Dawn Araujo-Hawkins
Cheyenne peace chief Lawrence Homer Hart dies at 89
Cheyenne peace chief and Mennonite pastor Lawrence Homer Hart died on March 6 at age 89.
...After cerebral bleed, bishop-elect Paula Clark returns to work
Paula Clark returned to work on March 7 in the Episcopal Diocese of Chicago, following a cerebral bleed in April 2021.
...Renowned physcian, global health care activist Paul Farmer dies at 62
World-renowned physician and medical anthropologist Paul Farmer died of an acute cardiac event in his sleep on February 21. He was 62.
...Tania Tetlow to be first woman president of Fordham University
Tania Tetlow has been unanimously elected the next president of Fordham University. Tetlow will be the first woman and the first layperson to lead the 181-year-old Jesuit institution....
Author, Peace activist Jim Forest dies at 80
Orthodox author and peace activist Jim Forest died January 13 at the age of 80.
...UMC's first Asian American bishop, Wilbur Choy, dies at 103
Wilbur Wong Yan Choy, the first Asian American to be elected as a United Methodist bishop in the United States, died December 28, 2021. He was 103.
...Hyacinth Stevens to lead MCC East Coast
Hyacinth Stevens has been named the executive director of Mennonite Central Committee’s East Coast office....
Candice Marie Benbow hired by TheGrio
Theologian and essayist Candice Marie Benbow has been hired as the daily lifestyle, education, and health writer at TheGrio, MSNBC’s website for Black news and entertainment.
...Fiji church leader dies after brief illness
Iliesa Naivalu, general secretary of the Methodist Church of Fiji, died on December 17, 2021, at the Colonial War Memorial Hospital in Suva following a brief period of illness.
...How some churches are working to alleviate period poverty
Ammie Davis to lead Turner Theological Seminary
Ammie L. Davis has been named president and dean of Turner Theological Seminary. She will be the first woman to head the African Methodist Episcopal institution in Atlanta.
...Elizabeth Conde-Frazier named head of Association for Hispanic Theological Education
Elizabeth Conde-Frazier will be the next director of the Association for Hispanic Theological Education, an organization dedicated to promoting and improving theological education for Hispanic in...
Bridget Moix to lead Quaker lobbying group
Bridget Moix has been named the next general secretary of the Friends Committee on National Legislation, a Quaker organization that lobbies Congress on issues of peace, justice, and environmenta...
Bryan Massingale wins social justice award from Paulist Center
Bryan Massingale accepted the Isaac Hecker Award for Social Justice from the Paulist Center on November 13....
Lutheran scholar, archaeologist Edgar M. Krentz dies at 93
New Testament scholar and archaeologist Edgar M. Krentz died on October 31. He was 93.
...Thema Bryant-Davis elected president of the American Psychological Association
Thema Bryant-Davis, an ordained elder in the African Methodist Episcopal Church, has been elected as the 2023 president of the American Psychological Association....
Donald Ottenhoff retires from Collegeville Institute for Ecumenical and Cultural Research
This summer, Donald Ottenhoff, a former Century senior editor, retired from his position as executive director of the Collegeville Institute for Ecumenical and Cultural Research....
Kyoichi Sugino named president of Gakurin Seminary in Tokyo
Religions for Peace’s deputy secretary general, Kyoichi Sugino, has resigned his position to take on the role of president of Gakurin Seminary, a lay Buddhist training institution in Tokyo....
Geneva street renamed for Annie Jiagge
The city of Geneva plans to rename a street in honor of Annie Jiagge, the first African woman to serve as president of the World Council of Churches, which has its headquarters in the city.
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