IN THE KNOW with Bill and Lisa Walker
GATHERING OF GLOBAL SUPERINTENDENTS Galatians 3:28 There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free, nor is there male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus. One foundational truth about being a global EMC family is that we all have equal value before Christ. I think this is the core of what Paul was getting at when he wrote to the Galatians. No one has a corner on the truth except God. No believer, no ethnicity is superior to another. This is the perspective behind Discipline revisions made at the 2022 General Conference of the EMC. We changed how we refer to EMC conferences in other countries from “mission conference” to “global conference.” This reflects and directs a humbler perspective and servant attitude from the EMC USA toward the EMC worldwide. Another big change is the formation of the General Superintendents of each Global Conference into a Cabinet of Global Superintendents, with meetings at least every two years. We celebrated the first of these meetings in January 2025! The General Superintendents of Mexico, Myanmar, Asia Pacific, Christ for all Nations, and South Africa met for two days in Manila, the Philippines. The International General Superintendent Rev. Max Edwards organized and chaired the meeting this time; however, these meetings going forward can be led by any of the Global Superintendents.