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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. 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. Events To Consider United Methodist Future in Eurasia 
Hans Vaxby: Global Ministries Board of Directors Meeting, Fall 2008. United Methodist leaders from three continents will convene in mid-October to focus on the future of the church in Eurasia, a vast area incorporating most of the former Soviet Union.
Source: GBGM Mission News
More about: Evangelization | GBGM programs | United Methodist Church | Focus on Congregational Development | Focus on Leadership Development | Asia and the Pacific Islands | Belarus | Europe | Georgia | Kazakhstan | Kyrgyzstan | Moldova | Russia | Tajikistan | Ukraine | Uzbekistan |
Date posted: Sep 10, 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. United Methodist Church Goes Global in the USA 
Rev. Cynthia Wilson planned and led worship with hymns and songs ranging from traditional Methodist favorites to more recently introduced music from Hispanic, Asian, African, and Native American contexts.

New York, NY, August 10, 2009--The United Methodist Church in the United States has an increasingly global look and sound--a reality clearly evident at the 2009 School of Congregational Development.
Source: GBGM Mission News
More about: Economy | Evangelization | GBGM events | Global connections | Globalization | Resolutions of the UMC | United Methodist Church | Methodism | Statements | Focus on Congregational Development | United States |
Date posted: Aug 10, 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. 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. Border Health Partnership Builds on Local Initiative 
Pharr Better: Mission teams repair 8-10 homes each year for families that live in substandard conditions.

Pharr, Texas, March 20, 2009--A new United Methodist Border Health Partnership in South Texas is building on the work of a small membership congregation in the city of Pharr, near McAllen and just across the Rio Grande from the Mexican city of Reynosa.
Source: GBGM Press Releases
More about: Communities | Education | Evangelization | Health | Human rights | Hunger | Immigration | Justice | Mission opportunities | Race | Volunteers | Youth | Mexico |
Date posted: Mar 20, 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 Nepal: "The Church on the Rock" 
The UMC Centre Prayer Group Participants

February 20, 2009--As the faltering economy grips even the remotest parts of the earth, Nepal does not emerge unscathed. Politically, socially and economically, life is unstable. Even the ability to have a work day often revolves around the presence or absence of electricity. Crime has risen, the inflation rate is soaring, and it seems there is no solution in sight.
Source: Mission Education
More about: Communities | Economy | Evangelization | Global connections | Globalization | International affairs | Prayers | United Methodist Church | Nepal |
Date posted: Feb 20, 2009

arrow icon. Sing the World Round: Human Relations Day and Martin Luther King, Jr., Day 

The United Methodist Church celebrates Human Relations Day on the Sunday before the observance of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birthday.
Source: Mission Education
More about: Communities | Evangelization | Global connections | Globalization | Martin Luther King Day | Music | Special Sundays | Partners/partnerships |
Date posted: Jan 13, 2009

arrow icon. Focus on Global Ministries:  An Interview with The Rev. Edward W. Paup
Residents of the Orphan Light orphanage, a Methodist mission project in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. The Rev. Edward W. Paup announced to the directors of Global Ministries that he would realign the board's staff and organize the agency's work around the Four Areas of Focus adopted by the delegates of the 2008 General Conference: Developing principled Christian leaders for the church and the world; Creating new places for new people and renewing existing congregations; Engaging in ministry with the poor; and Stamping out the killer diseases of poverty by improving health globally.
Source: New World Outlook
More about: Advocacy | Communities | Education | Evangelization | GBGM news | General Conference | Missionaries | Poverty | UMCOR | United Methodist Church | Advance | World |
Date posted: Jan 05, 2009
arrow icon. Mission Grants Support Peace and Justice in the Holy Land 
The Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem.

New York, NY, December 12, 2008--Recent grants from the General Board of Global Ministries underscore the United Methodist commitment to peace and justice in the Holy Land.
Source: GBGM Press Releases
More about: Children | Communities | Conflict | Donations | Education | Emergencies | Evangelization | GBGM programs | Global connections | Grants | Health | Human rights | International affairs | Justice | Peace | United Methodist Church | Violence | War | Water | Welfare | Women | Youth | Israel | Middle East | Palestine |
Date posted: Dec 16, 2008

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. Bible Study Is Important Part of Mission Directors' Meeting 

New York, NY, October 24, 2008--Bible study had a central role in the annual meeting of the directors of the General Board of Global Ministries October 13-17. It was the first meeting of the new quadrennium, or four-year cycle, in the life of The United Methodist Church.
Source: GBGM Press Releases
More about: Bible | Evangelization | GBGM events | United Methodist Church | United States |
Date posted: Oct 24, 2008

arrow icon. Grace and Self-Understanding: Bible Study Theme 

Stamford, CT, Oct. 16, 2008--At the start of a new four-year cycle in the life of The United Methodist Church, the denomination's new mission executive led directors of his agency in three reflective study sessions on the images and challenges in a powerful chapter of II Corinthians written by the Apostle Paul, the first great Christian missionary.
Source: GBGM Press Releases
More about: Bible | Evangelization | GBGM events | Prayers | United Methodist Church | United States |
Date posted: Oct 24, 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. Mary Watson: A Woman Whose Joy is Making Disciples of Jesus Christ 
Mary Watson is a United Methodist pastor’s wife, a mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and businesswoman whose life and witness embodies the Great Commission. To make disciples of Jesus Christ is her joy; may I say, her passion. She and her husband, the Rev. Ralph Watson, have assisted financially and as volunteers to our Mission Initiatives in Russia and the Baltic States. Mary sponsored the first United Methodist Church built in modern times in Russia, in the village of Otradna.
Source: GBGM Administration
More about: Christian love | Evangelization | GBGM events | GBGM news | GBGM programs | United Methodist Church | Women | Methodism | World |
Date posted: Oct 14, 2008
arrow icon. Mission Agency Launches Effort To Start 400 New Churches 
Mary Watson (seen here with Ed Paup) pledged $400,000 to the 400 Fund, one thousand dollars per new congregation outside the US. Stamford, CT, Oct. 13, 2008--United Methodists can become evangelists and new church planters around the world through a fund launched with an initial gift from a businesswoman in Atlanta, Georgia.
Source: GBGM Press Releases
More about: Christian love | Evangelization | GBGM events | GBGM news | GBGM programs | United Methodist Church | Methodism | North Eastern U.S. | World |
Date posted: Oct 14, 2008
arrow icon. Mission Conference Looks "Beyond the Walls"  
Participants of Beyond These Walls - a gathering of mission-minded laity and clergy.

Powder Springs, Georgia, Oct. 10, 2008-- "Awesome" was the word Nancy Crissman of Crossroads United Methodist Church, Conyers, Georgia, used to describe an early October conference that pointed Christians toward mission "Beyond the Walls"--meaning beyond church walls.
Source: GBGM Mission News
More about: Evangelization | GBGM events | Global connections | Mission opportunities | Partners/partnerships | United States |
Date posted: Oct 10, 2008

arrow icon. United Methodist Church Takes Root in Guinea 

New York, NY, August 15, 2008--The United Methodist Church is growing in the West African country of Guinea through a ministry begun in the 1990s by refugees.
Source: GBGM Press Releases
More about: Agriculture | Children | Education | Evangelization | Health | Women | Guinea |
Date posted: Aug 15, 2008

arrow icon. Church Development School Explores Christian Witness in the 21st Century 
The Rev. Bill Barnes, senior pastor, St. Luke's United Methodist Church, Orlando, FL. Three basic themes stood out at the 2008 United Methodist School of Congregational Development, which met in two different locations: Orlando, Florida, and Grand Rapids, Michigan, from July 31 to August 5.
Source: GBGM Press Releases
More about: Communities | Evangelization | GBGM events | GBGM programs | United Methodist Church | Methodism | North Central U.S. | South Eastern U.S. | United States |
Date posted: Aug 12, 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
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