October 30, 2023 Retired Bishop João Somane Machado of the Mozambique Area is being remembered as a father figure with an infectious laugh who contributed immensely to the growth and development of The United Methodist Church in Africa and globally. Machado died Oct. 25 in
October 2, 2023 A covenant relationship begun by newly elected bishops over 20 years ago is still going strong today. Bishop Warner H. Brown was elected in 2000 along with Bishops Jose Quipungo and Gaspar João Domingos, both from Angola, and they discussed a conference-to-conference
July 5, 2023 The writer of 1 Peter 1:17-23 (NIV) focuses on the role of apostles whom God chose to share the gospel. “For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God,” the
June 21, 2023 Africa University graduated its largest class to date on June 10 and celebrated several firsts for the United Methodist university. More than 950 students from 19 countries received degrees during the university’s 29th graduation ceremony. This year, Africa University’s largest group of
Since the late 19th century, the Methodist mission station in Quéssua, Angola, has supported the physical and spiritual needs of the villagers in this rural area, now part of the East Angola Conference of The United Methodist Church. A mission station is an outpost of
May 12, 2023 In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, initiatives developed by The United Methodist Church aim to offer a positive future to people living with HIV and AIDS. With funding from the United Methodist Board of Global Ministries’ Global Health program, the church
May 1, 2023 More than 80 delegates and partners from Africa met with United Methodist Global Ministries staff to discuss the future of mission on the continent, as the denomination moves from being a missionary to a missional church. The agency’s top executive, Roland Fernandes,
April 26, 2023 African United Methodists and the United Methodist Board of Global Ministries remain committed to collaborating on mission work and the shared goal of helping the church in Africa become self-sustaining, the agency’s top executive said during its first board meetings outside the
April 21, 2023 Innocent P. Afful, a missionary with the United Methodist Board of Global Ministries, is being remembered as an energetic servant of God and dedicated mentor for vulnerable children. Afful died April 17 in Kinshasa at age 49. The cause of his death
January 6, 2023 Over the past three years, the Zimbabwe Episcopal Area witnessed the dawn of a new era as The United Methodist Church founded two state-of-the-art private schools in Harare. An international high school for girls is set to open its doors in Mutare