Disciples will be able to share an online Easter service featuring Rev. Terri Hord Owens as speaker. Suzanne Castle and Andra Moran (Brim Project) are organizing a full-on worship service to be posted on YouTube Easter Sunday morning. Included in the service will be a sermon, children’s moment and time of communion as well as […]
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Report on 2020 General Board meeting available
The 2020 Covenant Journal, a report on the General Board meeting held in February, is available for download. Included are highlights of general ministry and regional ministry reports as well as an overview of General Minister and President Terri Hord Owens’ State of the Church address and Rev. Dr. Irie Session’s sermon. In addition, a small […]
Coordinating and responding to the COVID-19 outbreak
I lift up my eyes to the hills – from where will my help come?My help comes from the LORD, who made heaven and earth.Psalm 121: 1-2 Dear Church – No doubt there are those who have concerns and anxiety about the coronavirus as it continues to spread. We may not yet know the extent […]
Disciple leaders issue statement on Iran
God is in the midst of the city; it shall not be moved; God will help it when the morning dawns. The nations are in an uproar, the kingdoms totter; he utters his voice, the earth melts. He makes wars cease to the end of the earth; he breaks the bow, and shatters the spear; […]
General Minister and President offers Advent greeting
Hello, Disciples, this is Terri Hord Owens, your general minister and president. I’m here to mark the beginning of the Advent season as we prepare to celebrate the birth of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. I want to remind us all that we are part of God’s covenantal relationship. God’s covenant is marked through […]
National Convocation administrative secretary announces 2020 retirement date
For almost 16 years, Rev. Dr. Timothy James has been an associate general minister and the administrative secretary for the National Convocation. By his retirement date of Dec. 31, 2020, he will have had more than 17 years in the position. “I have had such a wonderful time serving over these years. I am deeply […]
