May 2018
Pender UMC: Faithfully Impacting the World
Twenty-five-year-old Astewale Ayaleneh is a first-generation college student from Ethiopia. He’s also the ninth student to attend Africa University with scholarship support from Pender United Methodist Church. In a recent letter to the Fairfax, VA-based congregation, Astewale wrote about the experience.
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May 2018
Strengthening Church Unity in Burundi
A special Burundi Annual Conference session, held Feb. 5-7 in Gitega, sealed the deal on coveted and elusive unity for United Methodists in this East African nation. For 12 years, the church in Burundi had two centers of power. Two factions had contended for control of church affairs since the death of Bishop Alfred J. Ndoricimpa in 2005.
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