From September 4-8, 2023, the executive leadership of the Africa Initiative, comprising 40 key clergy and lay leaders from the three Central Conferences of Africa, convened a prayer and leadership summit at the Desmond Tutu Conference Centre in Nairobi, Kenya, under the theme, “GUIDANCE”, based on Proverbs 3:5-6. The summit was necessitated by the current degraded situation within the United Methodist Church (UMC) and its ripple effects upon annual conferences within the Central Conferences of Africa.
The purpose of the summit was to strategically envision and plan for the next Methodism in the Central Conferences of Africa and the forthcoming 2020 UMC General Conference, scheduled to take place in Charlotte, North Carolina, USA, from 23 April to 3 May 2024. In addition to the leadership of the Initiative present at the summit, the event was graced by five partners and friends from UMAction, Good News, the Wesleyan Covenant Association, and the Global Methodist…
