Budapest, Hungary, March 1, 2012--The United Methodist Church in Hungary has regained official state recognition, after having been removed from the list of "privileged" religious groups by Parliament in the summer of 2011.
Source: GBGM Mission News
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Date posted: Mar 02, 2012

Under a hot and humid December sky, 800 Filipino protesters were marching. Some farmed rice paddies for a living, some fished, and some scraped by in the big cities. Others represented churches, nongovernmental organizations, and political parties. Children and old women walked side by side. But one protestor was conspicuously different from the rest. Not only did he stand head and shoulders above his companions--he had white skin and auburn hair.
Source: GBGM Mission News
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Date posted: Feb 29, 2012

When Gary retired from his work as a human resources trainer and teacher in the year 2000, he thought his career was over. Little did he know, his life's work had just begun. Now, at 63 years old, Gary says, "I can't wait for the next 10 years."
Source: GBGM Mission News
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Date posted: Jan 25, 2012

Dear Friends, On behalf of the General Board of Global Ministries, thank you for all you do to share God's love and light throughout the world. Through our work, together we are building a path that Isaiah prophesized--a radical path to liberation, peace, and justice. A path that is possible because of the birth of a small and helpless child. The light of the world lies in the hands of someone as powerless as a newborn baby.
Source: GBGM Mission News
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Date posted: Dec 16, 2011

Rev. Ramos-Gallardo uses this image of a water-soaked Bible to express the longing for God that a steady stream of rebuilders have felt as they've come to the city of New Orleans.
Source: GBGM Mission News
More about: Advocacy | Civil rights | Family | Human rights | Immigration | Justice | Focus on Ministry with the Poor | Mexico |
Date posted: Oct 04, 2011

Mark Stransky brought a tape measure as a symbol of transformation and hope. As the director of housing at Crossroads in Marion, Virginia, Stransky said that volunteers and community members find grace while repairing houses together. "What the tape measure doesn't measure is the hearts of the people serving on the projects," Stransky said.
Source: GBGM Mission News
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Date posted: Sep 22, 2011

"Jesus learned new things when he went to the border," said Rev. Edgar Avitia, who led the worship in Florida for US-based missionaries of The United Methodist Church. Jesus' continuing education and migration to the border of Tyre and Sidon in Matthew 15:21-28 spoke truth to missionary Jim Perdue, who attended the missionaries meeting on the heels of the immigration task force meeting at the Church Center of the United Nations (CCUN) in New York from September 16 to 18, 2011.
Source: GBGM Mission News
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Date posted: Sep 20, 2011

The global mission agency of The United Methodist Church joins the voices of other Methodists and of the global ecumenical community in expressing grave concern over the Fijian government's recent restrictions placed on the Fiji Methodist Church.
Source: GBGM Mission News
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Date posted: Sep 15, 2011

Labor Day is not an excuse to buy items on sale at department stores. Labor is a legacy of 19th-century US workers who fought for and won legal guarantees for workers, such as the garment workers who made (and make) the clothes sold in the sales racks at department stores.
Source: GBGM Mission News
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Date posted: Sep 02, 2011

Zachary Ferguson has enjoyed being a part of this class of missionaries for the last three weeks as they have prepared for their next two to three years as US-2s or Mission Interns. Zach felt safe, comfortable, and challenged.
Source: GBGM Mission News
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Date posted: Aug 17, 2011

William Wilson, Jr., 23, likes to pack light. For his journey from Southern New Jersey to Stony Point, New York, he carried a small duffel bag. He also packed "trust, faith, and flexibility," his guiding principles for the upcoming journey as a young adult missionary.
Source: GBGM Mission News
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Date posted: Aug 05, 2011

The Summer Intern program is a leadership immersion experience for young adults between the ages of 18 and 25 who live in new communities for the summer to learn about and experience putting their faith into action. The Summer Interns will serve in United Methodist-related centers, churches, and institutions for ten weeks over the summer.
Source: GBGM Mission News
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Date posted: Jun 24, 2011

Near the end of the 20th century, a decade of planning, summits, and conferences involving member governments of the United Nations culminated in the UN Millennium Document. This document, adopted by UN member nations at the 2000 Millennium Summit, serves as a multinational commitment to reduce extreme poverty around the world.
Source: New World Outlook
More about: Children | Education | Global connections | Health | Human rights | Hunger | International affairs | Justice | Women | Partners/partnerships | Focus on Ministry with the Poor |
Date posted: Jun 23, 2011

At this time of year, Ms. Josephine Deere's phone at the Oklahoma Indian Missionary Conference starts ringing off the hook as United Methodists call, asking her to refer worship leaders to celebrate Native American Ministries Sunday. The giving on this Special Sunday undergirds Native American networks and scholars within the United Methodist connection.
Source: GBGM Mission News
More about: Civil rights | Communities | Ethics | Human rights | Justice | Martin Luther King Day | Special Sundays | Focus on Congregational Development | Focus on Ministry with the Poor | United States |
Date posted: Apr 27, 2011

In the Middle East and North Africa, millions of men and women, young and old, Muslims and Christians, rich and poor, have recently hit the streets to call on their leaders to step down and demand the end of corrupt regimes. President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali of Tunisia was the first head of state to go.
Source: GBGM Mission News
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Date posted: Apr 06, 2011

From 2002 to 2007, I worked as a counselor with a program at East Tennessee State University called Upward Bound. Upward Bound is a federally-funded college-prep program for high school students from lower-income families and first-generation college students.
Source: GBGM Mission News
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Date posted: Apr 06, 2011

March, Women's History Month, is full of special days, such as the World Day of Prayer, Ash Wednesday, St. Patrick's Day, the first day of Spring, and this weekend, Ecumenical Advocacy Days.
Source: GBGM Mission News
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Date posted: Mar 24, 2011

I come from a large, highly connectional Pennsylvania Dutch family. I can't remember a vacation that didn't include five more people than the room could hold. My understanding of immediate family extended beyond my brother, mom, and dad to include aunts, cousins, great aunts, second and third cousins, and family friends.
Source: GBGM Mission News
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Date posted: Mar 18, 2011

New York, NY, March 3, 2011--The United Methodist Church's chief mission leader has expressed solidarity with the Christian community in Pakistan in the wake of the assassination of the most prominent Christian in that country's government.
Source: GBGM Mission News
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Date posted: Mar 03, 2011

March 1, 2011--What makes a space holy? I guess it has something to do with the undeniable presence of the divine in a space where something happens that transcends everyday reality. A space where miracles happen.
Source: GBGM Mission News
More about: Civil rights | Ethics | Human rights | Justice | Martin Luther King Day | Resolutions of the UMC | United Methodist Church | Focus on Leadership Development | United States |
Date posted: Mar 01, 2011

Applications due March 31, 2011 Young people are needed to live out their faith through social justice by interning and volunteering around the world and in the United States this summer.
Source: GBGM Mission News
More about: AIDS/HIV | Education | Global connections | Human rights | Justice | Mission opportunities | Volunteers | Youth | Focus on Leadership Development | Kenya | Uganda |
Date posted: Feb 25, 2011

As people of all ethnicities take time to reflect on the contributions of African Americans, many will note the strong connections to the church and the community. A sense of mission provides the network through which those connections flourish.
Source: GBGM Mission News
More about: Civil rights | Evangelization | Human rights | Justice | Martin Luther King Day | Mission opportunities | United Methodist Church | Focus on Leadership Development |
Date posted: Feb 04, 2011

January 20, 2011, New York, NY--The General Board of Global Ministries welcomes the announcement that the United States intends to make possible an increase in certain religious travel to Cuba and to ease restrictions on funds going to Cuba for religious activities.
Source: GBGM Mission News
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Date posted: Jan 20, 2011

Public celebration of Christmas--public testament of faith in Jesus Christ--is not always easy, or even safe. As we move into a new year, my prayer list includes persons and situations in which Christian brothers and sisters lost their lives in recent days because of their faith, or where a public official was killed for trying to protect religious rights of Christians.
Source: GBGM Mission News
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Date posted: Jan 07, 2011

What do you want to do with your life? People never tire of asking young people this question. Everyone has their own answer. Here is one more: become a US-2 or Mission Intern.
Source: GBGM Mission News
More about: Education | Human rights | Justice | Mission opportunities | Missionaries | United Methodist Church | Youth | Focus on Leadership Development | Cambodia | South Africa | Mongolia | United States |
Date posted: Dec 16, 2010