UMNS Daily Digest - April 4, 2011 (Leadership Summit, Call to Action, Japan, Butler University, AME

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                           Monday, April 4, 2011
                 [5]Leadership Summit invites global sharing
                   [6]Update: Côte d’Ivoire city under fire
              [7]Filipino pastor recalls fear during Japan quake
                     [8]Butler coach talks faith, values
                 [9]ELCA, AME Zion agree to mission statement

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“We must reduce the perceived distance between the general church (including
  the general agencies), the annual conferences and local congregations. We
   must refashion and strengthen our approaches in leadership development,
deployment and supervision.” — From the Call to Action Steering Team’s final
                                  report.


Leadership Summit invites global sharing

   NASHVILLE, Tenn. (UMNS) — An April 6 webcast will help United Methodist
   leaders and church members focus on how to make the short- and long-term
   changes necessary to meet the denomination’s future challenges. [16]The
   United Methodist Church Leadership Summit is slated for 11 a.m.-2 p.m.
   Central Time and will discuss the findings of the Call to Action Steering
   Team.

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Update: Côte d’Ivoire city under fire

   ABIDJAN, Côte d’Ivoire (UMNS) — French and U.N. forces bombarded targets in
   Abidjan under the control of Laurent Gbagbo on April 4. The attacks were
   part of an effort to prevent pro-Gbagbo forces from using heavy weapons on
   the civilian population, news reports said. Bishop Benjamin Boni, leader of
   The United Methodist Church in Côte d’Ivoire, and other members of his team
   were safe.

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Filipino pastor recalls fear during Japan quake

   WASHINGTON (UMNS) — The Rev. Oscar Inere comforted fellow travelers trapped
   in the airport with little access to food or water for 15 hours. Inere
   shared his story with fellow board members of the United Methodist
   Commission on Religion and Race.

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Butler coach talks faith, values

   INDIANAPOLIS (UMNS) — The Butler Bulldogs tonight have their second chance
   in two years to win the NCAA men’s basketball championship. And just like
   last year, the team is led by a lifelong United Methodist, Coach Brad
   Stevens.

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ELCA, AME Zion agree to mission statement

   CHICAGO (UMNS) — The Conference of Bishops of the Evangelical Lutheran
   Church in America and the Board of Bishops of the African Methodist
   Episcopal Zion Church said it is time for the two churches to "come together
   as communities of faith and to know each other in order that we might be
   more effective as people of God.” The bishops made the declaration in a
   "Statement of Mission" [21]affirmed by the ELCA Conference of Bishops when
   it met in March in Itasca, Ill. AME Zion, like The United Methodist Church,
   is a member of the World Methodist Council.


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