In small villages and large cities in Zambia, Zimbabwe, Angola, Namibia and Mozambique, people of faith are combatting malaria. They are engaged in different ways, depending on the local realities: pricking fingers to test people with fevers for malaria, distributing nets to households far from the main road, monitoring clinics to ensure there are adequate […]
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“Rooted and Moving” – Robin Newman’s sermon at Missio 2026 evokes Tanzanian spirituality
Following is the sermon preached by the Rev. Canon Robin Newman on April 15 at Missio 2026 in St. Gregory of Nyssa Church in San Francisco. A deacon in the Diocese of New York, Robin is a member of the diocese’s Global Mission Commission, chair of its Tanzania Task Force, honorary canon in the Diocese […]
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“What can we learn?” was key question posed at “Dancing God’s Dream” Missio 2026 in San Francisco
The future of world Christianity, emerging patterns in women’s leadership, and developments in the Episcopal Church’s global engagement were three focus areas that attendees at the Missio conference in April sought to apply to their work in global mission. “What can we learn from one another’s understandings and motivations for our participation in God’s global […]
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“We are called to be bold as we witness to the truth,” preaches Bp. Austin Rios of California at Missio 2026
As the co-sponsoring bishop of Missio 2026, the annual global mission conference of the Episcopal Church, Bishop Austin Rios of the Diocese of California presided and preached at the Missio Eucharist at St. Gregory of Nyssa Episcopal Church in San Francisco on Wednesday, April 16. Following is the text of his sermon, entitled “Servant of […]
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Nine trends in Christianity’s future are outlined by Todd Johnson at Missio 2026 to guide mission strategy
Future trends in world Christianity that should guide Christians’ participation in God’s global mission were outlined in a talk by Dr. Todd Johnson, co-director of the Center for the Study of Global Christianity. He spoke on April 15 at Missio, the global mission conference in San Francisco cosponsored by the Global Episcopal Mission Network and […]
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May 28 Mission Thursday: Hands, Hearts and Harvests in Tanzania
There is a field in Tanzania where the soil is being turned with care – where farmers are learning new ways to tend the land so that it may yield not just for today, but for generations to come. There is a gathering where hands begin to speak, and the Gospel is shared in sign […]
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Former GEMN president Jim Boston, passionate for world mission, dies at 78
The Rev. James Terrell Boston, former president of GEMN, died on Sunday, Feb. 22, at the age of 78. He was at his home in Grant’s Pass, Oregon, in hospice care. Jim was intensely involved with GEMN for 30 years, beginning in 1996, the year the network was incorporated. “The vital outreach of GEMN in […]
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Walter Brownridge on mission in Diocese of Cyprus & the Gulf will be featured at March 12 Mission Thursday
At the March 12 Mission Thursday, Dean Walter Brownridge will speak from his new ministry as dean of St. Paul’s Cathedral in Nicosia, Cyprus, and canon to the ordinary in the Diocese of Cyprus and the Gulf. Walter will share his sense of call to a complex ministry in a complex region, which includes racial […]
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Celebrate World Mission Sunday on Feb. 15!
The Episcopal Church’s World Mission Sunday, an annual observance designated by the 1997 General Convention, occurs on the Last Sunday in Epiphanytide – this year on Feb. 15. But it can also be celebrated on any other Sunday of your choosing! Epiphany celebrates the showing forth of the light of Christ in all the world – over all […]
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Challenges & opportunities of Cuban church was focus of Dec. 11 Mission Thursday
The challenges and opportunities of the Episcopal Church in Cuba was the focus of the Dec. 11 Mission Thursday sponsored by GEMN. The one-hour webinar was anchored by the Friends of the Episcopal Church in Cuba, led by the Rev. Mark Pendleton and Pat and Jeremy Cage. It had been hoped that newly consecrated Bishop […]
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