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The World Council of Churches (WCC) executive committee will convene 12-16 May via video conference to conduct the regular business of the first half of the year. The executive committee will also review preparations for the WCC central committee meeting, which will convene 18-24 June in Johannesburg, South Africa. 

Messenger, the Church of the Brethren magazine, received three awards--an award of excellence, an award of merit, and an honorable mention--from the Associated Church Press in the 2024 “Best of the Church Press” contest.

As disciples of Jesus Christ, we are called to walk in solidarity with those who face racial injustice and to live out the gospel message of love, justice, and dignity for all. The Standing with People of Color mandate has guided us these past three years in awakening our collective conscience, drawing from the teachings of Christ and inspiration from scriptures like the Good Samaritan (Luke 10) and the Woman at the Well (John 4).

The Anabaptist Disabilities Network (ADN) has published The Story of God’s First People: Bible Stories from the Old Testament, a Bible study curriculum for youth and adults with intellectual disabilities. Written by Jeanne Davies, ADN executive director, this Bible study fills the need for faith formation resources written from an Anabaptist perspective specifically for youth and adults with intellectual disabilities.

In this issue: National Junior High Conference registration ends June 1, prayer concern from the Dominican Republic, action needed to support FEMA, latest Messenger playlist, Southern Pennsylvania District seeks executive minister, Moler Ave. Church of the Brethren 85th anniversary, food running out in Gaza warns WCC, Marie Bachman's One World quilt gains media attention

Watchword for the week: Salvation belongs to our God who is seated on the throne, and to the Lamb! Revelation 7:10 Gracious Lord, from whom our salvation comes may your Holy Spirit renew us. Help us to lay aside those things that lead us astray from you, and help us embrace those things that bring us […]

World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay extended greetings to Buddhist communities and friends around the world for the Buddhist feast of Vesak.

Fourth Sunday of Easter God’s Voice The passage of John 10:22–30 begins with a conversation between Jesus and some Jews. It’s interesting that those men tried to pin him down on whether he was the Messiah, because most Jews heard Jesus’ claim about this relationship with God as blasphemy, declaring in John 10:33, “You, though […]

From April 30 to May 4, 2025, the city of Hannover became a living canvas of faith in action as it hosted the 39th Deutsche Evangelische Kirchentag. With more than 100,000 full-time visitors and over 1,500 events in just five days, the gathering was a remarkable display of spiritual vitality and public theology. But for […]

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Rev. Dr. Gina C. Jacobs-Strain, General Secretary of American Baptist Churches USA A Mother’s Love is Endless… As we celebrate Mother’s Day today, I invite each of us to pause and truly reflect on a Mother’s love. Mothers carry within them a divine reflection of God’s own love. What many call “a mother’s intuition” is […]

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