Welcoming the Stranger: the Every Tribe and Tongue Initiative

Early this year we hosted the Every Tribe and Tongue Initiative’s conference in our sanctuary with leaders from all across North America, including our very own Bishop Alan Hawkins, executive director of New Wineskins Jenny Noyes, Father Sergio Sapunar, and several more Redeemer folks. The ETNI exists to build a network of people from all nations through relationships, respect, and resources across ethnic, national, and regional lines for the release of leadership into the next generation. You can read more about the fruit of their conference in the Apostle article by Ernie Didot below!

“‘GOAL!!!’ Can you believe it?!” exclaimed Sergio. The upstart Croatian national soccer team was beating the Brazilian powerhouse in the 2022 FIFA World Cup last December, and the Rev. Sergio Sapunar, a Chilean with Croatian ancestry, was grinning from ear-to-ear. Throughout the day, yips and yelps were heard as different leaders from the Every Tribe and Nation Initiative (ETNI) gathering in Greensboro, North Carolina, checked on World Cup scores during breaks. The representatives from various dioceses reflected the same type of globality seen in the soccer tournament; but instead of coming together to kick a ball around the pitch, these leaders were gathering to identify the barriers for immigrants in their North American diaspora and how the Anglican Church in North America can best welcome them…”

Read more below!