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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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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“Episcopal Missionaries Today” – Elizabeth Boe provided an overview on Oct. 9
Véase más abajo para español. An overview of Episcopal missionaries today was the focus of the Oct. 9 Mission Thursday as Elizabeth Boe, director of mission personnel for the Domestic & Foreign Missionary Society, talked about the lay and ordained Episcopalians serving faithfully around the world as mission companions with people in Africa, Asia, Latin America, the Caribbean and Oceania. […]
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30 Years – an anniversary overview of GEMN’s history!
As GEMN celebrates the 30th anniversary of its founding in 1995 and its incorporation in 1996, it’s good to review the history of Episcopal mission networking that has brought us to where we are in 2025 and 2026. During much of the history of the Episcopal Church, most of the church’s global mission work was […]
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“Nuns and Monks Abroad: Religious Orders in World Mission” was focus of June 12 Mission Thursday
“Nuns and Monks Abroad: Religious Orders in World Mission” was the theme of the Mission Thursday on June 12. Nuns and monks have been prominent in the missional outreach of the Christian movement for many centuries, and the contemporary religious orders of the Episcopal Church follow in that tradition. Yet, although the Episcopal Church has […]
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“Mission amid Crisis in Haiti” was topic of April 24 Mission Thursday
“Mission amid Crisis in Haiti” is the theme of the Mission Thursday sponsored by GEMN on April 24, 1-2:30pm Eastern on Zoom.
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God’s Mission in Honduras was focus of March 20 Mission Thursday
God’s mission in Honduras to be focus of March 20 Mission Thursday
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Six ‘Conversation Catalysts’ are announced on Evangelism, Empowerment and Climate Action for Missio 2025
Registration is continuing for Missio 2025, the world mission conference for the Episcopal Church, which this year is organized by the Global Episcopal Mission Network and the Diocese of Honduras. At the invitation of Bishop Lloyd Allen of the Diocese of Honduras, Missio will meet in the city of San Pedro Sula, April 29-May 2. […]
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How to celebrate World Mission Sunday? – Possibilities were shared at the Feb. 20 Mission Thursday
Come to MIssion Thursday on Feb. 20 to find out ways to celebrate World Mission Sunday on March 2!
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Mission Thursday on Sept. 26: Hear about West Texas Diocese’s extensive global outreach
The intensive and wide-ranging work of the Diocese of West Texas in global mission will be the topic of the first Mission Thursday of the fall season sponsored by the Global Episcopal Mission Network. The one-hour webinar on Thursday, Sept. 26, will be held at 1pm Eastern Time on Zoom (10am Pacific, 11am Mountain, 12 […]
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