May 31, 2011--"With each other we can put our faith into action and transform the world into God's kingdom of love and justice." In a dynamic new video, the mission agency of The United Methodist Church (UMC), in partnership with United Methodist Women, invites the denomination to revisit their views and join in new ways to minister with those living in poverty.
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Date posted: May 31, 2011

The mission agency of The United Methodist Church is strengthening its strategy in response to the extensive needs in Haiti. As part of this process, the Rev. James L. Gulley is broadening his consultative role in Haiti with the General Board of Global Ministries. For more than a year he has served as an agricultural consultant for the United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR), the relief and development arm of Global Ministries. In his expanded role he will be a Global Ministries and UMCOR coordinator for Haiti.

New York, NY, April 14, 2011--Howard Heiner, a United Methodist missionary for 24 years, died on April 9 in Ashland, Oregon at the age of 81. He and his wife Peggy served in Bolivia, Chile, Somalia, and Nicaragua, retiring in the mid- 1990s.

Heiner's passing was observed on April 11 at the opening of the semi-annual meeting of the directors of the General Board of Global Ministries, the worldwide United Methodist mission agency through which he served.

Congratulations on behalf of all of us at Global Ministries to our communicators who won a total of 19 awards at the DeRose-Hinkhouse Memorial Awards, sponsored by the Religious Communications Council (RCC), an interfaith organization. These include four top awards, 11 awards for excellence, and four certificates of merit.
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Date posted: Apr 14, 2011

Stamford, CT, April 12, 2011—The United Methodist Church's worldwide mission agency took historical steps on April 12 toward becoming more flexible, effective, and cost efficient in response to contemporary mission opportunities.
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Date posted: Apr 13, 2011

Stamford, Connecticut, April 12, 2011--A call for United Methodist confidence and boldness in mission was issued on April 12 in the semi-annual report of the denominations' chief mission executive.
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Date posted: Apr 12, 2011

Stamford, Connecticut, April 11, 2011--In the week leading up to Holy Week, directors of the General Board of Global Ministries were challenged to share in Christ's passion. Bishop Bruce Ough of the West Ohio Annual Conference, who also presides over the worldwide mission agency of The United Methodist Church, opened the spring board meeting by urging directors to submit to God's will.
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Date posted: Apr 12, 2011

Global Ministries to Host New Church Development Webcast and Stream Portions of Board Meeting A live, interactive webcast on Tuesday, April 12, 2011, will put the spotlight on United Methodist evangelism and new church development in more than a dozen countries around the world.
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Date posted: Apr 11, 2011

Stamford, CT, April 11, 2011--The chief executive of the United Methodist General Board of Global Ministries has no doubts that his agency and United Methodist Women will remain "missionally connected" if a proposal for a structural separation is finalized.
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Date posted: Apr 11, 2011

New York, NY, March 28, 2011—An African church leader with a strong commitment to mission is the nominee to become the next chief executive of the World Methodist Council, which is made up of 74 member churches in 132 countries.
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Date posted: Mar 28, 2011

This month--January 2011--New World Outlook marks its 100th year of continuous publication. Since January 1911, the magazine has been published by various US boards of mission, culminating in the General Board of Global Ministries of The United Methodist Church.
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Date posted: Dec 29, 2010

Among many other projects on our radar, the Webteam will play a pivotal role in the agency's vision for "Ministry with the Poor," one of the four areas of focus of The United Methodist Church. In 2011, we will launch an interagency website focusing on this area.
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Date posted: Dec 14, 2010

New York, NY, November 18, 2010--The mission agency of The United Methodist Church has named Una Jones as its new executive for annual conference relations and mission-volunteers programs.
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Date posted: Nov 18, 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

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

Interventions can come in all shapes and sizes, from hard-core ultimatums to shared concerns of love and compassion. The Oklahoma Summer School on Chemical Dependency, a ministry of the Oklahoma Annual Conference, equips clergy and laity in the practice of shared-concern "I statements" that communicate with a soft touch.
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Date posted: Jun 03, 2010

New York, NY, April 19, 2010--Karen Viveros dreamed of becoming a doctor, but how? She grew up in a single-parent household in Nemby, a poor neighborhood in Paraguay. There was, however, a bright light in what otherwise seemed dim future prospects: her local Methodist church, where she became a youth leader at age 12.
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Date posted: Apr 19, 2010

Stamford, CT, April 13, 2010--The new chief executive of The United Methodist Church's mission agency traces his interest in Christian service to childhood and college experiences of both the local and worldwide church.
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Date posted: Apr 13, 2010

Stamford, Connecticut, April 13, 2010--The Rev. Cynthia Fierro Harvey, a pastor from Texas with a background in the local church, international health ministries, domestic disaster relief, and organizational management is the new head of the United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR).
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Date posted: Apr 13, 2010