EMC appoints Director of Global Outreach
On behalf of the Personnel Committee, I am happy to announce the appointment of Gerald Reimer to the post of Director of Global Outreach.
Engaging the next generation of workers
Calvin Tiessen will provide EMC with a portion of his time to dedicate to recruitment, training, placement and retention of EMC missionaries, church planters and pastors. Calvin is an experienced cross-cultural worker currently on home assignment.
EMC missionaries share about media ministry
Media is one way some EMC missionaries minister: from radio work to filming projects, from social media campaigns to audio recordings distributed by WhatsApp.
To My EMC Family: Thank You and a Few Suggestions
Dear EMC family, these unusual times, combined with an online course on missionary care I’ve been taking during lock-down in Eastern Europe, have meant a lot of introspection.
THE WGM, LATIN AMERICA, AND THE ORIENT
Without the Western Gospel Mission movement, the EMC would not be as welcoming as it is today. It was one of the most significant periods in EMC church history (1946-1961).
COUNCIL UPDATED ON RESTRUCTURING, FUNDING DESIRES
Conference council delegates on July 7, 2018, heard updates, a desire for stable funding, and a possible change in missionary funding—and received Gospel Light Fellowship into membership.
10 REASONS WHY I APPRECIATE THE EMC
In the culture in which we find ourselves it is popular to be critical, cynical, and to complain about the deficiencies we see in the world around us. All too often we as the church simply follow suit.
WHY A CONFERENCE OF CHURCHES?
Why do we have a Conference of churches? Some say it’s because of missions; we work together to make disciples and plant churches. Some pastors, missionaries, and evangelists emphasize this. Yet, at best, it’s only partly right. We are a conference because of Jesus—a person, not a task.
MENTAL HEALTH IN THE EMC, WHERE WE HAVE BEEN AND WHERE WE ARE GOING
Psalm 13 begins with these words, “How long, O Lord? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me?” We do not know exactly what the Psalmist’s circumstances were when he penned these words, but we do hear the agony, the feelings of God having forgotten him, of God hiding His face from the writer.
THE RECONCILING WONDER OF OUR FAITH
Recently EMC, CMC, and EMMC representatives were asked at an SBC chapel panel discussion: why be part of a denomination? They responded.
THE LAYERS OF THE EMC
What is the EMC? “The EMC is a movement of people advancing Christ’s kingdom culture as we live, reach, gather, and teach” (EMC Vision Statement). This is a fine statement.