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arrow icon. United Methodist Worship Begins in Kosice, Slovakia 
Maria Skrivankova, youth worker at the United Methodist mission in Kosice, Slovakia, adjusts a kite during an outing with young people. The ministry with children and teenagers started four years ago and is now developing into a worshiping community. In early October, regular Sunday worship services were started at the United Methodist mission in Kosice, the second largest city in Slovakia. The worship is an outgrowth of a ministry with children and youth begun four years ago.
Source: GBGM Mission News
More about: Children | Evangelism | Evangelization | United Methodist Church | Women | Youth | Focus on Congregational Development | Slovakia |
Date posted: Oct 23, 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. Congregational School Off to a Great Start! 
Dottie Escobedo-Frank taught at the first SCD in Copenhagen two years ago and was invited back. Wednesday (September 2, 2009) was the kick of for The United Methodist Church North-European School of Congregational Development in Centralkirken (The Central Church) in Oslo, Norway.
Source: None
More about: Education | Evangelism | Evangelization | United Methodist Church | Focus on Congregational Development | Denmark | Estonia | Europe | Finland | Latvia | Lithuania | Norway | Sweden |
Date posted: Sep 10, 2009
arrow icon. Baltic United Methodist Theological Seminary Marks Anniversary with a New President 
Professor Meeli Tankler, new president of the Baltic Methodist Theological Seminary, was the unanimous choice of the board of trustees and of the Estonia Annual Conference.

Tallinn, Estonia--The 15th anniversary of the largest United Methodist theological seminary in Europe was marked by the installation of a new president and an espiscopal address linking the role of theological schools to the practice of Christian mission.
Source: GBGM Press Releases
More about: Education | Evangelism | Evangelization | GBGM news | International affairs | Mission opportunities | United Methodist Church | Focus on Leadership Development | Estonia | Finland | Latvia | Lithuania | Moldova | Russia | Ukraine |
Date posted: Aug 17, 2009

arrow icon. Multilingual Church Seeks to Unite People in Faith 
Respecting cultural differences: With a largely Indian congregation, Emmanuel Church offers worship and ministry in Hindi, Gujarati, and English.

Evanston, Illinois, August 2, 2009--Emmanuel United Methodist Church, Evanston, Illinois, has housed a succession of ethnic congregations, including Scandinavian and Caribbean, since it was built in the city north of Chicago on Lake Michigan more than 110 years ago.
Source: GBGM Mission News
More about: Communities | Evangelism | Global connections | United Methodist Church | Methodism | Focus on Congregational Development | Caribbean Islands | India |
Date posted: Aug 03, 2009

arrow icon. Women as Christian Evangelists: An Often Hidden History 
Frances Willard's Methodist roots led her to found the Women's Christian Temperance Union.

Evanston, Illinois, August 1, 2009--A number of Protestant women celebrated for their social ministries across the past two centuries understood themselves to be primarily evangelists, although they were rarely allowed to preach.
Source: GBGM Mission News
More about: Evangelism | Evangelization | GBGM events | John Wesley | United Methodist Church | Women | Methodism | Focus on Congregational Development |
Date posted: Aug 01, 2009

arrow icon. United Methodists Plan Church Growth Academies in West Africa 
This resource outlines the topics, themes, and history of the Academies for Evangelization and Church Growth and offers details on how to participate and support these events.

Evanston, Illinois, August 1, 2009--A renewed emphasis on evangelism and new church development is taking place across the global United Methodist Church.
Source: GBGM Mission News
More about: Conflict | Education | Evangelism | GBGM events | Global connections | Poverty | United Methodist Church | Women | Focus on Congregational Development | Cote d´Ivoire | Sierra Leone |
Date posted: Aug 01, 2009

arrow icon. Preacher Tells United Methodists to Stop Acting "De-Powered" 

Evanston, Illinois, July 31, 2009--A dynamic Chicago preacher told her United Methodist denomination to stop acting "de-powered" and respond to Jesus' call to get up and move out.
Source: GBGM Mission News
More about: Economy | Evangelism | GBGM events | Jesus Christ | United Methodist Church | Focus on Congregational Development |
Date posted: Jul 31, 2009

arrow icon. United Methodist Church Developers Urged to Learn from their History 
Wake up to Wesley: The Rev. Dr. Laceye Warner opened the second day of the 2009 School of Congregational Development with a lively call to return to Methodism's evangelistic beginnings. Evanston, Illinois, July 30, 2009--Can Methodists learn anything about genuine, effective Christian evangelism today from their denomination's founding period 250 years ago?
Source: GBGM Mission News
More about: Evangelism | GBGM events | United Methodist Church | Wesley | Methodism | Focus on Congregational Development |
Date posted: Jul 31, 2009
arrow icon. Bulgaria-North Carolina Mission Partnership Flourishes 
The West Market team introduced a prayer shawl ministry to serve pastoral and outreach objectives; prayer shawls are given to neighbors and friends experiencing difficult times.

New York, NY, July 20, 2009--A two-year-old mission partnership is bringing new energy for Jesus Christ to three small United Methodist congregations in Bulgaria and the West Market Street United Methodist Church in Greensboro, North Carolina.
Source: GBGM Mission News
More about: Communities | Evangelism | Global connections | Mission opportunities | United Methodist Church | Volunteers | Partners/partnerships | Focus on Congregational Development | Bulgaria |
Date posted: Jul 20, 2009

arrow icon. Albanian United Methodists Get First Native-Born Pastor and First Hymnal 
Church Leadership in Albania. From left: Alberta Biba, Jean Nausner, Supt. Wilfried Nausner, Rigels Kasmollari.

New York, NY, July 6, 2009--The United Methodist Church in Albania observed two important "firsts" in the late spring and early summer of 2009. It received its first indigenous Albanian pastor and the first hymnal in the Albanian language.
Source: GBGM Press Releases
More about: Evangelism | Global connections | Music | United Methodist Church | Focus on Leadership Development | Albania |
Date posted: Jul 06, 2009

arrow icon. Russian United Methodists on the Road to Growth 

(From www.minnesotaumc.org) At annual conference session in May, I asked, “Why did the United Methodist cross the road?” The answer is based on the old why-did- the-chicken-cross-the-road jokes: to get to the other side. But why would United Methodists want to get to the other side? Because Jesus is always crossing the road to the other side, where our neighbor is.
Source: GBGM Mission News
More about: Evangelism | Global connections | International affairs | United Methodist Church | Partners/partnerships | Focus on Congregational Development | Russia |
Date posted: Jul 06, 2009

arrow icon. Centennial of Methodism in Russia Observed 
From left: Kira Volkova, interpreter and pastor of Kirov UMC; Jim Athearn, coordinator of the Russia Initative; Bishop Sally Dyck, Minnesota Annual Conference; Jorge Domingues, Global Ministries executive.

New York, NY, June 25, 2009--The 100th anniversary of Methodism in Russia was celebrated in St. Petersburg in an ecumenical service of worship in mid-June. The occasion also marked the 130th year since Methodism arrived in what was then Czarist Russia, in the region that is today the Baltic countries.
Source: GBGM Mission News
More about: Evangelism | Evangelization | Global connections | International affairs | Mission opportunities | United Methodist Church | Partners/partnerships | Focus on Congregational Development | Russia |
Date posted: Jun 25, 2009

arrow icon. "Effective Ministry" is Theme of 2009 School of Congregational Development 
Bishop James E. Swanson, Jr.

Evanston, Illinois, April 21, 2009--"Enhance Your Effective Ministry" is the theme of the 2009 United Methodist School of Congregational Development, an annual event focused on starting new churches and revitalizing existing ones.
Source: GBGM Press Releases
More about: Education | Evangelism | United Methodist Church | United States |
Date posted: Apr 21, 2009

arrow icon. Birdhouses for Mission 
The Rev. Sam Duree has built has built and sold about 4,000 birdhouses of 35 designs.

New York, NY, March 17, 2009--The Rev. Sam Duree is a man with a mission cause: supporting the United Methodist Theological Seminary in Russia. His mission means: birdhouses--$100,000 worth of birdhouses, designed, built, and sold with proceeds going to the school in Moscow.
Source: GBGM Mission News
More about: Education | Evangelism | Evangelization | Globalization | Russia |
Date posted: Mar 17, 2009

arrow icon. Hallelujah Moment from Lithuania: From Zero to Six 
Gražina Bielousova on the day of her commissioning. November 14, 2008--A huge smile appeared on the face of Gražina Bielousova as she received bouquet after bouquet of flowers in honor of her commissioning as a Probationary Elder. Gražina became the sixth Lithuanian indigenous and the second woman pastor in a country where a short time ago there were none.
Source: Mission Education
More about: Evangelism | Evangelization | Global connections | Globalization | International affairs | United Methodist Church | Women | Methodism | Lithuania |
Date posted: Nov 14, 2008
arrow icon. Global Praise Emersion:
 Opening Congregations to the Worship Gifts of All Nations
For the last decade we have been blessed by worship and music resources from the entire globe. Out of these resources, a new way of worship is emerging in the church, one that brings the whole of God’s creation into the experience of local churches.
Source: Evangelization and Church Growth
More about: Evangelism | Evangelization | GBGM programs | Music | United Methodist Church | South Eastern U.S. | World |
Date posted: Oct 31, 2008
arrow icon. Why Did You Shape Me Like This? 

The question "Why did you shape me like this?" is addressed to God, arising from passages in the books of Jeremiah and Romans on the master potter and the clay. Bishop Bruce Ough of West Ohio led a Bible study on this theme at the annual meeting of directors of the United Methodist General Board of Global Ministries on October 15 in Stamford, Connecticut.
Source: GBGM Press Releases
More about: Bible | Evangelism | GBGM events | Mission opportunities | United Methodist Church | United States |
Date posted: Oct 22, 2008

arrow icon. United Methodist Church Now Legal in Central Asian Republic of Kyrgyzstan 
Sunday School at Bishkek United Methodist Church. The United Methodist Church is now officially registered in the Central Asian Republic of Kyrgyzstan. Registration with the government is required in that country, as in many others, before a religious group can actively operate.
Source: GBGM Administration
More about: Evangelism | Evangelization | GBGM programs | Kyrgyzstan |
Date posted: Oct 15, 2008
arrow icon. Church? What Is Church?: "Wandering Generation" Looks for Connections 
Rev. Carol Howard Merritt addressed a seminar on church music during the 2008 School of Congregational Development at the Orlando campus. Orlando, FL, August 4, 2008--The fact that many Americans have little idea what is meant by "church" or what happens there was a recurrent theme at the 2008 United Methodist School of Congregational Development. The point was underscored by sociological data and pastoral experience, but more attention was given to ways of responding creatively to the situation than to decrying it.
Source: GBGM Press Releases
More about: Evangelism | GBGM events | GBGM programs | South Eastern U.S. | United States |
Date posted: Aug 04, 2008
arrow icon. Church Developers Explore United Methodist 'Myths'  
The Rev. Craig Miller presenting at the 2008 School of Congregational Development, Florida Campus. The notion that The United Methodist Church is dying has been repeated so often that it has become a belief, when in fact it is a myth, according to a church executive and author. The reality is that the 11.5-million member denomination is poised for hope, said the Rev. Craig Miller to church leaders attending a workshop about myths of The United Methodist Church. The class was held during the 2008 United Methodist School of Congregational Development.
Source: United Methodist News Service
More about: Evangelism | GBGM events | GBGM programs | South Eastern U.S. | United States |
Date posted: Aug 04, 2008
arrow icon. Ministry Reaches Out to Asian Americans 
Commentary by the Rev. Judy Chung:The Asian American Language Ministry Plan is a United Methodist initiative that is expanding the church's reach to Asian-American communities across the United States.
Source: United Methodist News Service
More about: Evangelism | Evangelization | GBGM programs | United Methodist Church | United Kingdom |
Date posted: Aug 01, 2008
arrow icon. Conference Helps Korean Clergy, Laity to Partner 
"I couldn't be happier seeing this event help Korean Methodists serve the church effectively and successfully with the Methodist spirit and pride," said Chun, former director of Korean, Asian-American, and Pacific Islanders Ministries of the United Methodist Board of Discipleship.
Source: United Methodist News Service
More about: Evangelism | Evangelization | GBGM programs | United Methodist Church | United States |
Date posted: Aug 01, 2008
arrow icon. United Methodist Church Takes Hold in Southeast Asia 
A congregation in Vietnam welcomed Bishop Larry M. Goodpaster with flowers. outheast Asia is opening up to Christian mission, and The United Methodist Church is there on the ground floor. "We are just starting to see what God is doing and how the Spirit is moving across the area," said Bishop Larry M. Goodpaster, the first presiding bishop of the Southeast Asia Mission.
Source: GBGM Mission News
More about: Evangelism | Evangelization | GBGM programs | International affairs | Laos | Thailand | Vietnam |
Date posted: Jun 26, 2008
arrow icon. Hallelujah Moment from Panama:
 What Difference Does a Volunteer Make?
Community Health Promoters and Teaching Team "These kids can't sleep at night just thinking about what's going to happen the next day," one grandmother said when asked what the children thought about vacation Bible school. The only topic of conversation in the small community was about the big "fiesta" planned to celebrate the end of the week.
Source: Mission Education
More about: Bible | Evangelism | Health | Missionaries | Advance | Panama |
Date posted: Jun 13, 2008
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