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
More about: Global connections | Mission opportunities | Missionaries | Wesley | Focus on Congregational Development | Europe |
Date posted: Nov 20, 2009

New York, NY, November 18, 2000--A clergyman who is also a trained musician is the bishop- elect of the Methodist Church of Puerto Rico.
Source: GBGM Mission News
More about: GBGM news | Global connections | Missionaries | United Methodist Church | Focus on Leadership Development | Puerto Rico |
Date posted: Nov 18, 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
More about: Economy | GBGM news | GBGM programs | Global connections | Missionaries | United Methodist Church | Focus on Congregational Development | Africa | Asia and the Pacific Islands | Europe | Latin America |
Date posted: Nov 13, 2009

HIV/AIDS affects people in all nations at all strata of society. Thanks to the United Methodist Global AIDS Fund, United Methodists and their partners can fight this disease in various countries through church, community, and hospital-based projects.
Source: New World Outlook
More about: AIDS/HIV | Children | Global connections | Poverty | Welfare | Women | Youth | Focus on Global Health | India | Zambia | Zimbabwe |
Date posted: Nov 01, 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

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.
Source: GBGM Mission News
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Date posted: Oct 14, 2009

Stamford, Connecticut, October 13, 2009--The United Methodist Church formally commissioned 40 persons to mission vocations in a powerful service of celebration and commitment on the night of October 13 in Stamford, Connecticut.
Source: GBGM Mission News
More about: GBGM events | GBGM news | General Conference | Global connections | Mission opportunities | Missionaries | Focus on Leadership Development | Focus on Ministry with the Poor | Cambodia | Caribbean Islands | Japan | Liberia | Mongolia | South Africa | Thailand | Ukraine |
Date posted: Oct 14, 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 Board of Directors, under the direction of President Bishop Bruce Ough, has designated a search committee to undertake a global search for the next General Secretary.
Source: GBGM Mission News
More about: GBGM news | Global connections | United Methodist Church | Focus on Leadership Development |
Date posted: Oct 05, 2009

Gallant, Alabama, September 29, 2009--A year- long celebration will mark the 125th anniversary of a United Methodist missionary movement devoted to the ministry with the poor and marginalized in the United States.
Source: GBGM Mission News
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Date posted: Oct 01, 2009

New York, NY, September 28, 2009--The United Methodist Church will commission 32 missionaries and nine deaconesses and home missioners in an October 13 celebration that will be the first such service broadcast live on the internet.
Source: GBGM Mission News
More about: Communities | GBGM events | Global connections | International affairs | Missionaries | Focus on Leadership Development |
Date posted: Sep 28, 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
More about: Communities | GBGM news | Global connections | International affairs | Mission opportunities | Missionaries | United Methodist Church | Volunteers | Partners/partnerships | Focus on Congregational Development | Cameroon |
Date posted: Sep 17, 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
More about: Communities | Ecumenical | Global connections | International affairs | Mission opportunities | United Methodist Church | Partners/partnerships | Focus on Congregational Development | Argentina | Bolivia | Brazil | Caribbean Islands | Chile | Colombia | Costa Rica | Cuba | Dominican Republic | Ecuador | El Salvador | Guatemala | Honduras | Mexico | Nicaragua | Panama | Peru | Puerto Rico | Uruguay | Venezuela |
Date posted: Aug 27, 2009

The China News Summary is compiled monthly by the United Methodist China Program, Room 1335, General Board of Global Ministries, The United Methodist Church, 475 Riverside Drive, New York, NY 10115.
Source: Evangelization and Church Growth
More about: Ecumenical | GBGM programs | Global connections | Globalization | International affairs | Newsletters | Research | Mission updates | China | Hong Kong | Taiwan | Asia and the Pacific Islands |
Date posted: Aug 19, 2009

July 14, 2008 | DALLAS (UMNS) The United Methodist North Texas Annual (regional) Conference has donated $500,000 to build a new student health center at Africa University, with plans to contribute another $500,000 to the Zimbabwe school.
Source: United Methodist News Service
More about: Education | Global connections | United Methodist Church | Focus on Leadership Development | Zimbabwe |
Date posted: Aug 19, 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.
Source: GBGM Press Releases
More about: Civil rights | GBGM events | Global connections | Human rights | Music | Prison | United Methodist Church | Fiji |
Date posted: Aug 14, 2009

Harrell, now a missionary, came to realize that many persons who want to see only beauty and eat only delicacies have "holes" within that go unfilled. She says, "During my years in Chile, I have witnessed a filling of the 'hole' among many members of Volunteers in Mission (VIM) teams or individuals who have ventured to live and work with those living in poverty."
Source: Mission Education
More about: Children | Communities | Education | Global connections | Mission opportunities | Missionaries | Poverty | United Methodist Church | Women | Youth | Focus on Ministry with the Poor | Chile |
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.
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
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

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 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