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December 15, 2023 You show that you are Christ’s letter, delivered by us. You weren’t written with ink but with the Spirit of the living God. You weren’t written on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts. – 2 Corinthians 3:3 (CEB) BOGOTÁ,
November 19, 2023 The Council of Bishops extends congratulations to Bishop Mary Ann Swenson, as the recipient of one of two special President’s Awards for Ecumenical and Interfaith Leadership at the recent Christian Unity Gathering of the National Council of Churches of Christ in the
December 6, 2023 Bishop Solito K. Toquero, who stood in solidarity with the oppressed and impoverished, died Dec. 1 in his sleep. He was 81. “He was a prophet,” said retired Bishop Ciriaco Q. Francisco. “He spoke boldly, firmly and compassionately to protect the rights
December 5, 2023 While traveling several years back, the Rev. Chebon Kernell came across something interesting at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. It was “A Walk Through Atlanta History,” a permanent exhibit tracing the city’s story up to the 1996 Centennial Olympic Games. “They included Indigenous peoples there, but
December 5, 2023 ATLANTA – At Global Ministries’ U.S. Mission Partners Consultation, held Nov. 28-29 in Atlanta, Ga., nearly 250 United Methodist mission leaders from 53 U.S. annual conferences gathered to discern ways to reimagine, reinvent and reignite mission in the U.S. The event was the
November 1, 2023 Bishop William Boyd Grove distinguished himself in many ways over a long ministry career, including serving as the first ecumenical officer of the Council of Bishops and writing a hymn that’s in the United Methodist Hymnal. But in talking about Grove, pastors
October 30, 2023 Retired Bishop João Somane Machado of the Mozambique Area is being remembered as a father figure with an infectious laugh who contributed immensely to the growth and development of The United Methodist Church in Africa and globally. Machado died Oct. 25 in
October 25, 2023 Rev. Paul Tché, who is the Ecumenical Officer for the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), calls Christian Churches Together “an ecumenical space,” and I like that definition. CCT is not a conciliar group who gathers to make decisions. Instead, it brings together
October 2, 2023 A covenant relationship begun by newly elected bishops over 20 years ago is still going strong today. Bishop Warner H. Brown was elected in 2000 along with Bishops Jose Quipungo and Gaspar João Domingos, both from Angola, and they discussed a conference-to-conference
October 9, 2023 Native American personal and collective relationships with their ancestral lands will be the focus of “This Land Calls Us Home: Indigenous Relationships with Southeastern Homelands,” an exhibit that will open Nov. 6, 2023, at Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport. Featuring more than 60
