Saving Souls and Bodies in Africa
Bishop James King, president of the Commission on United Methodist Men (right), expresses his gratitude to Bishop Thomas Bickerton for his leadership in the Imagine No Malaria campaign and the distribution of insecticide-treated nets. A UMNS photo by Rich Peck.
(United Methodist News Service report) When United Methodist Bishop Thomas Bickerton preached at a Sierra Leone church, 75 of the 700 worshippers brought along empty mosquito bed-net bags from a distribution that took place the day before.
“You cared about my body, I can trust you with my soul,” said one of the worshippers who greeted him after the service.
Bickerton, who oversees the Pittsburgh Area, is chair of the denomination’s Global Health Initiative.
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Pittsburg Bishop Bickerton preached Nothing but Nets in La. 2010 conference. supported by WNBA, Dupont Corp, and Methodist Church, I can imagine NO Malaria. Born in 1940 after usa killed malaria, I escaped the disease. Surely we can now help Africa.
Good Job Methodist Church, WNBA Dupont Corp and others.