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, 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.
Source: GBGM Press Releases
More about: Environment | GBGM events | Justice | Volunteers | Costa Rica | Jamaica | Mexico |
Date posted: Oct 06, 2009

On Aug. 19, President Obama will participate in a live webcast call-in aimed at the faith community. Faith leaders in the 40-minute discussion will include three United Methodist pastors.
Source: United Methodist News Service
More about: Health | Justice | Poverty | Focus on Global Health | United States |
Date posted: Aug 20, 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.
Source: GBGM Press Releases
More about: Conflict | GBGM news | Global connections | Human rights | International affairs | Justice | United Methodist Church | Partners/partnerships | Statements | Focus on Congregational Development | Fiji |
Date posted: Jul 28, 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."
Source: GBGM Press Releases
More about: Communities | General Conference | Justice | United States |
Date posted: Jun 02, 2009

New York, NY, May 5, 2009--"Justice through Service" is the theme of the 2009 conference of South Asian Youth (SAY), a domestic organization within The United Methodist Church. It will take place August 7-9 at a retreat center in Larkspur, Colorado.
Source: GBGM Press Releases
More about: Bible | GBGM events | GBGM programs | Human rights | International affairs | Justice | United Methodist Church | Youth | Asia and the Pacific Islands | Afghanistan | United States | Bangladesh | India | Nepal | Pakistan | Sri Lanka |
Date posted: May 05, 2009

"Would you be able to help us with some gas?" asked a young Choctaw woman. "My mother has terminal cancer and we need gasoline so we can make several medical appointments over the next week." She and her family had arrived for her mother's appointment at Choctaw Health Services (next door to our complex) and decided to seek help.
Source: Mission Education
More about: Children | Christian love | Communities | Economy | Family | Health | Hunger | Justice | Race | Rural | Welfare | Women | Youth | South Eastern U.S. |
Date posted: Apr 14, 2009

New York, NY, April 9, 2009--The first Arab Christian university in Israel, slated for Nazareth, has numerous Methodist connections, including United Methodist mission ties.
Source: GBGM Mission News
More about: Conflict | Ecumenical | Education | Global connections | Immigration | International affairs | Justice | Missionaries | Peace | Race | War | Israel | Middle East | Palestine |
Date posted: Apr 09, 2009

New York, NY, April 3, 2009--The head of the United Methodist Church's mission agency has thanked the Methodist Church of Great Britain for its role in keeping the concerns of poverty and environmental protection in the public eye as representatives of the world's 20 strongest economies met in London.
Source: GBGM Press Releases
More about: Advocacy | Agriculture | Economy | Ecumenical | Environment | Global connections | Globalization | Hunger | International affairs | John Wesley | Justice | United Methodist Church | Wesley | Partners/partnerships | Methodism | Letters | Statements | United Kingdom |
Date posted: Apr 03, 2009

New York, NY, March 31, 2009--A group of Protestant denominations and agencies have asked the Congress of the United States to lift the travel ban that severely limits their interactions with churches in Cuba. Signers include the General Boards of Church and Society and Global Ministries of The United Methodist Church.
Source: GBGM Press Releases
More about: Ecumenical | GBGM news | Global connections | International affairs | Justice | Missionaries | United Methodist Church | Statements | Cuba |
Date posted: Mar 31, 2009

New York, NY, March 23, 2009--A 19-member mission travel group is safely back in the United States after civil strife in Yei, Sudan, disrupted their study tour.
Source: GBGM Press Releases
More about: Conflict | Economy | GBGM news | Human rights | Hunger | Justice | Poverty | Refugees | Violence | War | Mission studies | Sudan |
Date posted: Mar 24, 2009

Pharr, Texas, March 20, 2009--A new United Methodist Border Health Partnership in South Texas is building on the work of a small membership congregation in the city of Pharr, near McAllen and just across the Rio Grande from the Mexican city of Reynosa.
Source: GBGM Press Releases
More about: Communities | Education | Evangelization | Health | Human rights | Hunger | Immigration | Justice | Mission opportunities | Race | Volunteers | Youth | Mexico |
Date posted: Mar 20, 2009

Washington, DC, January 20, 2009--Two prayers were included in the inaugural ceremonies marking the start of the presidency of Barack Hussein Obama, the first African American president of the United States.
Source: GBGM Press Releases
More about: Advocacy | Civil rights | Economy | Global connections | Globalization | International affairs | Justice | Martin Luther King Day | Peace | Prayers | Race | United Methodist Church | Partners/partnerships | United States |
Date posted: Jan 20, 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
More about: Children | Communities | Conflict | Global connections | Globalization | Hate | Justice | Peace | Race | Violence | Youth | Urban | Italy |
Date posted: Jan 09, 2009

MONROVIA, Liberia (UMNS), December 22, 2008-- The Rev. John K. Yambasu, 52, has been elected bishop of The United Methodist Church in Sierra Leone by delegates of the denomination's West Africa Central Conference.
Source: United Methodist News Service
More about: GBGM news | Global connections | Globalization | Human rights | International affairs | Justice | Poverty | United Methodist Church | Sierra Leone |
Date posted: Dec 22, 2008