Registration is now open for Missio 2025, the world mission conference for the Episcopal Church, which this year is organized by GEMN and the Diocese of Honduras. At the invitation of Bishop Lloyd Allen of the Diocese of Honduras, Missio will meet in the city of San Pedro Sula, April 29-May 2. Tuesday the 29th […]
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Global Mission News: Standing Commission on World Mission to present at Jan. 23 Mission Thursday at 1pm
“Envisioning World Mission – A Word from the Standing Commission on World Mission” will be the theme of the Mission Thursday sponsored by GEMN at 1 p.m. on Jan. 23. Register here on Eventbrite for the one-hour webinar, which is free and open to the public. Presenting will be Emily Keniston, chair of the commission […]
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Epiphany: The movement of God’s mission pivots from inward centripetal to outward centrifugal
We three kings of Orient are, bearing gifts we traverse afar, field and fountain, moor and mountain, following yonder star. Those words and the tune that conveys them evoke Epiphany. The coming of the Magi to pay homage to the Christ Child at Bethlehem is the festival’s focus, its alternate title being “The Manifestation of […]
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Entanglement: A concept for God’s mission and ours in Christmastide
“I’m trying to encourage my parish to get entangled in the community.” That’s what an acquaintance from past years, rector of a parish in New York City, said to me as we were catching up during a chance meeting at last summer’s General Convention. Entangled? What a verb to use for mission! And he did […]
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Standing Commission on World Mission is appointed by Presiding Bishop & Deputies President for 2005-07 triennium
Standing Commission on World Mission is appointed for the 2005-27 triennium
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Global Mission News: Missio 2025 to be held in Honduras, April 29-May 2, beginning with Mission Formation Program
GEMN wishes you and your family and communitya blessed Christmastide and New Year as you celebrate God’s missionincarnate among us in Jesus the Christ! Next year’s Missio, the annual world mission conference for the Episcopal Church, will be held in San Pedro Sula, April 29-May 2, at the invitation of Bishop Lloyd Allen of Honduras. […]
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GEMN Board elects four officers for 2024-25 ministry year
At its August 6 meeting the Board of the Global Episcopal Mission Network elected the network’s officers for the 2024-25 ministry year. The Rev. Paul Rajan, vicar of Good Shepherd Church in Wantage in the Diocese of Newark, was elected president. Originally from Tirunelveli Diocese in the Church of South India, Paul was a cross-cultural […]
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“My Mission Story” videos testify to how God is drawing Episcopalians into world mission
“My Mission Story” is the theme of eleven videos sponsored by GEMN in which Episcopalians witness to how God drew them into world mission. The stories are inspiring as laypersons and clergy talk about key turning points in their missional life with God. Ranging from 6 to 14 minutes in length, the videos are ideal […]
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Mission Thursday on Sept. 26: Hear about West Texas Diocese’s extensive global outreach
The intensive and wide-ranging work of the Diocese of West Texas in global mission will be the topic of the first Mission Thursday of the fall season sponsored by the Global Episcopal Mission Network. The one-hour webinar on Thursday, Sept. 26, will be held at 1pm Eastern Time on Zoom (10am Pacific, 11am Mountain, 12 […]
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Mission Reflection: Missionary learned to “really” pray through serving in South Africa
One of the gifts of cross-cultural mission service is that the experience of working with people of another culture and language deepens one’s own spirituality and discipleship. A Catch of the Day posting from Heidi Schmidt in Argentina on Sunday, June 9, captures that dynamic vividly and inspirationally: Good morning! One of the myriad gifts […]
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