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
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Date posted: Oct 22, 2009

New York, NY, September 14, 2009--Christian institutions in Pakistan continue to carry out their work and witness despite a series of attacks on churches and communities, according to a Pakistani Protestant leader.
Source: GBGM Mission News
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Date posted: Sep 14, 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.
Source: GBGM Press Releases
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Date posted: Sep 01, 2009

New York, NY, July 6, 2009--United Methodists in Nepal request that church members worldwide join them and other Nepalese Christians in praying for peace and safety in the face of intimidation and acts of anti-Christian violence.
Source: GBGM Mission News
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Date posted: Jul 06, 2009

Peshawar, Pakistan, May 29, 2009--Christian leaders in the province of Pakistan bordering Afghanistan are appealing to fellow believers worldwide to join them in prayer for the "innocent" and "vulnerable" people victimized by conflicts in their region and across the country.
Source: GBGM Press Releases
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Date posted: May 29, 2009

January 9, 2009--“Cosa?!” [What?!] “Che e successo!?” [What happened?!] One of the teenagers from Ghana got a call on his cellphone on the way home from a church confirmation trip. His 19-year-old friend, Abdul, had been killed in Milan. Over the course of several phone calls and articles in the morning’s paper, the details began to emerge.
Source: Mission Education
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Date posted: Jan 09, 2009

Hope for peace--the projection and possibility of peace--is integral to the Christmas celebration, and to the Christian life and mission.
Source: GBGM Administration
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Date posted: Dec 11, 2008

According to those who have been working to end church burnings for years, these acts of arson raise questions about broader issues than those portrayed in the media spin or investigators' quotes. 
Source: WD Press Releases
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Date posted: Feb 13, 2006