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arrow icon. "Across the Miles" in Mission 
John Wesley personally visited the consultation. Wesley was played by Dr. Verne Hoshal, First United Methodist Church of Brighton, MI.

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

arrow icon. Methodists in Puerto Rico Elect New Bishop 
Rev. Dr. Rafael Moreno Rivas will serve as bishop of Methodist Church in Puerto Rico.

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

arrow icon. Mission Agency Adopts New Plan for Distributing and Monitoring International Funds 
Bau Dang: Global Ministries Board of Directors Meeting, Fall 2008.

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

arrow icon. Service Marks 225th Anniversary of a Defining Moment in Methodist History 
Barratt's Chapel in Frederic, Delaware, is the oldest Methodist Church in the United States originally built as a church.

Frederica, Delaware, Nov. 11, 2009--On a bright November Sunday, 125 United Methodists gathered to thank and praise God at the spot where, 225 years earlier, events converged to shape the course of American Methodism.
Source: GBGM Mission News
More about: Missionaries | United Methodist Church | Focus on Congregational Development | Focus on Leadership Development |
Date posted: Nov 12, 2009

arrow icon. First Monday: Internet Resource on the Church and Immigration
Trina Scott-Zuor (left) and Amy Spaur are commissioned missionaries of The United Methodist Church. Trina is one of JFON Iowa’s Regional Attorneys serving clients in western Iowa. Amy serves as the Volunteer and Outreach Coordinator for JFON Dallas-Fort Worth. First Monday is a monthly internet newsletter that offers valuable resources on the church and immigration issues in the United States.  It is issued by Justice for our Neighbors (JFON), a network of free legal clinics for immigrants related to UMCOR--the United Methodist Committee on Relief.
Source: GBGM Mission News
More about: GBGM programs | Immigration | Justice | Missionaries | Newsletters | Refugees | UMCOR | United Methodist Church | United States | World |
Date posted: Nov 03, 2009
arrow icon. Prayer Request for Missionary 
Muriel Henderson. Prayers are requested for the speedy recovery of Missionary Muriel Henderson, who is hospitalized in Show Low, Arizona, following emergency treatment for blood clots.
Source: GBGM Mission News
More about: Missionaries | United Methodist Church | Focus on Ministry with the Poor | Mexico |
Date posted: Oct 26, 2009
arrow icon. Italian Methodists Elect New President, Focus Ministry on Immigrants 
Alessandra Trotta (center), the new president of the Methodist Church in Italy, with Pastors Kristin, right, and David Markay at the Synod of the Waldensian/Methodist Church. The Markays are United Methodist missionaries in northern Italy. Ms. Trotta, a deaconess, direct a children's ministry in Palermo.

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

arrow icon. Five Loaves at the Lord's Table 

New York, NY, October 19, 2009--Five loaves from diverse cultures represent the bread of life and the church as the body of Christ in a new litany for Holy Communion introduced at the annual meeting of The United Methodist Board of Global Ministries.
Source: GBGM Mission News
More about: Communities | Evangelization | Mission opportunities | Missionaries | Focus on Congregational Development | Afghanistan | Africa | India | Latin America | Middle East | Pakistan |
Date posted: Oct 19, 2009

arrow icon. Two New Missionary Couples 
Cindy and Gary Moon we commissioned as missionaries on October 13, 2009. They will both serve at in Chonburi Province, Thailand, in an orphanage ministry.

Oct. 14, 2009 | STAMFORD, Conn. (UMNS) Shannon and David Goran use the Internet to advertise their campus ministry to students in the Ukraine. So it seemed fitting that the young couple’s formal commissioning as missionaries of The United Methodist Church could be viewed live as a Webcast.
Source: GBGM Mission News
More about: GBGM events | GBGM news | Mission opportunities | Missionaries | Focus on Leadership Development | Thailand | Ukraine |
Date posted: Oct 15, 2009

arrow icon. Commissioning for Global Mission Vocations Reaches a Global Methodist Community 

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

arrow icon. "Is the Lord Among Us?"  Mission Leader Gives Resounding "Yes"
Bishop Bruce Ough is Global Ministries' board president.

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
More about: GBGM events | GBGM news | Global connections | Mission opportunities | Missionaries | Focus on Congregational Development | Focus on Leadership Development | Focus on Ministry with the Poor | Focus on Global Health |
Date posted: Oct 14, 2009

arrow icon. Mission as "Connective Wiring" in Sharing God's Love in the World 
Interim general secretary and former board president Bishop Joel Martinez at Global Ministries' October board meeting.

Stamford, Connecticut, October 13, 2009-- Those who engage in mission form the "connective wiring" that makes possible the sharing of God's love by United Methodists and ecumenical partners with all of God's children, the chief mission executive of the denomination told directors of the General Board of Global Ministries, meeting October 12-14 in Stamford, Connecticut.
Source: GBGM Mission News
More about: GBGM events | GBGM news | General Conference | Mission opportunities | Missionaries | United Methodist Church | Focus on Congregational Development | Focus on Leadership Development | Focus on Ministry with the Poor | Focus on Global Health |
Date posted: Oct 13, 2009

arrow icon. Live Commissioning: Take Part in Mission History in the Making 
Carolyn Marcus was commissioned as a US-2 in 2008. Here she clutches her treasured anchor cross, the symbol of the missionary.

The General Board of Global Ministries cordially and joyfully invites all members of The United Methodist Church to take part in the commissioning of new missionaries, deaconesses, and home missionaries on the evening of October 13, 2009.
Source: GBGM Mission News
More about: GBGM events | Missionaries | Youth | Focus on Leadership Development |
Date posted: Oct 12, 2009

arrow icon. Academy for Church Growth Hears Calls for an "Evangelical Missiology" 
Bishop John Yambusu of the Sierra Leone Annual Conferece.

Freetown, Sierra Leone, October 6, 2009--From a site overlooking the Atlantic Ocean and Freetown, Sierra Leone, a new series of United Methodist Academies for Evangelization and Church Growth in Africa got under way in early October. Twenty pastors and lay leaders from Sierra Leone and Liberia took part.
Source: GBGM Mission News
More about: Education | Evangelism | Missionaries | United Methodist Church | Focus on Leadership Development | Africa | Liberia | Nigeria | Sierra Leone |
Date posted: Oct 07, 2009

arrow icon. Cambodia Consultation 2009 
Esther Gitobu, Tuy Chamroeun; Irene Mparutsa, Rev. Dr. Romeo del Rosario, Prak Vuty, Clara Biswas, Katherine Parker, and Svay Youthearoath.

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

arrow icon. Church and Community Workers: 125 Years of Mission and Counting 
Brenda Connelly and her husband, Rick.

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
More about: GBGM events | GBGM news | Global connections | Mission opportunities | Missionaries | United Methodist Church | Focus on Leadership Development |
Date posted: Oct 01, 2009

arrow icon. Missionary Commissioning to be Broadcast Live on Internet 
38 missionaries from Latin America and the Caribbean gathered in Costa Rica for a regional mission personnel consultation.

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

arrow icon. Mission: Cameroon 
Rev. Nkemba Ndjungu (right), is the Cameroon Mission superintendent; his wife Mbwizu is a fellow missionary.

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

arrow icon. Hallelujah Moment from Chile: Holes Are Filled 
Anna, House Mother at Instituto Agricola Kusayapu, Methodist Extension to Andean Youth (EMANA). Through the ministry of missionary Becky Harrell and EMANA, children like Anna discover and freely share that God's love has no beginning and no end.

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

arrow icon. Summer Interns Video 
This video shows nine young adults sharing their beliefs, stories, songs, and laughter during their orientation at Stony Point Retreat Center in Stony Point, New York. They were selected to participate in Global Ministries' Summer Intern program based on applications received in the spring.
Source: Mission Personnel
More about: GBGM programs | Missionaries | Youth | Focus on Leadership Development | Focus on Ministry with the Poor | United States |
Date posted: Aug 07, 2009
arrow icon. Beatrice and Her Miracle Home 
The UMC Kenya Team from Oregon and Idaho built Beatrice's house while in Kenya on a three-week mission trip. Maua, Kenya, July 8, 2009--If you ever met Beatrice you would never forget her. She has a joy and smile that make your heart sing. Beatrice is HIV-positive and is certainly living positively, but she has a very unusual problem-- her feet.
Source: GBGM Mission News
More about: AIDS/HIV | Children | Donations | Economy | Education | Family | Health | Missionaries | Women | Focus on Global Health | Kenya |
Date posted: Jul 16, 2009
arrow icon. Mission Pension and Health Benefits Remain Strong Despite Economic Factors 

New York, NY, July 7, 2009--Retired United Methodist missionaries continue to have guaranteed pensions and good health benefits despite the negative effect of the global economic downturn on funds available for these purposes.
Source: GBGM Mission News
More about: Economy | GBGM news | Global connections | Health | Missionaries | United Methodist Church | Welfare |
Date posted: Jul 07, 2009

arrow icon. Mission Agency Expresses Concern for People of Honduras 

The United Methodist General Board of Global Ministries is deeply concerned for the welfare of the people of Honduras in this time of political uncertainty following the June 28 removal and replacement of President Manuel Zelaya by military action following a dispute with the country’s congress and supreme court.
Source: GBGM Press Releases
More about: Communities | Global connections | Missionaries | Welfare | Statements | Focus on Congregational Development | Honduras |
Date posted: Jul 02, 2009

arrow icon. Finding the Road 
The road out of poverty is not always obvious or well-marked. As our cover story points out, sometimes the road out isn't even a road, it's a runway. The story of missionary pilots, Gaston Ntambo, Jacques Umembudi, and Rukang Chicomb of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, illustrates the church's will to empower individuals and communities to grow in their knowledge and skill as well as in their faith
Source: New World Outlook
More about: Christian love | Communities | GBGM programs | Hunger | Jesus Christ | Missionaries | Poverty | Partners/partnerships | Focus on Ministry with the Poor | Africa | Congo DR | Kenya |
Date posted: Jul 01, 2009
arrow icon. Aviation Ministry 
Jacques Umembudi Akasa, a United Methodist missionary pilot for Wings of Caring Aviation, flies a plane over the Congo from Tunda to Kanaga. The world's biggest head of broccoli--that's what my passengers saw when they first looked down on the canopy of virgin rainforest covering much of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Source: New World Outlook
More about: Communities | Conflict | Global connections | Globalization | Health | Hunger | Mission opportunities | Missionaries | Poverty | Rural | Violence | Welfare | Focus on Leadership Development | Congo DR |
Date posted: Jul 01, 2009
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