UMNS Daily Digest - April 6, 2011 (annual conference, Côte d'Ivoire, mission initiatives, Lazarus Su

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       UMNS Daily Digest - Produced by United Methodist News Service
                          Wednesday, April 6, 2011
                   [5]Ivorian group barricaded near battle
                [6]Regional conferences gear up to reach out
             [7]April 12 webcast highlights global mission sites
              [8]Lazarus Sunday urges prayer to combat HIV/AIDS
                 [9]Church groups express concern over Libya


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   "We are under curfew. Right now it's a risk to try to walk somewhere else
   unless the U.N. or the French forces come to pick you up." - Assistant to
   Bishop Benjamin Boni, Côte d'Ivoire.

Ivorian group barricaded near battle

   ABIDJAN, Côte d'Ivoire (UMNS) - United Methodist Bishop Benjamin Boni and
   others were locked inside the church's radio station building in Abidjan,
   Côte d'Ivoire, on April 6 as fighting continued around the presidential
   palace nearby. The radio station is in the same compound as the bishop's
   residence, regional church offices and Jubilee United Methodist Church.

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Regional conferences gear up to reach out

   NASHVILLE, Tenn. (UMNS) - Annual conference time is approaching, and United
   Methodist representatives are getting ready to debate issues - and to
   reconnect with friends and colleagues. But in most conferences, the action
   goes far beyond the meeting room. In addition to electing General Conference
   delegates, ordaining new clergy and remembering deceased colleagues, United
   Methodists plan to reach out in ministry with the poor, strive for healthier
   lifestyles and tackle other social issues.

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April 12 webcast highlights global mission sites

   NEW YORK (UMNS) - A live April 12 webcast will highlight United Methodist
   evangelism and new church development in more than a dozen countries around
   the world. The broadcast will originate from the spring meeting of the
   United Methodist Board of Global Ministries in Stamford, Conn.

   The event - which can be viewed from 8:45 to 9:45 a.m. Eastern Time
   at [20]gbgm-umc.org/live - will open with a short video clip, followed by a
   fast-paced "talk-show" format of onsite interviews; live electronic links to
   sites in Cameroon, Thailand, Vietnam, Russia and Honduras; and special
   music. The focus will be on new congregational development in mission
   initiatives spread across Africa, Asia, Central America and Eastern
   Europe/Eurasia.

   "Global Ministries is aggressively engaged in developing 400 new
   congregations outside the United States in a four-year period beginning at
   the start of 2009, and we are well over halfway there," said Thomas Kemper,
   the mission board's chief executive. "We want to share this good news with
   the United Methodist people and with the world at large. We want to share
   the voices and images of the church as it grows in grace, size and community
   service in many cultures."



Lazarus Sunday urges prayer to combat HIV/AIDS

   NEW YORK (UMNS) - Lazarus Sunday, April 10, is an interfaith opportunity for
   people to pray for efforts to eradicate HIV/AIDS, particularly affecting
   children in Africa, and the healing of those living with or affected by the
   pandemic. ONE, a global grassroots advocacy organization working to fight
   extreme poverty and preventable disease, is sponsoring the event. The
   "Lazarus Effect" refers to the turnaround people living with AIDS experience
   when they receive anti-retroviral treatments. [21]Churches interested in
   participating can sign up on the Lazarus Sunday website.

   Since the early 1980s, the United Methodist Board of Global Ministries has
   responded to the HIV/AIDS crisis through programs of awareness, care and
   support. One hundred percent of every gift to the Global AIDS Fund,
   [22]UMCOR Advance #982345, will support the effort.



Church groups express concern over Libya

   GENEVA (UMNS) - The World Council of Churches, Conference of European
   Churches and the Churches' Commission for Migrants in Europe have expressed
   concern over the humanitarian situation in Libya. [23]In a joint statement,
   the three expressed appreciation for the various governments and aid
   agencies providing assistance to people fleeing the conflict in Libya, but
   added that the response needs to be broadened "to provide aid and protection
   to refugees, migrant workers and other people at risk, and to enhance
   efforts to find peaceful and just solutions to the crisis in Libya."


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