Dear people called Methodists! Sisters and brothers in the one family of God! Grace and peace to you from Jesus Christ and God the Father who raised him from the dead! When I was visiting Gothenburg, Sweden, last month, the officers of WMC fell into deep sorrow because of a terror at Westminster, London. […]

Receptive Ecumenism Conference The 4th International Conference on Receptive Ecumenism will be held at University house, Australian National University, Canberra, from Monday 6 to Thursday 9 November, 2017. The context, in terms of both place and time, will make the Fourth International Conference on Receptive Ecumenism an extremely significant event. It will be the first […]

  Easter Sunday Sunrise Service, 16 April Sydney Opera House As the sun rises on Easter Day, songs of praise from the iconic Sydney Opera House will echo across Sydney Harbour. Hundreds of people from all walks of life will join together to celebrate the power of Jesus’ resurrection. The service will be led by Wesley […]

The soon retiring German UMC Bishop Rosemarie Wenner will be succeeded by Harald Rückert. The 58-year-old theologian who was elected as bishop for the Germany Central Conference of the United Methodist Church in Hamburg this Wednesday [15 March 2017] after reaching the required two-thirds majority in the fourth round. “We are a church together”, said the newly elected […]

It is with great sadness that we share with you that Dr. Harold Crowder, long-time World Methodist Museum supporter, passed away on 27 March 2017. His daughter Catherine reported the news with great sorrow, adding that “he died peacefully here at home with Mom and three of his children surrounding him.” The funeral service was held on […]

Among the thousands of documents held in the Methodist Archives and Research Centre at the Library is a collection of 153 letters. Unlike other letters in the Archives, these were written by ordinary people who joined the Methodist movement in its earliest years. They date from the 1730s-1780s and are particularly significant as they were […]

On 21-23 March, the executive officers of the World Methodist Council met in Gothenburg, Sweden. The purpose of this meeting was two-fold: to conduct the businesses of the executive officers of the Council and to tour the proposed venue for the 22nd World Methodist Conference, The Swedish Exhibition & Congress Centre and Gothia Towers. Representatives from the […]

By Sharon Adamu Bambuka March 29, 2017 | KARIM LAMIDO, Nigeria (UMNS) The United Methodist Church, Nigeria Episcopal Area, has inaugurated a new conference.The new North East Nigeria Annual Conference was celebrated March 19 at the Karim Maundi primary school, a United Methodist school in Karim Lamido. Bishop John Wesley Yohanna of the Nigeria Episcopal […]

GlobeTheoLib is a project of Globethics.net and the World Council of Churches. It is an online digital library for Theology and Ecumenism. In 2016, the GlobeTheoLib projected celebrated its 5th anniversary when the consortium met in September. During that time, a major publication and global digital collection on Ecotheology, Climate Justice and Food Security was […]

More than 7 million people are at serious risk of starvation in Yemen, and millions more are severely malnourished in Somalia and South Sudan – chronic food insecurity across these nations has led to the grim reality that a huge number of people are at serious risk of dying of hunger. All We Can and […]

The World Methodist Council celebrates with Rev. Dr. Winston Worrell on his retirement following 25 years of leadership to the World Methodist Evangelism Institute. Dr. Winston Worrell retired last June (2016), but will be honored on 1 May 2017 at the World Methodist Evangelism Institute Founders Dinner in Dunwoody, Ga. USA. The Institute will also celebrate […]