New York, NY, November 15, 2011--A delegation of 18 Methodists hosted by the United Methodist General Board of Global Ministries will attend the People's Global Action on Migration, Development, and Human Rights (PGA) in Geneva, Switzerland, from November 28 to December 2, 2011, as part of the mission agency's focus on global migration and poverty.
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Date posted: Nov 17, 2011

Walk together in God's mission with our scholars. Give to your utmost ability. As we invest in their education and leadership, churches and communities shall help transform the world. By God's grace and sitting around the Lord's Table We bear witness to multiple ministries everywhere.
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Date posted: Sep 28, 2011

Western Hills United Methodist Church in El Paso, Texas, sought to answer this question in an ordinary yet radical way--sitting down to dinner with neighbors. While many churches saw the Change the World weekend as an opportunity to engage in acts of Christian service, one group of Texas churches led by Western Hills saw the event as a chance to listen to and learn from Muslim neighbors in partnership with the Institute of Interfaith Dialogue/Turkish Raindrop House in El Paso, Texas.
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Date posted: May 23, 2011

New York, NY, April 29, 2011--The 400th anniversary of the King James Version (KJV) of the Bible is a dramatic reminder of a central theme in the Protestant mission movement: the drive to translate Scripture into the everyday languages people use.
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Date posted: May 04, 2011

New York, NY, March 3, 2011--The United Methodist Church's chief mission leader has expressed solidarity with the Christian community in Pakistan in the wake of the assassination of the most prominent Christian in that country's government.
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Date posted: Mar 03, 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.
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Date posted: Feb 04, 2011

Catholic Church in China elects new leadership Liu Xiaobo receives 2010 Nobel Peace Prize Philippines sign first military agreement with China China may favor Korean unification Google's hacking, ordered by Politburo official?...and more!
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Date posted: Jan 20, 2011

December 21, 2010, New York, NY--"Our goal is to be more effective partners in mission," said the chief executive of the mission agency of The United Methodist Church following conversations among the top leaders of the denomination's General Board of Global Ministries and representatives of the Methodist Church of Great Britain.
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Date posted: Dec 21, 2010

Our desire to connect with family and friends reaches a peak during Advent and the holiday season. Few people want to be alone on Christmas and New Year's Eve, and many feel distant from God.
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Date posted: Dec 15, 2010

The China News Summary is compiled monthly by the United Methodist China Program, Room 319, General Board of Global Ministries, The United Methodist Church, 475 Riverside Drive, New York, NY 10115.
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Date posted: Nov 17, 2010

New York, NY, November 16, 2010--The small United Methodist Church in Sweden is moving toward becoming part of a new denomination expected to be formed by merger with the Baptist Union of Sweden and the Mission Covenant Church.
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Date posted: Nov 16, 2010

The China News Summary is compiled monthly by the United Methodist China Program, Room 319, General Board of Global Ministries, The United Methodist Church, 475 Riverside Drive, New York, NY 10115.
Source: Mission Contexts and Relationships
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Date posted: Aug 17, 2010

Two Pakistan leaders, moderator Rev. Samuel Robert Azariah of the Pakistan Church and principal Resha Qadir Bakhsh of the Dar-Ul- Mussarat School, shared the challenges and achievements of the Pakistan Church with Global Ministries staff, including Mr. Thomas Kemper, the new head of the General Board of Global Ministries, the United Methodist mission agency.
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Date posted: Aug 11, 2010

Nashville, Tennessee, August 3, 2010--Racial and ethnic communities, along with immigrants, will play important roles in the future of The United Methodist Church in the United States. More cross-cultural ministries are also emerging. These facts were clearly in evidence at the 2010 School of Congregational Development meeting in Nashville July 29 to August 2.
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Date posted: Aug 03, 2010

Anchorage, Alaska, July 13, 2010--Alaska Children's Services, an Anchorage-based ecumenical facility with Methodist roots, is celebrating its 120th anniversary this year.
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Date posted: Jul 13, 2010

United Methodist Bishop Heinrich Bolleter, Geneva Secretary of the World Methodist Council, offers his observations on Edinburgh 2010, the ecumenical world mission conference held in Edinburgh, Scotland, on June 2-6. The event marked the one hundredth anniversary of a landmark missionary conference in 1910. Bishop Bolleter, who is retired from the Southern and Century Europe Central Conference, represented the World Methodist Council on a committee of "stakeholders" that assisted in planning the 2010 conference, which had the theme "Witnessing to Christ Today."
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Date posted: Jun 10, 2010

Edinburgh, Scotland, June 9, 2010--The 2010 World Mission Conference in Edinburgh recognized a direct descendent of the only Korean participant, who was Methodist, at a landmark missionary conference a hundred years ago.
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Date posted: Jun 09, 2010

Edinburgh, Scotland, June 6, 2010--A broadly ecumenical world mission conference ended with a call to Christians to work together, not against one another, as they engage in God's mission of "love to the whole creation."
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Date posted: Jun 08, 2010

Edinburgh, Scotland, June 4, 2010--Strong Methodist commitment to the worldwide Christian mission was visible and clear at "Witnessing to Christ Today," the ecumenical World Mission Conference in Edinburgh, Scotland on June 2-6.
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Date posted: Jun 04, 2010

Edinburgh, Scotland, June 3, 2010--In the Gospel of Luke, Jesus says that if his disciples stopped bearing witness to him, "the stones would shout out."
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Date posted: Jun 03, 2010

Now online, this month's summary includes: New leadership for Nanjing Union Theological Seminary U.S. angers China over arms sale to Taiwan Music studio in Catholic church bridges Church and society Beijing and Dalai Lama resume talks 3,000 dinosaur footprints, all travelling in same direction, discovered in Shandong...and more!
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Date posted: Mar 29, 2010