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January
19 articles found for January, 2000.
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On Jan. 1, 1999, the new United Methodist Office
of Restorative Justice Ministries opened in
Nashville, Tenn. Started under a mandate of the
1996 General Conference, and with funding from
the General Board of Global Ministries, this new
initiative is governed and supported by an
interagency coordinating committee.
Date posted:Jan 29, 2000
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A group of religious leaders from the Democratic
Republic of Congo is attempting to bring
reconciliation to their war-torn country.
Date posted:Jan 27, 2000
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Nineteen-year-old Terrell Starr, of Philander
Smith College, a Methodist-related institution in
Arkansas, was the youngest of twenty-four
participants in a mission study tour to Senegal,
December 8-16, 1999. Sponsored by the General
Board of Global Ministries, the group included
clergy, laypersons, college students,
seminarians, and staff of the General Board of
Global Ministries.
Date posted:Jan 27, 2000
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"There is nothing here to laugh about." Robert
Walker admonished giggling teenagers in a crowd
that was listening to introductory remarks on
Gorée Island, a port of departure in Senegal for
Africans who became part of the slave trade.
Though they were complete strangers to him,
Robert dared to correct the inappropriate
behavior of students who, like him (and the
United Methodist group of which he was a part)
were visiting the historical site.
Date posted:Jan 27, 2000
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A delegation from the United States on a mission
study tour to Dakar, Senegal, December 8-16,
1999, was briefed on evangelical work that the
United Methodist Church was doing in Dakar and
the surrounding communities of Kaolack, Mbour,
Saint-Louis, and Thies.
Date posted:Jan 27, 2000
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New World Outlook and Response, the two mission
magazines of the General Board of Global
Ministries, won three top Awards of Excellence
given by the United Methodist Association of
Communicators at the UMAC Awards Banquet.
Date posted:Jan 27, 2000
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"In the global context, truth-telling, recovering
memory, repentance, forgiveness, and
reconciliation are all elements of restorative
justice," said Ms. Peggy Hutchison, assistant
general secretary for Global Networks and
Ecumenical Relations of the General Board of
Global Ministries. "There are three primary
questions: Who was harmed? What are their needs?
And whose obligation are they?"
Date posted:Jan 26, 2000
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In January 1990, shortly after the revolution
that ended forty years of Communist rule in
Czechoslovakia, the Maranatha United Methodist
Church in Pilzen, Czech Republic, began a prison
ministry which led to the establishment of the
Center For Christian Help.
Date posted:Jan 26, 2000
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The world's media will come under scrutiny for a
day in February, as groups in about 80 countries
monitor the portrayal and representation of women
in the news on television, radio and in
newspapers.
Date posted:Jan 25, 2000
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We, the religious leaders in the Democratic
Republic of the Congo--including representatives
of the Roman Catholic Church, the Church of Christ
in Congo (a union of 62 Protestant denominations),
the Kimbanguist Church (the largest independent
church in the country), the Orthodox Church, and
the Islamic Community--are deeply saddened by the
war that has been going on in our country since
August 2, 1998. This war has had devastating
consequences for the Congolese people, for the
future of our nation, and for our relationships
with our neighbors and friends.
Date posted:Jan 25, 2000
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Three years after its founding, the Friends of
Estonia is finally getting a glimpse of
the "forest through the trees" in its ministry in
the former Soviet Republic, the group's chairman
said.
Date posted:Jan 24, 2000
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Architect of Estonian church draws closer to faith
One of the two architects who drew up the plans
for the United Methodist Baltic Mission Center in
the Estonian capital Tallinn says his involvement
in designing the church has brought him closer to
faith.
Date posted:Jan 24, 2000
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January 2000, designated "Africa Month" by the
United Nations, has been set aside by the U.N.
Security Council to tackle Africa's problems.
Among issues on the agenda are the "devastating
impact of AIDS" and continuing armed conflicts on
the African continent.
Date posted:Jan 24, 2000
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On 12 January 2000, the World Council of
Churches' (WCC) acting general secretary George
Lemopoulos sent the following letter to H. E.
Abdurrahman Wahid, President of the Republic of
Indonesia:
Date posted:Jan 18, 2000
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United Methodist communicators paid tribute to
several of their peers Jan. 14 during the Pre-
General Conference News Briefing.
The Rev. Boyce A. Bowdon, communicator for the
Oklahoma Annual (regional) Conference and editor
of its newspaper, was named 1999 Communicator of
the Year. Bowden has also written three books,
including The Child-Friendly Church, published by
Abingdon in 1999.
Date posted:Jan 18, 2000
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In pockets of poverty, often the teens and the
elderly are the first to suffer from neglect. Not
so at Asbury North United Methodist Church, in
Columbus, OH, where community developer, Latanya
Cunningham, has emphasized the needs of youth and
seniors.
Date posted:Jan 13, 2000
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A vacant hotel that was once a hospital for
railroad workers, a hotel for African American
travelers and was slated to become a parking lot
will become affordable housing for senior
citizens, thanks in part to community developer
Latanya Cunningham at Asbury North United
Methodist Church in Columbus, Ohio.
Date posted:Jan 13, 2000
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Lives have been turned around, communities
revitalized, and the gospel proclaimed. This has
been the legacy of Human Relations Day, which
will fall on January 16 this year.
Date posted:Jan 11, 2000
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The flamingoes are part of a mission fund-raising
project of the Christians Under Construction
Sunday school class at the Stuart church, said
Carey Jackson, a class member and Garlington's
son-in-law.
Date posted:Jan 04, 2000
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