In the light of the increased interest expressed in the 21st World Methodist Conference in Houston, August 31- September 3, 2016, we publish a Special edition of the First Friday Letter to share something of the work and witness of the World Methodist Council. This year marks the 131st birthday of the Council. When the […]

Planning to attend the 21st World Methodist Conference? Still trying to decide? Here is some information about what the Conference is, and a bit about its history and organizers. Download the PDF

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 […]