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"UNITED METHODIST DAILY NEWS 97" by SUSAN PEEK on April 15, 1997 at 14:24
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Four Methodist bodies authorize
scholarship awards for seminary students
     
     CHARLOTTE, N.C. (UMNS)-- Scholarship awards for seminary
students were established here May 21 by the 24-member Commission
on Pan-Methodist Cooperation representating the three historically
black Methodist denominations and the United Methodist Church.
     Awards of $500, $300, and $200 will be made annually to
students who attend a seminary related to the four denominations. 
Each applicant must submit a 15- to 20-page vision of cooperative
ministry among the Wesleyan churches.  Deadline for the first
awards is Nov. 1.  Recipients will be announced in mid-December.
     According to United Methodist Bishop William Grove,
Charleston, W.Va., the denomination's ecumenical officer, the
scholarship awards are to help students of theology become aware
of the Pan-Methodist vision of increasing cooperation and
deepening relationships that will lead to reunion.
     During the May 20-21 meeting, commission members also began
developing strategies to interpret Pan-Methodism to the entire
Methodist community. 
     The commission plans to reissue "Revival of Hope," a 1993
video for children and adults developed by the United Methodist
Publishing House.  The video seeks to help families, congregations
and communities deal with issues related to alcohol and drug
abuse.
     Commission members also reaffirmed "A Decade of Hope" a 10-
year missional thrust adopted in 1995 to address systemic social
problems through the proclamation of the gospel of Jesus Christ.
     Members heard tentative plans by the United Methodist
Commission on Christian Unity and Interreligious Concerns for an
"Act of Repentance" next year in Philadelphia. 
     "This program will acknowledge and repent for the sin of
racism that caused the church to divide and the racism that
continues today," Grove said. 
     Representatives from the African Methodist Episcopal (AME),
African American Episcopal Zion (AMEZ), Christian Methodist
Episcopal (CME) and United Methodist churches make up the
commission. It was established in 1985 to encourage cooperation
among Methodist denominations in areas such as education, world
and national outreach, social witness, and evangelism.

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