January 18-25 is the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity each year. This week, the Ecumenical Trends Journal of the Graymoor Ecumenical and Interreligious Institute (a ministry of the Franciscan Friars of Atonement) published an essay by Rev. Terri Hord Owens entitled, We Must Begin With Love: Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Unity Grounded […]
Office of the General Minister and President
A message from the General Minister and President
January 2021 Dear Disciples: Here at the beginning of a new year, there is no doubt that our church – as much of the rest of the world – is in a wilderness season. We find ourselves wandering, longing for the comfort of what we once knew and wondering what the future holds. I believe […]
Dear Disciples January 7, 2021
General Minister and President Terri Hord Owens addresses this message to the church after the turmoil of Jan. 6 at the U.S. Capitol building. “No matter your politics, we’ve lost our moral compass as a nation and we have to get really clear aobut what is morally right.” She goes on to call on the […]
Time and place for 2023 General Assembly changed
In a special called virtual meeting in December 2020, the General Board of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) voted on behalf of the General Assembly to change the time and place of the 2023 General Assembly. In 2023, the General Assembly will meet in Louisville, KY, from July 29 to August 1, 2023.* In […]
