Robert and Bahati Pangani, servants of God It was in 2001 when the first world-wide Moravian Mission Conference took place in Herrnhut. After the conference delegates spent some time in congregations across Europe, and some visited Hornsey Moravian Church.
'Dare to be One' - an Ecumenical Meeting of Bishops Dare to be One was the title of an Ecumenical Meeting of Bishops that was held in Augsburg, Germany in the spring of this year.
The election of a bishop takes place at a synod.
The synod of the South-Western Province of the Moravian Church in Tanzania came together in November 2023 with one item on the agenda: the election of a bishop. Br Robert Pangani received 317 votes out of about 400. So, the planning of the consecration began.
On 22nd April Sr Roberta Hoey, Chair of the British Province and Unity Board Chair, and I began our journey to Nepal. We met Br Jørgen Bøytler, Unity Board Administrator, in Amsterdam and continued to Kathmandu.
If you live or worship in the Moravian settlements at Ockbrook in Derbyshire or Gracehill in Northern Ireland, or if you've visited and conscientiously read plaques and booklets, you'll know the name of Mrs Elizabeth Mary Bates.