Bishop Peter Storey on Race & Faith
Join us for a dialogue with Peter Storey on 7/8 @12 pm EDT
You Are Invited!
Bishop Storey will meet with clergy leaders to share some of his experiences in South Africa related to his work/ministry to combat Apartheid and will explore current global issues around race and discrimination. This session will also provide opportunities for discussion and dialogue.
This session is made possible in part by a Bishop's Local Initiative Grant from The United Methodist Church.
Conversation with Bishop Peter Storey
Thursday, Jul 8, 2021, 12:00 PM
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Bishop Peter Storey
Bishop Storey's Bio:
Rev. Dr. Peter Storey is a former bishop of the Methodist Church of Southern Africa and a Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Duke University in North Carolina. Once chaplain to Nelson Mandela and other political prisoners on Robben Island, he spent most of his 40-year ministry in inner cities, including District Six and central Johannesburg. He founded Life Line SA and Gun Free SA and led the South African Council of Churches with Bishop Desmond Tutu when it was fierce opponent of the apartheid state. Storey chaired the National Peace Accord body intervening in pre-election violence in the Witwatersrand and after 1994 served as a member of the panel that selected the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. He has preached and lectured in more than 160 cities around the world and now lives in retirement in Cape Town and sails on False Bay. His memoir I Beg to Differ was published in South Africa in 2018 and a shorter version under the title Protest at Midnight – Ministry in a Nation’s Darkest Hours is due to be released in the US at the end of this year. He and his late wife Elizabeth had four sons and six grandchildren.
Twitter: @pstorey4