The face of missionaries has changed, with nearly 50 percent of United Methodist missionaries coming from places outside the United States. "We now have missionaries who are coming from everywhere and going everywhere," said Thomas Kemper, who leads the denomination's mission agency.
Source: GBGM Mission News
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Date posted: Mar 01, 2012

New York, NY, October 12, 2011--A dynamic Korean American church in one of earth's most ethnically diverse neighborhoods was the setting where ten new United Methodist missionaries were sent into the world on October 11.
Source: GBGM Mission News
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Date posted: Oct 12, 2011

Among the ten new missionaries to be commissioned at the First United Methodist Church in Queens on Tuesday, October 11, 2011, four of the new missionaries--Fresie and Rukang Chikomb, and Eumin and Prumeh Kim--are married couples. Serving as a family with children poses special challenges and opportunities for missionaries.
Source: GBGM Mission News
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Date posted: Oct 11, 2011

Thousands of individuals and churches are expected to engage in mission through 10-Fold, a ten-day online gathering. Beginning on October 10, 2011, the event will offer opportunities to learn about powerful ministries of The United Methodist Church.
Source: GBGM Mission News
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Date posted: Oct 06, 2011

After more than three weeks of training, ten United Methodists will be commissioned and sent to missionary assignments around the world. Global Ministries executive Judy Chung says that the training helps prepare the individuals for the mission field while building a foundation of support.
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Date posted: Oct 04, 2011

Rose, a 14-year-old orphan in the DR Congo, never had the opportunity to attend school. When her parents died, she went to live with her widowed grandmother. When her grandmother proved unable to support her, Rose had to marry young.
Source: New World Outlook
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Date posted: Aug 18, 2011

New York, NY, May 25, 2011--Steps are under way to strengthen and coordinate the United Methodist Church's aviation ministries in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). One goal is the purchase of a larger aircraft to replace one of the small planes now in service.
Source: GBGM Mission News
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Date posted: May 26, 2011

Mande Muyombo is the oldest of 16 siblings; his father earned the equivalent of 30 dollars a month. The scholarship Rev. Muyombo received from Global Ministries to attend Africa University made all the difference in the world to him. The education set Rev. Muyombo on a path to becoming the leader he is within The United Methodist Church.
Source: GBGM Mission News
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Date posted: May 06, 2011

On behalf of Bishop Patrick Streiff and the Standing Committee on Central Conference Matters members, please see the press release on the Standing Committee on Central Conference Matters meeting held in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, February 4-7, 2011.
Source: GBGM Mission News
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Date posted: Feb 17, 2011

Berlin, Germany, February 2, 2011--As in the Day of Pentecost in Acts 2, people who spoke different languages joined a symphony of prayers and praise to God: French, Italian, Twi, Shona, German, Russian, Estonia, and English.
Source: GBGM Mission News
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Date posted: Feb 04, 2011

Before 1960, when the Democratic Republic of the Congo was still under Belgian rule, an interwoven series of canals crisscrossed the countryside. The canals carried storm water away from the villages to the rivers, keeping standing water at a minimum. This gave mosquitoes little chance to breed in and around the villages where the Belgian administrators lived.
Source: New World Outlook
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Date posted: Nov 18, 2010

"Healthy I am only when my family is also well and healthy," said a teacher in Malawi. "I am healthy only when I am at peace with my fellow human beings and with creation," she continued. "I am healthy when my relationship with God is right. Being healthy means physical and spiritual well-being." I think this teacher is right, so I ask myself: "How healthy am I by her criteria?" How healthy are my colleagues? How healthy are our families...our congregations...The United Methodist Church...our world?
Source: New World Outlook
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Date posted: Nov 04, 2010

Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of Congo, July 15, 2010--Thousands of United Methodists paraded through the streets of Lubumbashi in the early morning of Sunday, July 11. They marched and danced and sang their way to Jerusalem United Methodist Church in celebration of the 100th anniversary of their church in the southern Congo.
Source: GBGM Mission News
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Date posted: Jul 16, 2010