Greensboro, North Carolina, November 20, 2009- -Isaiah, prophet of ancient Israel, told his people that God was saying to them, "I will give you as a light to the nations that my salvation may reach to the ends of the earth." This promise provided the theme scripture for "Across the Miles," a consultation focused on United Methodist mission in the Eastern Europe and the Balkan countries.
Source: GBGM Mission News
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Date posted: Nov 20, 2009

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
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Date posted: Nov 13, 2009

Advent is the season in the Christian year when we hear and participate in the time of waiting for the birth of the Messiah, and we look with hope for the second coming of Christ. It is a time of intentional prayer for the light of Christ to fill the darkest corners of our world. We hear the voice of God in scripture. We hear the voices of God's people around the earth as we pray together for the brilliant light of Christ's love to warm the hearts and lives of humankind.
Source: GBGM Mission News
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Date posted: Nov 13, 2009

Frederica, Delaware, Nov. 11, 2009--On a bright November Sunday, 125 United Methodists gathered to thank and praise God at the spot where, 225 years earlier, events converged to shape the course of American Methodism.
Source: GBGM Mission News
More about: Missionaries | United Methodist Church | Focus on Congregational Development | Focus on Leadership Development |
Date posted: Nov 12, 2009

New York, NY, November 10, 2009--More than $1.8 million in "mission opportunity grants" were approved or confirmed by directors of the United Methodist General Board of Global Ministries at their annual meeting in Stamford, Connecticut, in mid-October.
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More about: Education | Finance | Health | Focus on Congregational Development | Focus on Leadership Development | Focus on Ministry with the Poor | Focus on Global Health | Congo DR | Japan | Middle East | Pakistan | Palestine |
Date posted: Nov 10, 2009

Columbia, South Carolina, November 9, 2009-- Twenty-six states were represented among the 275 people who took part in the Eighth National Summit of the Communities of Shalom, a faith- based movement promoting community development and justice, meeting in Columbia, South Carolina, in the closing days of October.
Source: GBGM Mission News
More about: Communities | Justice | Focus on Congregational Development |
Date posted: Nov 10, 2009

New York, New York, October 22, 2009--The Methodist community of Italy now has its first woman president, who is assuming her duties at a time when the small church is seeking to increase it ministry among immigrants.
Source: GBGM Mission News
More about: Communities | Global connections | Hate | Missionaries | United Methodist Church | Violence | Partners/partnerships | Urban | Focus on Congregational Development | Italy |
Date posted: Oct 22, 2009

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
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Date posted: Oct 19, 2009

Stamford, Connecticut, October 14, 2009--"The Lord is among us," the president of the General Board of Global Ministries told directors of the mission agency at their annual meeting, held in Stamford, Connecticut on October 12-14.
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Date posted: Oct 14, 2009

Stamford, Connecticut, October 13, 2009-- Those who engage in mission form the "connective wiring" that makes possible the sharing of God's love by United Methodists and ecumenical partners with all of God's children, the chief mission executive of the denomination told directors of the General Board of Global Ministries, meeting October 12-14 in Stamford, Connecticut.
Source: GBGM Mission News
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Date posted: Oct 13, 2009

New York, NY, October 5, 2009--Bishop Roy Sano believes that God is moving through the people of the United Methodist Church in Cambodia.
Source: GBGM Press Releases
More about: Communities | Global connections | Missionaries | Violence | War | Partners/partnerships | Focus on Congregational Development | Cambodia |
Date posted: Oct 05, 2009

“The Bee Hive Project” will purchase beehives, train local people as beekeepers, and sell honey so that needy families in Wadi Foquin will have incomes.
Source: Mission Education
More about: Agriculture | Children | Global connections | Peace | Poverty | Women | Youth | Partners/partnerships | Focus on Congregational Development | Israel | Palestine |
Date posted: Sep 18, 2009

New York, NY, September 17, 2009--The United Methodist Church in Cameroon, West Africa, has a bright future, but just how bright depends upon the strength of the network of mission partnerships required to sustain a young Christian community. This is especially true in a multilingual country with a great variety of religious options.
Source: GBGM Mission News
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Date posted: Sep 17, 2009

New York, NY, September 4, 2009--Two top mission leaders of The United Methodist Church are appealing to the government of Pakistan to take measures to ensure the safety of a Christian minority under violent attack in some parts of the officially Islamic nation.
Source: GBGM Press Releases
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Date posted: Sep 04, 2009

London, September 1, 2009--The island nation of Fiji has been suspended from the British Commonwealth for refusing to move toward democratic elections next year, according to a report by the BBC on September 1. The Fijian political situation is of importance to the international Methodist community because the Methodist Church there is also at odds with the government.
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Date posted: Sep 01, 2009

São Paulo, Brazil, August 27, 2009-- Representatives of Methodist churches from across Latin America and the Caribbean gathered at the Methodist University of São Paulo, August 17-21, to celebrate 40 years of collaboration in ministry.
Source: GBGM Press Releases
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Date posted: Aug 27, 2009

New York, NY, August 13, 2009--An early November consultation will bring together those who are or want to become involved in United Methodist mission partnerships in Eastern European and Balkan countries.
Source: GBGM Press Releases
More about: GBGM events | Global connections | United Methodist Church | Partners/partnerships | Focus on Congregational Development | Albania | Bosnia-Herzegovina | Bulgaria | Croatia | Greece | Macedonia-FYROM | Moldova | Romania | Serbia | Slovenia | Turkey |
Date posted: Aug 13, 2009

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
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Date posted: Aug 10, 2009

Nashville, Tennessee, August 6, 2009--A youthful population represents a strong potential for the Methodist Church of Cambodia, which is emerging from the joint efforts of five mission organizations.
Source: GBGM Mission News
More about: Global connections | Focus on Congregational Development | Cambodia |
Date posted: Aug 05, 2009

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

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
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Date posted: Aug 01, 2009