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arrow icon. Eastern Europe and Balkan Mission Consultation Set for November 

New York, NY, August 13, 2009--An early November consultation will bring together those who are or want to become involved in United Methodist mission partnerships in Eastern European and Balkan countries.
Source: GBGM Press Releases
More about: GBGM events | Global connections | United Methodist Church | Partners/partnerships | Focus on Congregational Development | Albania | Bosnia-Herzegovina | Bulgaria | Croatia | Greece | Macedonia-FYROM | Moldova | Romania | Serbia | Slovenia | Turkey |
Date posted: Aug 13, 2009

arrow icon. Ecumenical diversity heightens mission conference experience 
United Methodists attending the Conference on World Mission and Evangelism found the diversity of participation inspiring, but the need for healing and reconciliation also was evident. Meeting May 9-16 in Athens, Greece, the 13th such conference of the World Council of Churches had a wider variety of participation than ever before. Besides representatives from various WCC churches, a 42-member Roman Catholic delegation attended as full members, along with others from non-affiliated Pentecostal and evangelical churches.
Source: United Methodist News Service
More about: AIDS/HIV | Christian love | Ecumenical | Human rights | International affairs | United Methodist Church | Partners/partnerships | Methodism | Greece |
Date posted: May 19, 2005
arrow icon. World's churches urged to adapt to changing global dynamics 
Athens (ENI)--A global gathering of church leaders near Athens that assembled divergent traditions including Evangelicals, Pentecostals, Protestants, Orthodox and Roman Catholics, has ended with calls to respond to Christianity's rapid growth in Africa and Asia and to engage in dialogue with other believers.
Source: Ecumenical News International
More about: Communities | Ecumenical | Globalization | International affairs | United Methodist Church | Partners/partnerships | Greece |
Date posted: May 16, 2005
arrow icon. Church meeting in Greek army resort aims to promote non-violence 
Athens (ENI)--A global church gathering on reconciliation is meeting at an army holiday resort in Greece, a country criticised by Amnesty International for its treatment of conscientious objectors. But a prominent Christian campaigner for non-violence is happy about the choice.
Source: Ecumenical News International
More about: Christian love | Ecumenical | Justice | Peace | United Methodist Church | Partners/partnerships | Greece |
Date posted: May 12, 2005
arrow icon. Youth find reconciliation through understanding 
Understanding is the first step on the road to reconciliation. This is one of the convictions that Christian youth from diverse regions will carry home with them following a week of conversations and reflections on the themes of mission, reconciliation and healing.
Source: Council of Churches
More about: Christian love | Ecumenical | Women | Youth | Greece |
Date posted: May 12, 2005
arrow icon. Global migration challenges faiths, Athens Christian conference  told
An increasingly globalised world, marked by religious diversity and tensions between faiths means that Christians need to reconsider the way they relate to other believers, a world meeting of Christian leaders in Athens has been told.
Source: Ecumenical News International
More about: Ecumenical | Refugees | United Methodist Church | Partners/partnerships | Greece |
Date posted: May 12, 2005
arrow icon. China's Protestants aim to show faith as  beneficial to all people
Athens (ENI)--The mission of China's 16 million Protestant Christians is "to show God's love and to benefit all people" in a society that once saw their faith estranged from the national identity, a church leader from the world's most populous nation said on Tuesday.
Source: Ecumenical News International
More about: Advocacy | Christian love | Communities | Ecumenical | Human rights | International affairs | Justice | United Methodist Church | Partners/partnerships | China | Greece |
Date posted: May 11, 2005
arrow icon. Christians gather in Athens for mission and evangelism conference 
As the sun rose over the Aegean Sea, some 700 Christians gathered to discern the healing presence of the Holy Spirit. That beginning of the 2005 Conference on World Mission and Evangelism, meeting May 9-16 in Athens, showed "the need for healing throughout the world," according to the Rev. Larry Pickens, chief executive of the United Methodist Commission on Christian Unity and Interreligious Concerns.
Source: United Methodist News Service
More about: Christian love | Ecumenical | International affairs | United Methodist Church | Partners/partnerships | Greece |
Date posted: May 11, 2005
arrow icon. Churches Urged to Respect the Disabled in 'Healing' and 'Charity' Ministries 
Athens,(ENI)--Religious groups that offer "miraculous healing" and traditional denominations that stress a "charity approach" are alienating disabled people from churches, an Athens meeting of Christian leaders from around the world was told on Wednesday.
Source: Ecumenical News International
More about: Disabilities | Ecumenical | International affairs | United Methodist Church | Partners/partnerships | Greece |
Date posted: May 11, 2005
arrow icon. Greek Archbishop urges Christians to combat atheism, secularism 
Athens, (ENI)--The head of Greece's Orthodox church on Tuesday pledged to join forces with Christians of other denominations to promote dialogue and common witness, despite opposition from some Orthodox church members.
Source: Ecumenical News International
More about: Ecumenical | International affairs | Methodism | Greece |
Date posted: May 10, 2005
arrow icon. New demographics compel rethink on mission: World Christian leader 
Athens, (ENI)--The general secretary of the World Council of Churches, the Rev. Samuel Kobia, on Tuesday urged churches to rethink their ideas about mission in the face of a global shift in Christianity from the northern to the southern hemisphere.
Source: Ecumenical News International
More about: Evangelism | Evangelization | International affairs | Greece |
Date posted: May 10, 2005
arrow icon. Ecumenical mission conferences in the 20th century 
Athens, 9 May - The 12 world mission conferences from 1910 to 1996.
Source: Ecumenical News International
More about: Christian love | Ecumenical | Greece |
Date posted: May 09, 2005
arrow icon. World church gathering on mission opening in Athens 
Athens, 9 May (ENI)--Christians from all around the globe have gathered in Athens for a World Council of Churches' conference due to open on Monday, reaching across a nearly 1000-year breach between Eastern and Western traditions of their religion.
Source: Ecumenical News International
More about: Christian love | Communities | Ecumenical | Greece |
Date posted: May 09, 2005
arrow icon. European Methodists Reach Out to Roma People  
Eva Csernak (Hungary), General Conference 2004 The 6,000 member United Methodist Church in Macedonia did not like what they saw happening to Roma people in their community. In consultation with Roma leaders, the Rev. Mihail Cekov got local churches, his conference, the General Board of Global Ministries and UMCOR involved.
Source: General Conference
More about: Advocacy | Christian love | Education | Evangelism | General Conference | Human rights | International affairs | Mission opportunities | Poverty | Refugees | UMCOR | United Methodist Church | Women | Youth | Greece | Macedonia-FYROM | Serbia | Hungary |
Date posted: May 01, 2004
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