Videos from the 2021 Global Mission Conference, “Earthkeeping: Creation Care in Global Mission” are now available! The conference took place April 22-24, 2021, and was held entirely online, a first for GEMN. This online format helped make the conference more accessible to international participants, and we heard from many inspiring speakers who are engaging with […]
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Joy in mission: Janice Price reflects on her 12 years of world mission leadership in the Church of England
By Titus Presler “I’m encouraged by the joy we have in our mission relationships,” Janice Price said of the current state of mission in the Church of England and in the Anglican Communion. “That makes a difference. Joy is no incidental thing. It’s at the heart of it. I realized this early on when […]
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Meredith Crigler is elected to GEMN Board as GEMN officers are selected
The Rev. Meredith Crigler, chair of the World Mission Board of the Diocese of Texas, was elected as a new member of the Board of Directors of the Global Episcopal Mission Network (GEMN) Board of Directors at the network’s annual meeting on April 23. Like the Global Mission Conference that was held April 22-24 on […]
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2021 Mission Formation Program offered online, May 24-27
Registration has opened for the annual Mission Formation Program to be held in four online sessions, Monday-Thursday, May 24-27. The online format that was so successful in 2020 is being offered again this year as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, the Global Episcopal Mission Network (GEMN) has announced. “We are so pleased to offer […]
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GEMN Annual Meeting, Friday April 23, 2021
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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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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RIP: Suzanne Peterson, 1948-2020, South Africa missionary and GEMN Board member
The memorial service for the Rev. Canon Sally Suzanne Peterson, 72, missionary of the Episcopal Church and former member of the Board of Directors of the Global Episcopal Mission Network, was held on Friday, 8 January 2021. With Iowa Bishop Alan Scarfe presiding, the liturgy was held at St. Paul’s Cathedral, Des Moines, Iowa, and […]
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