News of the extended network of faculty, alumni, students, visiting researchers, and mission partners is regularly updated, and some of the big ideas or major events in Global Christianity are covered in the CGCM News.
Election Violence in Burundi
When the President of Burundi announced his decision to pursue a third term in office, protests erupted across the country. Opponents of the president point out that the move is unconstitutional. Police have responded to the demonstrations with tear gas and live ammunition shot into the air. Daewon Moon, a PhD student in Mission Studies at Boston University, has been temporarily relocated to Uganda.
Church Networks Respond to Earthquake in Nepal
Numerous churches have mobilized to respond to the devastation in Nepal. One, in the Boston area, is pastored by an alum of the Boston University School of Theology. In the Boston Globe, the Rev. Dan Pokharel has explained how the local Nepalese community is responding to the crisis.
Christianity and Innovation
The Historical Society received funding from the John Templeton Foundation to explore Religion and Innovation in Human Affairs. Research in various fields was conducted from 2011 to 2014, and the results were often counterintuitive. Counter to popular images of religion as a conservative force that regularly inhibits creativity, scholars described a more dynamic religious impulse. Dana Robert, Director of the Center for Global Christianity & Mission, participated in the project, arguing that Protestant missions were a major source of social innovation and democratic nationalism at the beginning of the twentieth-century. A preview of her research and that of others, may be found in: What Connection is There, if any, Between Christianity and Innovation?
Cross-Cultural Friendship and Global Christianity
CGCM Director Dana Robert recently delivered the Parchman Lectures at Baylor University, focusing on the importance of cross-cultural friendship to global Christianity and mission networks. Dr. Robert highlighted the affinity of the language friendship and the Christian gospel, and the centrality of personal relationships to the transmission of faith. You can read more about the lecture in The Baptist Standard.
Reflections on missions and Easter in India
In an audio recording produced by CGCM Research Associate Cathy Corman, Barry Alter, a missionary to India for many years, reflects on the implications of the Easter story for missions in India. You can read about Barry Alter's extraordinary life as a missionary in the multimedia project, In the Midst.
The Rev. Dr. Kenaleone Ketshabile
BU alum Dr. Kenaleone Ketshabile is the head of the Mission Desk of the Methodist Church of Southern Africa. He maintains partnerships with Methodist Churches around Africa and the world. Feel free to look over the newsletter below to learn more about the exciting work he and his colleagues are doing. 
Women and Mission: Controversies and Contradictions
The CGCM is happy to announce that PhD student Soojin Chung presented her paper “The Role of Female Missionaries in Advancement of Korean Women’s Social Status” at the Evangelical Missiological Society Northeast Regional Conference on Saturday, March 28, 2015. The theme of the conference was “Controversies in Mission.” She discussed the controversial role of female missionaries in educational ministry, pro-Japanese political orientation, and the imperialistic attitude. Full list of presentations can be found here: https://www.emsweb.org/
UM & Global Blog
Former CGCM student David Scott is blogmaster of UM & Global, an exciting project dedicated to exploring the important issues facing The United Methodist Church as a global denomination.
The following comes from the blog:
This blog is intended to provoke conversations about the global nature of The United Methodist Church. As the church is increasingly an international institution, we need to rethink ecclesiology, mission, and ministry on a global scale. To help in that process, the United Methodist Professors of Mission will be providing unique content to this blog reflecting on these questions, and blogmaster Dr. David W. Scott will aggregate other relevant news and views about global United Methodism.
Reconciliation Yesterday!
The CGCM is pleased to announce the World Christian Student Federation North American Regional Assembly: 
The registration form can be found here: http://www.wscfna.org/sites/default/files/Registration%20Form-NARA.pdf.
Student Christian Movement—USA: Got Justice?
We would like to announce the Leadership Training Program organized by the Student Christian Movement—USA:
LTP 2015
Got Justice?
What does God Require from Us: Micah 6:8
April 9-12 2015
New York, New York
About the Leadership Training Program:
The SCM-USA National Leadership Training Program to be held on April 9-12, 2015 at various locations in New York City. This gathering will be an opportunity for students, young adults, senior friends and partners at large to
engage in conversations around movement building locally and nationally, to discuss glo-cal activism, and to reflect theologically upon the Christian faith and how it informs social and political engagement within the
context of global grassroots organizing and movement building. This event will focus primarily on building up a more sustainable, stronger and firmly established SCM locally and nationally and provide participants with concrete skills and tools to do so.
Scriptural Focus: Micah 6:8 NRSV
God has told you, O man(kind), what is good;
And what does the Lord require of you
But to do justice, to love mercy,
And to walk humbly with your God
To register, visit: http://www.scm-usa.org/#!ltp2015/cc8k.
For more information about LTP 2015 please email the conference organizer, at Erica Williams Rev.ericanwilliams@yahoo.com