The face of missionaries has changed, with nearly 50 percent of United Methodist missionaries coming from places outside the United States. "We now have missionaries who are coming from everywhere and going everywhere," said Thomas Kemper, who leads the denomination's mission agency.
Source: GBGM Mission News
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Date posted: Mar 01, 2012

New York, NY, October 12, 2011--The 100th anniversary of The United Methodist Church's mission magazine was marked on October 11 with a retrospective of mission highlights from each decade of the last century.
Source: New World Outlook
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Date posted: Oct 14, 2011

Bishop Rev. Bruce Ough Blesses 39 LSMC Certified Pastors In September 2011, the second annual meeting of the Lao Samphan Methodist Church (LSMC) of the South East Asia Mission Initiative--which includes Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam--was held. Rev. Bruce Ough, presiding bishop of the West Ohio Conference and president of the General Board of Global Ministries of The United Methodist Church, recognized and blessed 39 certified pastors of the LSMC.
Source: GBGM Mission News
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Date posted: Oct 12, 2011

On a recent visit to Susanna Wesley House in Baltimore, Maryland, three of the house's nine housing units were found to be empty. This was a positive sign. It meant that three families had recently made a successful transition from supportive housing to their own residences in the community.
Source: New World Outlook
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Date posted: Sep 13, 2011

I first met Dan Terry in 2004 in Afghanistan. One day he offered to help me get to a meeting on the other side of Kabul--by bicycle. We took a "shortcut" up to a steep ridge, following a rocky path where we had to push or carry our bicycles. At the top, while I caught my breath and admired the view, we encountered a family of returned refugees. This steep ridge--far from roads, water, and the city proper--was the only place this family could find to live.
Source: New World Outlook
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Date posted: Aug 24, 2011

Dallas, Texas, July 28, 2011: The conference room at the Vital Congregation Intensive at the 2011 School of Congregational Development was filled with some 30 people eager to discuss the denomination's new "Call to Action," and the implications for their congregations.
Source: GBGM Mission News
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Date posted: Aug 01, 2011

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.
Source: GBGM Mission News
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Date posted: May 31, 2011

The United Methodist Church's current focus on ministry with the poor stands in strong continuity with the Methodist heritage back to founder John Wesley in 18th century England.
Source: GBGM Mission News
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Date posted: May 20, 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.
Source: GBGM Mission News
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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.
Source: GBGM Mission News
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Date posted: Apr 12, 2011

New York, NY, March 17, 2011--United Methodist response to the March 11 earthquake in Japan puts the spotlight on a rich mission history that began 135 years ago.
Source: GBGM Mission News
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Date posted: Mar 17, 2011

When the first edition of the weekly Methodist Recorder and General Christian Chronicle appeared in 1861, Queen Victoria was on the British throne, railway mania was in full swing, Charles Dickens was writing Great Expectations, and Abraham Lincoln had just been elected President of the United States.
Source: GBGM Mission News
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Date posted: Feb 08, 2011

Ted Williams is the man with the golden voice who has been vaulted to global media attention this week after more than 13 million people saw him on a YouTube video.
Source: GBGM Mission News
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Date posted: Jan 10, 2011

Boston, Massachusetts, December 3, 2010--The library of the Boston University School of Theology, a United Methodist institution, is offering a free online portal to texts and other materials on Protestant mission history and thought. Go do http://digilib.bu.edu/mission.
Source: GBGM Mission News
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Date posted: Dec 03, 2010

Little Rock, Arkansas, November 23, 2010--The Rev. William T. Carter, who led the designated mission-giving program of The United Methodist Church for 27 years, died in Little Rock, Arkansas on November 22. He was 68 years of age and had retired in 2006 after having headed the Advance for Christ and His Church since 1979.
Source: GBGM Mission News
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Date posted: Nov 23, 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.
Source: GBGM Mission News
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Date posted: Nov 16, 2010

NEW YORK, NY, September 16, 2010--The United Methodist Church plans a 10-day series of live internet events from Sunday, October 10 through Tuesday, October 19, to report on the denomination's work to combat poverty, disease, and social injustice throughout the world.
Source: GBGM Mission News
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Date posted: Sep 16, 2010

Budapest, Hungary, August 23, 2010--Methodism on the European continent in the 20 years following World War II was the theme of a mid- August conference of the European Historical Commision of The United Methodist Church.
Source: GBGM Mission News
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Date posted: Aug 23, 2010

San Jose, California, August 11, 2010--More than 200 persons from 10 sub-ethnic groups gathered in San Jose, California, at the end of July for the first convocation of Asian American United Methodists in 11 years. Among the highlights were frank assessments by several United Methodist Asian American bishops on the relation of Asian American ministries to the rest of the church.
Source: GBGM Mission News
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Date posted: Aug 12, 2010

Nashville, TN, July 29, 2010--"How much quality time do you spend with Jesus each day?" This was the first of six questions asked of each of the 600 people at the opening of the denomination's 2010 School of Congregational Development.
Source: GBGM Mission News
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Date posted: Jul 30, 2010

Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of Congo, July 15, 2010--Thousands of United Methodists paraded through the streets of Lubumbashi in the early morning of Sunday, July 11. They marched and danced and sang their way to Jerusalem United Methodist Church in celebration of the 100th anniversary of their church in the southern Congo.
Source: GBGM Mission News
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Date posted: Jul 16, 2010

United Methodist Bishop Heinrich Bolleter, Geneva Secretary of the World Methodist Council, offers his observations on Edinburgh 2010, the ecumenical world mission conference held in Edinburgh, Scotland, on June 2-6. The event marked the one hundredth anniversary of a landmark missionary conference in 1910. Bishop Bolleter, who is retired from the Southern and Century Europe Central Conference, represented the World Methodist Council on a committee of "stakeholders" that assisted in planning the 2010 conference, which had the theme "Witnessing to Christ Today."
Source: GBGM Mission News
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Date posted: Jun 10, 2010

Edinburgh, Scotland, June 9, 2010--The 2010 World Mission Conference in Edinburgh recognized a direct descendent of the only Korean participant, who was Methodist, at a landmark missionary conference a hundred years ago.
Source: GBGM Mission News
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Date posted: Jun 09, 2010

Edinburgh, June 4, 2010--Christian mission among people of other faiths was a complex, recurring theme at "Witnessing to Christ Today," the broadly ecumenical World Mission Conference held in Edinburgh, Scotland, June 2-6.
Source: GBGM Mission News
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Date posted: Jun 04, 2010