What a relief to feel the rain on my face in drought-stricken Cape Town! I trust that this is the start of a long winter. Changing seasons are always a time of melancholy, many people feel happier when the days are longer, warmer, and there is a riot of colors. In the southern hemisphere, the […]

Bishop Thomas K. Oomen, Moderator of the Church of South India, recently published an open letter to the people of the country and many others globally, to stand against the country’s National Democratic Alliance (NDA) Government’s anti-poor, anti-Dalit, anti-tribal policies and practices. The church leader chastised the government for its discriminatory, unconstitutional ideology and called […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 26, 2018 BLACK MOUNTAIN, North Carolina — The Southern Province of the Moravian Church in North America on Friday, April 20, voted at its synod meeting in Black Mountain to enter into a full communion relationship with The United Methodist Church. This key step in the process toward full communion will be followed […]

Rev. Dr. James Hal Cone, renowned founder of Black Liberation Theology, award-winning author and Bill & Judith Moyers Distinguished Professor of Systematic Theology at Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York, died on April 28, 2018. He was 79. “In so many ways, James Cone has been Union Theological Seminary for the past […]

from www.methodist.org.uk In February, the Eglise Protestante Méthodiste du Benin held its first synod since the Church was reconciled and reunified in 2016. Michael Tettey, a mission partner in Benin, attended the synod on  behalf of the Methodist Church in Britain (MCB). In his address to the synod, Michael said: “The MCB rejoices with you today, that after many years of crisis and failed attempts at […]

  adapted from a story at the www.thechristianrecorder.com Bishop David R. Daniels, Jr., reports that three church buildings were dedicated in March in the Queenstown Annual Conference, 15th Episcopal District of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. The Bishop Robert Thomas AME Church congregation in Motherwell, Port Elizabeth, South Africa, had been meeting in a shack […]

By Bishop Rosemarie Wenner, WMC Geneva Secretary “Let mutual love continue” (Hebrews 13:1) was the theme of the third Global Christian Gathering of the Global Christian Forum (GCF) in Bogota, Colombia, from April 24-27, 2018. Two hundred fifty-one participants from 64 countries and 22 church traditions came together. They represented broad streams of Christianity including […]

From iglesiametodista.org.ar El testimonio de un pastor metodista Samuel Fielden nació en Todmorden, Lancashire (Inglaterra) en 1844; pasó su juventud trabajando en los talleres, y entrando en la edad de la razón, se recibió de ministro metodista. Fue después nombrado superintendente de las escuelas dominicales de su país natal. En 1864 se mudó a Nueva York […]

(from www.amez.org) An ordained elder, experienced trainer, and innovative leader, Rev. Kathryn Gertrude Brown served as the General Secretary of the Department of Christian Education of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church from 2012 until her death. She was the first female to hold this position. Born and raised in Harlem, NY, Rev. Brown was educated […]

Welcome to a journey/pilgrimage working for peace and seeking clean and abundant water in the region around  the sacred River Jordan. This traveling seminar and conference is coordinated by the World Methodist Council Inter-Religious Relationships Committee and EcoPeace-Middle East and aims to promote active engagement with issues of water and peace. In this area served by the sacred […]

Learn The Methodist Past to Prepare for the Future More than 3,000 youth have crossed the threshold of the World Methodist Museum so far this year. Some are part of organized Confirmation and youth programs at Lake Junaluska while others travel with their specific church group and plan their own activities. This March and April […]

from NCN News Milliken Park is a small train station outside of Glasgow, Scotland, where trains frequently pass through at high speeds. Because of its small size and lack of staff, it’s a place where some attempt to take their own lives. In response, the local police and Network Rail are working with local churches […]