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arrow icon. Mission Agency Adopts New Plan for Distributing and Monitoring International Funds 
Bau Dang: Global Ministries Board of Directors Meeting, Fall 2008.

New York, NY, November 13, 2009--The General Board of Global Ministries, the mission agency of The United Methodist Church, is changing the way it delivers and monitors funds for international mission work.
Source: GBGM Mission News
More about: Economy | GBGM news | GBGM programs | Global connections | Missionaries | United Methodist Church | Focus on Congregational Development | Africa | Asia and the Pacific Islands | Europe | Latin America |
Date posted: Nov 13, 2009

arrow icon. US Annual Conferences Respond to AIDS Realities 
Thomas McLaughlin ties a quilt during a craft session at the Strength for the Journey retreat at the United Methodist Church's Buffalo Mountain Retreat Center near Johnson City, Tennessee.

"What we need is not more words, but action!" proclaimed Bishop Kainda Katembo, episcopal leader for the South Congo Episcopal Area, as he spoke some years ago about the AIDS crisis in Africa. Thankfully, United Methodists heard that plea and have been responding in profound ways.
Source: New World Outlook
More about: AIDS/HIV | Children | Health | Women | Youth | Focus on Global Health | Africa | Congo DR |
Date posted: Nov 01, 2009

arrow icon. ‘Imagine Something More’ to End Malaria, Bishop Says 
United Methodist Bishop Thomas Bickerton keeps a $10 bill in his pocket so he can demonstrate how little money it takes to protect an African household from malaria.
Source: UMCOR
More about: Health | UMCOR | United Methodist Church | Focus on Global Health | Africa |
Date posted: Oct 20, 2009
arrow icon. Five Loaves at the Lord's Table 

New York, NY, October 19, 2009--Five loaves from diverse cultures represent the bread of life and the church as the body of Christ in a new litany for Holy Communion introduced at the annual meeting of The United Methodist Board of Global Ministries.
Source: GBGM Mission News
More about: Communities | Evangelization | Mission opportunities | Missionaries | Focus on Congregational Development | Afghanistan | Africa | India | Latin America | Middle East | Pakistan |
Date posted: Oct 19, 2009

arrow icon. Academy for Church Growth Hears Calls for an "Evangelical Missiology" 
Bishop John Yambusu of the Sierra Leone Annual Conferece.

Freetown, Sierra Leone, October 6, 2009--From a site overlooking the Atlantic Ocean and Freetown, Sierra Leone, a new series of United Methodist Academies for Evangelization and Church Growth in Africa got under way in early October. Twenty pastors and lay leaders from Sierra Leone and Liberia took part.
Source: GBGM Mission News
More about: Education | Evangelism | Missionaries | United Methodist Church | Focus on Leadership Development | Africa | Liberia | Nigeria | Sierra Leone |
Date posted: Oct 07, 2009

arrow icon. Mission Leader Welcomes G-8 Pledge to Combat Hunger 
UMCOR Hunger/Poverty

New York, NY, July 10, 2009--The chief mission executive of The United Methodist Church welcomed a pledge by the world's eight richest nations to provide $20 billion of agricultural production and food security to the poorest countries over the next three years.
Source: GBGM Press Releases
More about: Donations | Economy | Ethics | Global connections | Poverty | United Methodist Church | Statements | Focus on Ministry with the Poor | Africa | Canada | France | Italy | Japan | Russia | United Kingdom | United States |
Date posted: Jul 10, 2009

arrow icon. Finding the Road 
The road out of poverty is not always obvious or well-marked. As our cover story points out, sometimes the road out isn't even a road, it's a runway. The story of missionary pilots, Gaston Ntambo, Jacques Umembudi, and Rukang Chicomb of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, illustrates the church's will to empower individuals and communities to grow in their knowledge and skill as well as in their faith
Source: New World Outlook
More about: Christian love | Communities | GBGM programs | Hunger | Jesus Christ | Missionaries | Poverty | Partners/partnerships | Focus on Ministry with the Poor | Africa | Congo DR | Kenya |
Date posted: Jul 01, 2009
arrow icon. Breaking the Cycle of Malaria and Poverty 
School children in Lekki, Nigeria, peform a skit promoting the effectiveness of mosquito nets in preventing malaria. Malaria kills. It kills a child every 30 seconds in sub-Saharan Africa, and those that die are disproportionately poor. The anopheles mosquito that spreads this deadly, but preventable, illness does not distinguish between rich and poor. But the difference between life and death often depends on one's environment and ability to get treatment very soon after falling ill.
Source: New World Outlook
More about: Advocacy | AIDS/HIV | Children | Communities | Economy | GBGM programs | Health | Hunger | United Methodist Church | Partners/partnerships | Focus on Ministry with the Poor | Focus on Global Health | Africa | Cote d´Ivoire | Nigeria |
Date posted: Jul 01, 2009
arrow icon. Nashville to Malawi: An Expanding Mission Partnership
The hymn says, blessed be the tie that binds, but ties in Christian mission can also expand. Growing stronger is perhaps the best way to describe a mission partnership between a United Methodist congregation in Nashville, Tennessee, and the denomination’s Malawi Missionary Conference in central Africa.
Source: GBGM Mission News
More about: United Methodist Church | Volunteers | Focus on Congregational Development | Africa | Malawi |
Date posted: May 22, 2009
arrow icon. Hallelujah Moment from Senegal: "Overcoming Taboos" 
Dr. Bashir consults with patients at the Village Clinic. "I have been in the dark without knowing anything about myself," a young man told us in Diamniadio, where we were holding HIV education and testing. "There are no talks about sex in the home and I cannot even sit with my sisters."
Source: Mission Education
More about: AIDS/HIV | Christian love | Communities | GBGM programs | Health | Mission opportunities | Missionaries | United Methodist Church | Partners/partnerships | Focus on Global Health | Senegal | Africa |
Date posted: May 22, 2009
arrow icon. An American-African Partnership in Southern Sudan 
Children, who are cared for by widows on the Yei UMC compound, improvise play activities. Driving home down Interstate 81 toward Knoxville, Tennessee, we witnessed a beautiful sunset behind the mountains of East Tennessee. Having just attended an all-day "packing party" with those who would leave in just nine days for Southern Sudan, we had thoughts of Sudan on our minds.
Source: New World Outlook
More about: Communities | GBGM programs | International affairs | United Methodist Church | Volunteers | Partners/partnerships | Focus on Ministry with the Poor | Africa | Sudan |
Date posted: May 01, 2009
arrow icon. The Hope of Sudan 
This May-June edition of New World Outlook is our annual mission-study issue, a companion piece to the geographic topic studied at the Schools of Christian Mission. This year the new study is on the country of Sudan.
Source: New World Outlook
More about: Education | GBGM programs | Human rights | International affairs | Missionaries | United Methodist Church | Mission studies | Africa | Sudan |
Date posted: May 01, 2009
arrow icon. A Short Timeline for Sudan 
Children displaced from fighting in Darfur attend a school supported by ACT member Lutheran World Federation in Habile Camp for IDPs, Koukou Angrana, Chad. In antiquity—Sudan was known as Nubia and was settled by people migrating from Egypt. This timeline touches on events involving Sudan from the time of the Crusades in 1098 to today.
Source: New World Outlook
More about: Communities | Education | International affairs | Mission studies | Africa | Sudan |
Date posted: May 01, 2009
arrow icon. The Holston Conference's First Fact-finding Mission to Yei in Southern Sudan 
Patients wait to be examined and treated by medical volunteers at the first medical clinic in Yei, set up by the Holston and East Africa conferences. In 2006, the Holston Annual Conference, having decided to send a team to Yei in Southern Sudan, requested assistance from Global Ministries' Africa office staff. The idea for this trip sprang from a chance meeting between Holston Conference members and the "Lost Boys of Sudan."
Source: New World Outlook
More about: Christian love | Education | GBGM programs | Poverty | Refugees | UMCOR | United Methodist Church | Volunteers | Partners/partnerships | Focus on Ministry with the Poor | Africa | Sudan |
Date posted: May 01, 2009
arrow icon. A Town in Darfur, Sudan, Dubbed “Ohio Village” 
A woman returns to Deriga, Sudan, with a child. Deriga, Sudan, is a small village in the southern part of the Darfur region. It was destroyed during a brutal scorched-earth attack by the "Janjaweed," a proxy militia group unleashed by the Sudanese government to fight Darfuri rebel groups and control villages after conflict broke out in the region in 2003.
Source: New World Outlook
More about: Agriculture | Children | Christian love | Communities | GBGM programs | Health | International affairs | Refugees | UMCOR | United Methodist Church | Volunteers | Water | Mission studies | Partners/partnerships | Focus on Ministry with the Poor | Africa | Sudan |
Date posted: May 01, 2009
arrow icon. A Journey’s Reflection 
A child directs a donkey in Dondona, an Arab village in Southern Darfur, that has received families displaced by fighting between Arab communities. Sudan is a place of contrasts: dusty and dry, lush and green; Muslim and Christian; peaceful and hostile. It is also a place where one can see Easter hope springing up in corners where once all hope was lost. You can see it on the faces of children who attend school -- be it under mango trees or in thatch-roofed classrooms.
Source: New World Outlook
More about: Children | Christian love | Communities | Education | GBGM programs | Hunger | International affairs | Refugees | UMCOR | United Methodist Church | Volunteers | Partners/partnerships | Focus on Ministry with the Poor | Africa | Sudan |
Date posted: May 01, 2009
arrow icon. The Hope of Sudan: An Audio Slide Show
As I reviewed hundreds of Paul Jeffrey's photos for this issue on Sudan, the photos of the children stood out. Though the facts of their lives are harsh and often unyielding, the Sudanese children have not lost hope. ... These children are Sudan's hope for a better future. They have survived horror and deprivation—more than most of us will ever see in our lifetimes— and they have survived.
Source: New World Outlook
More about: Christian love | Communities | GBGM programs | International affairs | Focus on Ministry with the Poor | Focus on Global Health | Africa | Sudan |
Date posted: May 01, 2009
arrow icon. A Race for Water 
Check His Sanity: When Mike Lightfoot came up with the idea of running 56 miles to support water projects in Africa, the senior pastor of his congregatoin questioned his sanity.

New York, NY, April 17, 2009--Michael Lightfoot wanted to do something exciting and worthwhile for his 50th birthday. His choice for a birthday celebration combines his love of running and his commitment to Christian mission.
Source: GBGM Mission News
More about: Donations | GBGM news | Global connections | Health | Mission opportunities | Poverty | Rural | Water | Welfare | Partners/partnerships | Africa | South Africa |
Date posted: Apr 17, 2009

arrow icon. The UMCOR Hotline for March 31, 2009 
In Today's Hotline: US: Flood and Tornado Response COLOMBIA: Fair Trade Rewards US: Conference to Develop Health Ministries GHANA: A Little Goes a Long Way
Source: UMCOR
More about: Agriculture | Emergencies | Health | Natural disasters | UMCOR | United Methodist Church | Africa | Colombia | Ghana | United States |
Date posted: Mar 31, 2009
arrow icon. Turmoil Creates Unique Opportunity for Mutual Ministry in Sudan 
Ellen Cummings of Virginia Beach, VA, with Twins Hotel staff who received Bibles from the Mission Travel Study team. Several days of unrest and tension in Southern Sudan opened the door for mutual ministry between members of the General Board of Global Ministries mission travel study team and the local people in the city of Yei who struggled to keep them safe.
Source: GBGM Mission News
More about: Bible | Christian love | Communities | GBGM news | GBGM programs | International affairs | United Methodist Church | Violence | Mission studies | Methodism | Africa | Sudan |
Date posted: Mar 26, 2009
arrow icon. The UMCOR Hotline for March 24, 2009 
In Today's Hotline: *US: Dakota Flood Preparation *LIBERIA: Saving Lives *INDONESIA: Water and Sanitation Education *DRC: Leaders Learn about Health *UMCOR: Thank You for Giving!
Source: UMCOR
More about: AIDS/HIV | Emergencies | Health | International affairs | Natural disasters | One Great Hour of Sharing | UMCOR | United Methodist Church | Water | Africa | Congo DR | Indonesia | Liberia | United States |
Date posted: Mar 24, 2009
arrow icon. God's Temples: Third Sunday in Lent, Sunday, March 15, 2009
When Jesus went to Jerusalem to observe Passover, he found the temple being used as a place for monetary gain. Animals were being sold for sacrifice, and moneychangers were sitting at tables. Jesus drove out the animals and turned over the moneychangers' tables.
Source: Mission Personnel
More about: Bible | Easter | Jesus Christ | Lent | Prayers | Africa | Liberia |
Date posted: Mar 15, 2009
arrow icon. He Never Gives Up: Passion/Palm Sunday, April 5, 2009
Jerri Savuto dancing with AIDS orphans' grandmothers during a children's day celebration. A few weeks ago during lunchtime, my husband and I heard what sounded like a marching band. We literally jumped to our feet and ran to the compound fence, and there indeed was a band of twelve men and one woman playing trumpets, saxophones, tubas, and drums as they walked down the dusty dirt road. Behind them were two groups of traditionally dressed dancers moving to the beat of the music. In seven years of serving at Maua Methodist Hospital in Maua, Kenya, we had never seen or heard a band.
Source: Mission Personnel
More about: AIDS/HIV | Christian love | Easter | GBGM programs | Jesus Christ | Lent | Music | Africa | Kenya |
Date posted: Mar 10, 2009
arrow icon. Global Praise Scholarship’s First Scholar: An Interview with Caleb Mauwa 
The Africa University Traveling Choir was a highlight at the 2008 United Methodist General Conference in Fort Worth, Texas. In preparation for the 2008/2009 academic year, a newly named Global Praise Scholarship was established under the General Board of Global Ministries Leadership Development program. This scholarship has been designated to support the university-level studies of a promising young international student of music. The first recipient of the Global Praise Scholarship is Caleb Mauwa of Zimbabwe.
Source: New World Outlook
More about: Education | GBGM programs | Music | United Methodist Church | Africa | Zimbabwe |
Date posted: Mar 01, 2009
arrow icon. The UMCOR Hotline for February 24, 2009 
In Today's Hotline: *ZIMBABWE: More Relief Arrives *KENYA: Hope for Orphans *UMCOR: UMCOR Hires Executive for Salt Lake City *US: Eco-Palms Help Rural Communities *RESOURCES: One Great Hour of Sharing
Source: UMCOR
More about: Agriculture | AIDS/HIV | Children | Emergencies | One Great Hour of Sharing | UMCOR | United Methodist Church | Africa | Kenya | United States | Zimbabwe |
Date posted: Feb 24, 2009
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