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March 2017

Don’t be an “Almost Christian,” Greetings from the General Secretary – March 2017

Posted on March 3, 2017 by admin in March 2017
Don’t be an “Almost Christian,” Greetings from the General Secretary – March 2017

For those living in the Northern Hemisphere, Lent means springtime. It is a time of hope and great anticipation as we watch bulbs pushing through the soil, new buds appearing on trees and birds returning from their southern migration. For those in the Southern Hemisphere, it is a time to prepare for the winter . […]

Migrants find help from Italian Methodists

Posted on March 3, 2017 by admin in March 2017
Migrants find help from Italian Methodists

By Linda Bloom Feb. 24, 2017 | NEW YORK (UMNS) A small Methodist congregation in Italy is teaming up with others to address one of the country’s biggest challenges — the overwhelming influx of migrants and refugees over the past five years.Methodist church members in Scicli (pronounced sheek-ly), a historic Baroque town in southeast Sicily, […]

AllWeCan Appeals for Response to East Africa Famine

Posted on March 3, 2017 by admin in March 2017
AllWeCan Appeals for Response to East Africa Famine

South Sudan is the first nation in six years to declare a famine, but the UN have issued a stark warning that other countries face extreme food-shortages across East Africa. All We Can and the World Church Relationships Team of the Methodist Church in Britain are calling for support for an urgent appeal to respond […]

A.M.E. Church Celebrates Founder’s Day, Bishop Richard Allen’s Birthday

Posted on March 3, 2017 by admin in March 2017
A.M.E. Church Celebrates Founder’s Day, Bishop Richard Allen’s Birthday

Founder’s Day 2017 “Let’s Not Forget” An Extraordinary History – An Incredible Future The African Methodist Episcopal Church: The oldest traditionally Black Protestant denomination founded on American Soil!  As we reflect and celebrate Founder’s Day 2017, we cannot afford to have a memory lapse about our extraordinary beginning.  Will and Ariel Durant wrote, “We are […]

Bishop Darryl Starnes Installed as President of Board of Bishops, AMEZ Church

Posted on March 2, 2017 by admin in March 2017
Bishop Darryl Starnes Installed as President of Board of Bishops, AMEZ Church

Re-posted from the A.M.E. Zion Church website – http://www.amez.org/news-mainmenu-2/1341-board-of-bishop-president. Bishop Darryl Starnes serves as a regional officer for North America on the World Methodist Council 2016-21 Steering Committee. ATLANTA, GA – It has been six months since the historic 50 Quadrennial General Conference of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church which propelled our beloved Zion into a […]

Need Lenten Resources?

Posted on March 2, 2017 by admin in March 2017
Need Lenten Resources?

Member Churches and affiliated organizations listed below have produced wonderful personal and group resources for the Lenten season. Share yours using the hashtag #LentWMC via Facebook (@World Methodist Council) or Twitter (@WMCouncil), or email to us at communications@worldmethodistcouncil.org. Christian Methodist Episcopal Church – www.thecmechurch.org/lenten-resources.html Methodist Liaison Office in Jerusalem – methodistliaisonjerusalem.wordpress.com/ Methodist Church in Britain www.methodist.org.uk/prayer-and-worship/lent-and-easter/more-lent-and-easter-resources Lenten Photo a Day Practice – www.rethinkchurch.org/articles/spirituality/2017-lenten-photo-a-day-practice […]

Museum Unveils New Exhibits

Posted on March 2, 2017 by admin in March 2017
Museum Unveils New Exhibits

The World Methodist Museum, at Lake Junaluska, N.C. USA, has unveiled two new exhibits this winter. An 18th century pulpit from High Town Methodist Church in Luton, England, has been loaned to the museum. It was from this very pulpit that the early founders and shapers of Methodism preached. It is the only pulpit in […]

Baptists, Methodists Meet in Jamaica for Dialouge

Posted on March 2, 2017 by admin in March 2017
Baptists, Methodists Meet in Jamaica for Dialouge

Members of the Baptist World Alliance and the World Methodist Council met February 1 to 8 at Runaway Bay Jamaica. The meeting was the fourth round of conversations of the international dialogue between Baptists and Methodists. The overall theme of the dialogue is faith working through love. The theme of the conversations this time centered […]

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