Peace

Peace as a lifelong vocation

The two most recent recipients of the World Methodist Peace Award have very different backgrounds but share a commitment to peacemaking.

General Church

An ecumenical group that includes United Methodists, Roman Catholics, Muslims and other revival churches gather in Lodja, Congo, for a prayer gathering for a peaceful election process in the Sankuru Province. In the black pastoral dress is the Rev. Robert Shuyaka, a United Methodist pastor. Photo by Francois Omanyondo, UM News.

Bishop plays peacekeeping role in Central Congo

Amid growing insecurity, the bishop organized a reception for government authorities to look for ways to work together to bring peace to the region.

Social Concerns

Bishops Cynthia Moore-Koikoi (left) of the Western Pennsylvania Conference and Eben K. Nhiwatiwa of the Zimbabwe Area celebrate the signing of a continuing partnership covenant between the two areas during the 2019 Laity Academy at Africa University in Mutare, Zimbabwe. Photo by Eveline Chikwanah, UM News.

Zimbabwe, Western Pennsylvania partnership continues

A new covenant between the Zimbabwe Episcopal Area and Western Pennsylvania Conference continues a long-standing partnership that has improved health care, provided safe water, addressed poverty and built churches and relationships.

Social Concerns

Volunteers remove a traditional paramilitary mural from a wall in in Belfast, Northern Ireland, in 2003 to make way for a new mural that will honor both Catholic and Protestant heroes from the two World Wars. “Brexit” — Britain’s process of withdrawing from the 28-member European Union — is raising concerns about re-imposing hard borders on the island of Ireland. File photo by Kathleen LaCamera.

Brexit threatens longtime peace in Northern Ireland

Methodist peacebuilders, others raise concerns about re-imposing hard borders on the island of Ireland.

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