I ask not only on behalf of these, but also on behalf of those who will believe in me through their word, that they may all be one.
As you, Father, are in me and I am in you, may they also be in us, so that the world may believe that you have sent me.
-- John 17:20-21, NRSV
Ecumenical / Interfaith News
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Tuesday, 26 January 2010 |
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United Methodist Ecumenical and Interreligious Training (UMEIT-pronounced "You Might") is a network of United Methodists comprised of Conference Committee on Christian Unity and Interreligious Concerns members and chairs, but open to anyone who has an interest in ecumenism and/or interreligious concerns. Created during the 2009 National Workshop on Christian Unity, UMEIT is designed to support, facilitate and encourage ecumenical and interreligious ministries in annual conferences, districts and local congregations. UMEIT provides a forum to compare notes on ecumenical and interreligious activities and to provide leadership development seminars with noted scholars and church leaders. The next meeting of UMEIT takes place at the 2010 National Workshop on Christian Unity.
Separate registration for the UMEIT seminars is required.
> View/download the UMEIT registration form |
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Wednesday, 18 November 2009 |
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PROGRESS REPORT
The mission efforts of many Christian churches, too often accompanied
colonization that "resulted in indignities, cultural genocide, and
atrocities against the tribal peoples." The United Methodist Church
is not exempt from this past practice. The General Conference has
tried in the past to address the resulting and lingering pain through
various petitions such as Concerning Demeaning Names to Native
Americans, Health Care for Native Americans, Native American Ministries
Sunday, and the Native American Religious Freedom Act. However, the
pain and grievances of Native Americans and other indigenous persons in
various places around the globe where The United Methodist Church
exists have not been healed.
Why now?
The United
Methodist Church has not expressed genuine repentance to indigenous
persons on the scale it has been mandated to do this quadrennium.
Kairos moments happen as the Holy Spirit moves in God’s people to
prepare their hearts for the next step in God’s plan for humankind. The
2008 General Conference recognized this moment and asked the General
Commission on Christian Unity and Interreligious Concerns to begin its
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Friday, 21 August 2009 |
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Full Communion Passes at ELCA Assembly
The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), meeting in it
Churchwide Assembly in Minneapolis, voted overwhelmingly to approve the
proposal for full communion with The United Methodist Church (TUMC).
The vote was just under 95% positive, with many affirming testimonies
and witnesses by voting members from the floor. As noted by those
introducing the legislation, this culminates 33 years of dialogue,
prayer and hard work and is another step on the continuing journey
to full visible unity, a gift already given by God through Jesus
Christ. We take up the challenge now to make this formal agreement a
reality in local churches and communities and rejoice that in some
regions there is already a high degree of cooperation in mission and
ministry together. |
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