By Titus Presler “The purpose of the Global Episcopal Mission Network is to gather, inspire and equip people to participate in God’s mission with humility, inclusion and companionship.” This is the purpose statement adopted by the GEMN Board of Directors at its extended meeting in October and confirmed at its November meeting. A briefer tagline […]
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Save the date! – 2022 Global Mission Conference, May 12-14, will focus on Women in Mission
Women in Mission will be the theme of the 2022 Global Mission Conference sponsored by the Global Episcopal Mission Network, and it will be held May 12-14 online via Zoom. The GEMN Board of Directors set these directions for the annual conference at its October extended meeting in October. The online format was chosen in […]
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Humility, Inclusion, Companionship – Board identifies three core values of GEMN
By Titus Presler Humility, Inclusion, Companionship – these are the three core values that the Board of Directors of the Global Episcopal Mission Network focused on at their annual extended board meeting, which was held online on October 7 and 8. They were finalized as the core values at the board’s regular monthly online meeting […]
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Videos from 2021 Global Mission Conference now available
Videos from the 2021 Global Mission Conference, “Earthkeeping: Creation Care in Global Mission” are now available! The conference took place April 22-24, 2021, and was held entirely online, a first for GEMN. This online format helped make the conference more accessible to international participants, and we heard from many inspiring speakers who are engaging with […]
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Joy in mission: Janice Price reflects on her 12 years of world mission leadership in the Church of England
By Titus Presler “I’m encouraged by the joy we have in our mission relationships,” Janice Price said of the current state of mission in the Church of England and in the Anglican Communion. “That makes a difference. Joy is no incidental thing. It’s at the heart of it. I realized this early on when […]
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Meredith Crigler is elected to GEMN Board as GEMN officers are selected
The Rev. Meredith Crigler, chair of the World Mission Board of the Diocese of Texas, was elected as a new member of the Board of Directors of the Global Episcopal Mission Network (GEMN) Board of Directors at the network’s annual meeting on April 23. Like the Global Mission Conference that was held April 22-24 on […]
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2021 Mission Formation Program offered online, May 24-27
Registration has opened for the annual Mission Formation Program to be held in four online sessions, Monday-Thursday, May 24-27. The online format that was so successful in 2020 is being offered again this year as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, the Global Episcopal Mission Network (GEMN) has announced. “We are so pleased to offer […]
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“Follow Your Heartbreak in the Climate Crisis,” attendees are told at Global Mission Conference on Creation Care
“Follow your heartbreak in the climate crisis: that is where you are being anointed, that is where the Holy Spirit is touching you.” So advised the Rev. Canon Rachel Mash of Green Anglicans, the Creation Care initiative in the Anglican Church of Southern Africa. She was speaking at the 2021 Global Mission Conference held online […]
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GEMN Annual Meeting, Friday April 23, 2021
GEMN Annual Meeting to be held Friday, April 23, 11:45 a.m. Eastern The Annual Meeting of the Global Episcopal Mission Network will be held online via Zoom at 11:45 a.m. Eastern time on Friday, April 23. This will be about an hour before the second-day session of the Global Mission Conference sponsored by GEMN, which is […]
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Registration opens for 2021 Global Mission Conference: ‘Earthkeeping: Creation Care in Global Mission,’ April 22-24
Registration is now open for the 2021 Global Mission Conference sponsored by GEMN online via Zoom, Thursday-Saturday, April 22-24, on the theme, “Earthkeeping: Creation Care in Global Mission.” Register here. Climate change and ecological degradation constitute the major planetary crisis of our time. How can Christians in global mission engage with the crisis through the […]
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