New York, NY, October 6, 2009--Environmental protection, Methodism in Latin America, music in Jamaica, and justice issues along the US-Mexican border are among the week-long educational forums available to United Methodist older adults in 2010 and early 2011 through the Primetimers mission volunteer program.
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More about: Environment | GBGM events | Justice | Volunteers | Costa Rica | Jamaica | Mexico |
Date posted: Oct 06, 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.
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Date posted: Oct 05, 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.
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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.
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Date posted: Aug 27, 2009

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.
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Date posted: Aug 17, 2009

London, August 14, 2009--The Methodist Church in Britain reported that nine Methodist Church leaders earlier arrested in Fiji have appeared in court on charges of violating public emergency regulations and were released pending a second hearing on September 24.
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Date posted: Aug 14, 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.
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Date posted: Aug 13, 2009

New York, NY, July 28, 2009--The arrests of Methodist church leaders in Fiji and the cancellation by the government of the annual church conference in the island nation are raising concerns within the international Methodist family.
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Date posted: Jul 28, 2009

New York, NY, July 23, 2009--The Rev. Leslie Casupanan de la Cruz is both a shepherd and a farmer. She watches over the flock of the Camachile United Methodist Church in Luzon, the northern island of the Philippines, and helps villagers to cultivate a cash crop of mushrooms.
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Date posted: Jul 23, 2009

New York, NY, July 10, 2009--The chief mission executive of The United Methodist Church welcomed a pledge by the world's eight richest nations to provide $20 billion of agricultural production and food security to the poorest countries over the next three years.
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Date posted: Jul 10, 2009

Moscow, July 7, 2007--United Methodists across Eurasia are more interested in church development than in complaining about the economic shortages, according to Bishop Hans Växby, as he completes the round of 2009 annual conferences.
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Date posted: Jul 07, 2009

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
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Date posted: Jul 06, 2009

Charlotte, North Carolina, July 1, 2009-- United Methodists committed to church growth and Christian service in Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam will convene in Charlotte, North Carolina, in early October for a Southeast Asia Mission Consultation.
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Date posted: Jul 02, 2009

The United Methodist General Board of Global Ministries is deeply concerned for the welfare of the people of Honduras in this time of political uncertainty following the June 28 removal and replacement of President Manuel Zelaya by military action following a dispute with the country’s congress and supreme court.
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Date posted: Jul 02, 2009

New York, NY, June 29, 2009--United Methodist mission leaders report that all personnel in Honduras are safe and congregations relatively unaffected by the military ouster of President Manuel Zelaya of the Central American country on Sunday, June 28.
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Date posted: Jun 29, 2009

June 25, 2009 | NEW YORK (UMNS)--Bishop Joaquina Filipe Nhanala says it is too soon to tell whether more women in Mozambique have decided to enter the ministry because of her leadership.
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Date posted: Jun 25, 2009

New York, NY, June 25, 2009--The Rev. Dr. John W. Johannaber, who once headed the mission personnel unit of the United Methodist General Board of Global Ministries, died at his home in Oxford, Georgia, on June 9, 2009. He was 86 years old.
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Date posted: Jun 25, 2009

Information from both the family of missionary-pilot Jacques Umembudi and Bishop David K. Yemba of Central Congo confirms that there were no life-threatening injuries in the crash of a small mission plane at an airstrip near Lodja, Democratic Republic of Congo, on June 12.
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Date posted: Jun 15, 2009

New York, NY, June 12, 2009--For the price of a lunch, you could save the life of a child in Sierra Leone. Each day, some 3,000 children die of malaria in sub-Saharan Africa.
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More about: Children | Health | United Methodist Church | Women | Focus on Global Health | Sierra Leone |
Date posted: Jun 12, 2009

Madison, New Jersey, June 2, 2009--The seventh national "summit" of Communities of Shalom, a movement promoting faith-inspired community development, is slated for Columbia, South Carolina, October 28-31. The theme is "Stepping Up to Shalom: Seeking Systematic Change through Community Development."
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Date posted: Jun 02, 2009