By Rick Wolcott* More than 1.5 million Ohioans, 14% of the State’s population, had incomes in 2017 that were below the poverty line of $24,860 for a family of four, according to data from the Center for American Progress. Using a program recently purchased from the Missouri Community Action Network, the East Ohio Conference (EOC) [...]
Author: EOC News
January 7, 2019
2019 Appointments and Changes of Status Bishop Tracy S. Malone, in prayerful discernment with the Cabinet following its consultation with clergy and staff parish relations committees, announces appointments of the following East Ohio Conference clergy to their respective mission fields. Appointments are effective July 1, 2019, unless otherwise noted. Pastor Appointment District Effective David Baker [...]
Farmer to Farmer Ministry Changing Lives in Harrisburg, Liberia
By Pryde Bass* The East Ohio Conference Farmer-to-Farmer ministry (Advance Special EOC 9026) is now in its ninth year of changing lives in Harrisburg, Liberia. The West Africa community used to be an agricultural bread basket before the Liberia Civil War. In 2010 Farmer to Farmer was created so that farmers from the East Ohio [...]