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Growing The Church During A Pandemic Through Prayer
View online Growing The Church During A Pandemic Through Prayer Rev. Leon C. Moore, Jr., General Secretary of Evangelism and Missions In my last article, we looked at four teams that would be necessary to grow the church during a pandemic. I suggested “We have a unique opportunity as pastors and laity to…
The CME College of Bishops Support and Solidarity with Professional Athletes Protest of Racial Injustices
Dear CME Family, The College of Bishops of the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church is expressing our support, solidarity and admiration for the Milwaukee Bucks, the NBA, WNBA and MLB players for their courageous actions, leadership and rise to the, “Call of the Moment”, by their refusal to play to bring attention to racial injustices taking…
OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: Retired Senior Bishop Paul A. G. Stewart, Sr. is the New Presiding Bishop of the Ninth Episcopal District
The Committee on Episcopacy, charged according to Paragraph 431 of The Book of Discipline, Revised 2018, met on Sunday evening August 16, 2020, and unanimously voted to assign Retired Senior Bishop Paul A. G. Stewart, Sr., the new presiding bishop of the Ninth Episcopal District. The necessity to assign a new bishop was required…
The Passing of Bishop Bobby R. Best, 61st Bishop of the CME Church
Bishop Bobby R. Best, the 61st Bishop of the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church, passed Sunday night, August 2, 2020. Bishop Best presided over the Ninth Episcopal District. Funeral arrangements will be announced as soon as available. Bishop Best was elected bishop in 2014 in Baltimore, Maryland, on the first ballot. He is survived by his…
Growing The Church During A Pandemic
Growing The Church During A Pandemic Rev. Leon C. Moore, Jr., General Secretary of Evangelism and Missions Although the doors for many churches have been closed since mid-March 2020, we have a unique opportunity as pastors and laity to look at innovative ways to grow the local church. Doing things right the first…
Bereavement Notice: Rev. Lawrence P. Lakey, Former Judicial Council Justice
Dear CME Family, The Reverend Lawrence Patrick Lakey, former Judicial Council Justice, passed on Monday, July 20, 2020. Rev. Lakey, who had served in the Ninth Episcopal District most of his itinerant ministry (in the Alaska-Pacific, Oklahoma, and Northern California Regions as pastor and presiding elder), retired in recent years near Houston in Pearland, Texas. He became…
“The Church Reopening” Webinar on Saturday, 6/13
Join Us For This Special Webinar The Church Reopening: Health, Legal and Safety Implications…And More Saturday, June 13, 1 PM EST ~ The Webinar will be Recorded View on Facebook Live – The Official CME Page www.facebook.com/thecmechurch Join by Zoom Password: CME1870 Webinar ID: 991 2573 8964 Dial in by telephone: (for higher quality, dial…
FUNERAL ANNOUNCEMENT Service for Bishop Ronald M. Cunningham
The funeral service for Bishop Ronald M. Cunningham, the 53rd Bishop of the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church, will be on Friday, June 12, 2020, at 11:00 A.M. at the Cedar Crest Cathedral CME Church, 1616 E. Illinois Avenue, Dallas, Texas 75216. Bishop Cunningham died Tuesday, June 2, 2020. Because of coronavirus related…