Sunday School and Discipleship Ministries International's six regional coordinators gathered in Oberstdorf, Germany, for the Global SDMI Council meeting January 18 to 21. The council is led by Global SDMI Director Woodie Stevens and consists of Daphne Mathebula, Africa; Todd Aebischer, Asia-Pacific; Cezi Glendenning, Eurasia; Monte Cyr, Mesoamerica; Patricia Picavea, South America, and Larry Morris, USA/Canada.

The council received reports from each region and discussed the 2017 General Convention along with other current and upcoming issues. The council met via Vidyo with Grant Zweigle, the newly-appointed Asia-Pacific regional SDMI co-coordinator, World Quiz Coordinator Leslie Hart, Kid Reaching Kids Coordinator Dan Harris, and Clergy/Lay Training Coordinator John Comstock. The SDMI bylaws in the Church of the Nazarene Manual and SDMI Handbook revisions and adaptations were reviewed and amended. Stephen Cave, global vice president for Biblica, presented a program. A review of the inductive narrative methodology and Tell THE Story strategic planning wrapped up the meeting.

The Mesoamerica Region will host the next Global Council meeting in 2017.

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