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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RIP: James Williams, South Africa missionary & GEMN Board member
South Africa missionary and former GEMN Board member the Rev. Dr. James Williams died in hospice in Colorado on Feb. 1. He was the husband of Lorine Williams, who served with him in the Diocese of Matlosane in the Anglican Church of Southern Africa for over ten years. James and Lorine’s ministry at St. Peter’s […]
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Global Mission Digital Toolkit is up and live for use by dioceses and congregations
The initial installment of resources in the Global Mission Digital Toolkit has been finalized and is now live on the Episcopal Church website. It went up in time for the celebration of World Mission Sunday on Feb. 14. Here’s the link. The fruit of a unique collaboration among GEMN, the Office of Global Partnerships […]
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Molly O’Brien is appointed GEMN Interim Coordinator
Molly O’Brien has been appointed Interim Coordinator of the Global Episcopal Mission Network to assist GEMN’s Board in fulfilling GEMN’s purpose and achieving its goals. At a Feb. 9 meeting the Board voted unanimously to appoint O’Brien to the position, and she began her part-time work as Coordinator on Feb. 11. Inquiries can be directed […]
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World Mission Sunday observance on Feb. 14 is urged by Presiding Bishop Michael Curry
Presiding Bishop Michael Curry has issued a video encouraging observance of World Mission Sunday on Feb. 14, which is available here. Noting that this year World Mission Sunday coincides with Valentine’s Day, Curry relates the love of God shown forth in the ministry of Jesus and his invitation to love one another to Jesus’ charge, […]
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Save the Earth-Day dates for Earthkeeping Global Mission Conference: April 22-24 on Zoom!
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 Creator God, the Redeeming Christ and the Empowering Spirit? What can our mission companions around the world teach us about climate justice, and how can we collaborate with them? The […]
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RIP: Ellinah Wamukoya, Swaziland’s ‘Green Bishop’ and 2017 GEMN conference speaker, dies of Covid-19
The Rt. Rev. Ellinah Wamukoya, Bishop of Swaziland and the first woman bishop of a diocese in Africa, died of Covid-19 on Jan. 19 at age 69. Bp. Wamukoya preached on reconciliation at the May 25 Morning Prayer at the 2017 Global Mission Conference sponsored by GEMN at Camp McDowell in Alabama. The scriptures were […]
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Global Mission Prayer Cycle is published by GEMN
A Global Mission Prayer Cycle was published by the Global Episcopal Mission Network on 22 January 2021. It is posted in the Resources section of the GEMN website. Designed to lift up before God the global mission work of Episcopalians, the cycle is arranged on a monthly cycle of 30 days. It briefly features the […]
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President Titus Presler reports to GEMN members on 2020
PRESIDENT’S 2020 REPORT TO THE GEMN MEMBERSHIP The Rev. Canon Titus Presler, Th.D., D.D. January 2021 Greetings to all in the community of the Global Episcopal Mission Network! I thank God for your vision of the mission of God in the life of the world, your personal participation in that mission, and your dedication to […]
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