OUR VISION: To see the Methodist Movement alive, vibrant, growing and yearning to spread the good news of Christ Jesus throughout the whole world through word, deed and sign!

(right) Dr. Winston Worrell, Director of the World Methodist Evangelism Institute (below) Ambassador Honorable James Laney (former President of Emory Univeristy) speaking at the Fifteenth Anniversary Dinner of the Institute
At the Seventh International Seminar at Cliff College, Sheffield, England (from left) Howard Mellor, Cliff College Principal; Francis Alguire, President of the World Methodist Council; Eddie Fox, Institute Executive Director; Winston Worrell, Institute Director; and George Morris, Senior Professor.
The bishops of the Methodist Church in Mexico commit together to Multiply the Witnesses of Christ at the World Methodist Evangleism Institute Seminar in Mexico, January 2000.
Senior Professor George Morris (left) and students at a Regional Evangelism Seminar at Cliff College in Great Britain.

Clergy, lay leaders, theological students and key national leaders regularly participate together in these dynamic seminars around the world.

The Evangelism Institute is a ministry of World Evangelism, the World Methodist Council and Candler School of Theology, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA. The World Methodist Evangelism Institute is unique in world Christianity because no other world communion has an educational institution connected to a major university that is solely committed to the vision and task of world evangelization.The Institute's purpose is:

If you are interested in participating in one of the Seminars or knowing more about the World Methodist Evangelism Institute go to the Institute's website at http://www.wmei.ws

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World Methodist Evangelism Institute

The World Methodist Evangelism Institute is the primary arm of World Evangelism for training key leaders in the Methodist Movement. Dr. H. Eddie Fox is the Executive Director of the Institute and Dr. Winston O.R. Worrell is the Director of the Institute. Since 1982, more than 4,000 bishops, pastors and lay leaders have been trained through International and Regional Seminars in Evangelism led by the

Institute. Five International Seminars have been conducted at Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia and two at Cliff College, Sheffield, England. The themes for these International Seminars have been:

Each International Seminar is followed by a series of Regional Seminars utilizing the same theme and conducted in various regions of the world. The Evangelism Institute has held thirty Regional Seminars since its beginning in 1982.

The first gathering of World Methodists in the new millennium was the 7th International Seminar of the World Methodist Evangelism Institute at Cliff College in Sheffield, England, January 4-12, 2001. For nine days, 240 delegates from 45 countries focused on the theme, "Proclaiming the Timeless Gospel in the New Millennium." For the first time, delegates from Egypt, Namibia and Uganda attended the seminar.