Sixty-five people participated in the Mission Thursday webinar on “Mission Companionship with Sudanese Christians” sponsored by the Global Episcopal Mission Network (GEMN) on Feb. 16. That was out of 105 people who registered for the event on Eventbrite, both figures indicating the high level of interest Episcopalians and other Anglican have in engaging with Christians […]
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Middle East mission companionships to be focus of March 16 Mission Thursday
“Mission Companionships in the Middle East” is the theme of the Mission Thursday to be held online on Thursday, March 16. Sponsored by the Global Episcopal Mission Network, the one-hour Zoom session at 1 p.m. will focus on the initiatives of Episcopalians to bear witness in solidarity with Christians in the Middle East, many of […]
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Mission Formation Program to be offered by GEMN, May 2-3, before Mission Conference in Tampa
Mission Formation Program will be offered May 2-3 in Tampa, just before the churchwide Global Mission Conference.
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Plenary speakers announced as registration opens for Global Mission Conference on “Mission: Journey into Healing”
Registration for the Global Mission Conference to be held May 3-5 in Tampa continues as plenary speakers are announced for the gathering. Organized by the Global Episcopal Mission Network, the conference will focus on “Mission: Journey into Healing.”
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Registration opens for Global Mission Conference to be held in Tampa, May 3-5: “Mission: Journey into Healing”
Registration is now open for the 2023 Global Mission Conference to be held at St. Mark’s Church in Tampa, Florida, from noon on Wednesday, May 3, to noon on Friday, May 5. Sponsored by GEMN, the conference will focus on “Mission: Journey into Healing.” Mission activists and Global Mission Advocates are also encouraged to consider […]
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Celebrate World Mission Sunday in your congregation on February 19!
The Episcopal Church’s World Mission Sunday, an annual observance designated by the 1997 General Convention, occurs on the Last Sunday in Epiphanytide – this year on February 19. Epiphany celebrates the showing forth of the light of Christ in all the world – over all the diversity of nationalities, cultures, races, languages and ethnicities. This […]
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GEMN receives major gift from mission leader Beth Frank
The Global Episcopal Mission Network has received a visionary gift from the Rev. Elizabeth “Beth” Frank, a mission activist in the Diocese of Ohio, who died in January of 2022 at age 62. The gift, over $833,000, is the largest in GEMN’s quarter-century history. The bequest enables GEMN to establish an endowment that will […]
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Mission with Christians of the Sudans to be theme of Feb. 16 Mission Thursday
Mission companionship with Christians in Sudan and South Sudan will be the theme of the Mission Thursday on Feb. 16, sponsored by the Global Episcopal Mission Network. Congregations, dioceses and organizations with connections to the Sudans are welcome, as are all others interested in learning about ministry with Christians there. This Mission Thursday, hosted by […]
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Mission Reflection: Holy Land pilgrimage with Friends of Jerusalem Diocese was revelatory
A mission reflection by Judy Quick Why does the Holy Land draw me in? What is it about Jerusalem that holds my heart? I’ve had the privilege of making the traditional pilgrimage to the Holy Land since the mid 1990s, walking the footsteps of Jesus in the Galilee and in Jerusalem. These pilgrimages to ancient sacred sites […]
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Nativity greetings! – Christmas proclaims God on mission
Nativity, with Children, by Indian artist Frank Wesley (1923-2002) Dear Friends in Mission, The marvel of Christmas is that it includes everything – everything! Everything in the mission of God. That’s not surprising. After all, the God of the cosmos – infinite and all-encompassing – comes to us distilled in an infant in a particular […]
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