” at Christmas – Message from the General Secretary

Posted on December 1, 2017 by admin in December 2017
Thinking “Communalistically” at Christmas – Message from the General Secretary

  Sister and Brothers in Christ, As we enter into the season of festivity and feasting, I am very conscious of the fact that the majority of the world population lives in poverty. I struggle with the contradiction of my middle-class existence, commitment to economic justice and care for creation in a world where neoliberal […]

Advent Resources for Church and Home

Posted on December 1, 2017 by admin in December 2017
Advent Resources for Church and Home

The World Methodist Council wishes a blessed Advent and Christmas to each of our readers. As a way of highlighting what other Methodists and Wesleyans around the world are using for their Advent celebrations, we share the following resources noted by the World and Liturgy and the Family Life Committees: Advent 2017 WMC Family Life […]

A Light of Peace – for the Korean Peninsula and a world free from nuclear weapons

Posted on December 1, 2017 by admin in December 2017
A Light of Peace – for the Korean Peninsula and a world free from nuclear weapons

In a global campaign, the World Council of Churches invites people across the globe to extend “A Light of Peace” for the Korean Peninsula and for a world free from nuclear weapons. On the first Sunday in Advent – 3 December – the WCC invites the global Christian fellowship to express solidarity for the Korean […]

WCC Executive Committee envisions future for unity, justice and peace

Posted on December 1, 2017 by admin in December 2017
WCC Executive Committee envisions future for unity, justice and peace

The World Council of Churches (WCC) Executive Committee met in Amman, Jordan from 17-23 November to approve the 2018 plan and budget and prepare for renewal of the WCC strategic plan. The Executive Committee also discerned the way forward for the WCC’s involvement in Palestine and Israel by learning more about the particular situation in […]

Wesley House Cambridge Announces Director of Research

Posted on December 1, 2017 by admin in December 2017
Wesley House Cambridge Announces Director of Research

Wesley House is delighted to announce the appointment of The Revd Dr Andrew Stobart as Director of Research from 1 September 2018. Andrew is a Presbyter in the Methodist Church of Great Britain. He holds degrees in theology from the University of Aberdeen, the University of Durham and the London School of Theology.  His own […]

From Vision to Reality – Reflecting on the Bishop Sarah Davis CWMS Clinic Dedication

Posted on December 1, 2017 by admin in December 2017
From Vision to Reality – Reflecting on the Bishop Sarah Davis CWMS Clinic Dedication

  By Dr. Carol T. Taylor Mitchell Delice, Haiti, was the site of the realization of a vision fulfilled in the life of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Senior Bishop McKinley Young, Connectional Women’s Missionary Society International President Dr. Shirley Cason Reed, and many witnesses gathered on top of the mountain and shared testimony to […]

Founder of Wesleyan Missions in Italy Honored

Posted on December 1, 2017 by admin in December 2017
Founder of Wesleyan Missions in Italy Honored

  To commemorate the centenary of the death of Henry James Piggott, British Methodist Minister and founder of Wesleyan Missions in Italy in 1861, Methodists were joined by Catholics, Anglicans and Waldensians in the chapel of the Cimitero acattolico (Protestant Cemetery) in Rome to hear a welcome from Pastor Mirella Manocchio, President of OPCEMI (Methodist […]

World Methodist Historical Society Bulletin

Posted on December 1, 2017 by admin in December 2017
World Methodist Historical Society Bulletin

The WMHS Historical Bulletin for 2017 is now available digitally. To receive the free electronic version of the WMHS’s Historical Bulletin, please email mmerkel@gcah.org. Download the Historical Bulletin

Zimbabwe Churches Respond to Political Crisis

Posted on November 30, 2017 by admin in December 2017
Zimbabwe Churches Respond to Political Crisis

Zimbabwe Between a Crisis and a Kairos (Opportunity) The Pastoral Message of the Churches on the Current Situation Dated 15 November 2017 Luke 19:41-44 41 As he came near and saw the city, he wept over it, 42 saying, “If you, even you, had only recognized on this day the things that make for peace! But […]

“Pacific COP” Offers Opportunities for Inter-Religious Collaboration

Posted on November 30, 2017 by admin in December 2017
“Pacific COP” Offers Opportunities for Inter-Religious Collaboration

The 23rd Conference of Parties (COP23), held in Bonn, Germany under the presidency of the Pacific island nation of Fiji may have had mixed results in terms negotiations on the Paris Treaty, but for faith communities there was an opportunity for discussion on common goals and collaborations which served to remind the world that despite […]

Revd Peter Bolt’s Death Stirs Many Touched Lives

Posted on November 30, 2017 by admin in December 2017
Revd Peter Bolt’s Death Stirs Many Touched Lives

The World Methodist Council received word of the death of Revd Peter Bolt, former Secretary of the British Committee of the World Methodist Council, on the 4th of October, 2017. Revd Bolt was a minister in the Methodist Church in Britain, having served as Circuit Superintendent and lead pastor in Exeter, Plymouth and Truro. He was known to […]

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