Joel Nestali Martinez
Joel Neftali Martinez is an Hispanic-American Bishop of the United Methodist Church, elected in 1992. Prior to his election to the episcopacy, Rev. Martinez gained notability as a Pastor and District Superintendent in the Methodist and United Methodist Churches and as a denominational official in the area of ethnic ministries.
Read more about Joel Nestali Martinez: Birth and Family, Education, Ordained Ministry, Service To The United Methodist Church, Involvement in Labor and Ethnic Issues, Ecumenical Ministry, Episcopal Ministry, Selected Writings
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“They shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.”
—Bible: Hebrew Isaiah, 2:4.
The words reappear in Micah 4:3, and the reverse injunction is made in Joel 3:10 (”Beat your plowshares into swords ...”)