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	The Changing Face of Mission 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 More about: Evangelization \| Mission opportunities \| Missionaries \| United Methodist Church \| Youth \| Partners/partnerships \| Methodism \| Focus on Leadership Development \| Congo DR \| Kenya \| Mongolia \| Date posted: Mar 01, 2012
	Mission Churches Mature in Four Asian Countries New York, NY, October 13, 2011--United Methodist mission work in three South East countries--Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam--is being divided into separate operational units because of significant growth and maturity. Also, work in Mongolia is being brought into the denomination's formal organizational system. Source: GBGM Mission News More about: Evangelization \| Global connections \| International affairs \| United Methodist Church \| Mission updates \| Focus on Congregational Development \| Laos \| Mongolia \| Thailand \| Vietnam \| Date posted: Oct 14, 2011
	"Do What It Takes"--New Missionaries Challenged New York, NY, October 12, 2011--A dynamic Korean American church in one of earth's most ethnically diverse neighborhoods was the setting where ten new United Methodist missionaries were sent into the world on October 11. Source: GBGM Mission News More about: Children \| Education \| Evangelization \| Family \| Global connections \| International affairs \| Missionaries \| Prayers \| United Methodist Church \| Youth \| Focus on Leadership Development \| Congo DR \| Italy \| Kazakhstan \| Korea \| Mongolia \| Palestine \| Uganda \| Ukraine \| Date posted: Oct 12, 2011
	Michael Airgood: Fulfilling a Lifelong Dream of Service In Samara, Russia, Michael watched a grandmother and her grandson carry a suitcase together as they boarded a train. Michael had an epiphany: If these two family members of such different ages and abilities could carry such a heavy weight, which neither could lift alone, perhaps the church family too could carry one another's weight. Source: GBGM Mission News More about: Missionaries \| Poverty \| United Methodist Church \| Focus on Leadership Development \| Mongolia \| Date posted: Oct 10, 2011
	Young Adults Ready to "Dazzle" the World New York, NY, August 18, 2011--With celebratory singing and dancing, 25 candidates processed down the aisle of the Interchurch Center chapel in New York City to be commissioned as US-2s and Mission Interns by the General Board of Global Ministries of The United Methodist Church. Source: GBGM Mission News More about: Christian love \| Evangelization \| Global connections \| Mission opportunities \| Missionaries \| United Methodist Church \| Youth \| Focus on Leadership Development \| Colombia \| Germany \| Haiti \| Hong Kong \| Mongolia \| Nicaragua \| Palestine \| Philippines \| Switzerland \| Ukraine \| United States \| Date posted: Aug 22, 2011
	Carrying Christ on the Wings of Faith in Mongolia Eight and a half years have passed since I came to Mongolia. It was not abilities or skills or special gifts that brought me here, to this north Asian country between Russia and China. It was a calling born out of the knowledge of who I am in Christ--a sinner saved by grace. Source: New World Outlook More about: Children \| Communities \| Education \| Global connections \| Poverty \| Women \| Focus on Congregational Development \| Mongolia \| Date posted: Apr 06, 2011
	Young Adults Do Mission Through Justice 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
	The Dance of Life in Mongolia As I am bursting at the seams with joy-- though already saddened at the thought of leaving Mongolia--I remember my beginnings here. I remember how scared I was and how hard it was for me to adjust. I remember being challenged. I remember tears and I remember sorrow. Source: New World Outlook More about: Education \| Global connections \| Mission opportunities \| Missionaries \| Youth \| Focus on Leadership Development \| Mongolia \| Date posted: Oct 21, 2010
	Foreigners and Strangers in Mongolia To admit (and live in the knowledge) that we don't fit in the brokenness of the present is to acknowledge that we are longing and looking for the coming Kingdom. Admitting that we don't fit is uncomfortable, painful, and difficult. It means letting go and recognizing what keeps us in chains. But it is also freeing. Source: New World Outlook More about: Children \| Communities \| Education \| Global connections \| Mission opportunities \| Missionaries \| Youth \| Focus on Congregational Development \| Focus on Leadership Development \| Mongolia \| Date posted: Oct 14, 2010
	Young Adult Mission Programs Through the General Board of Global Ministries Mission Interns: Participate in this three- year mission experience for young adults ages 20- 30. Work focuses on the Christian call to engage in issues such as conflict resolution, peace with justice, economic development, and rights of indigenous peoples. Serve 16 months in an international placement living and working in community. Return to a home-country placement for another 16 months to make links between the global and the local and become an advocate for justice. Source: GBGM Mission News More about: AIDS/HIV \| Justice \| Youth \| Focus on Leadership Development \| Mongolia \| South Africa \| Date posted: Sep 28, 2010
	Rethink Mission: Trends in Missionary Service Recent trends in missionary service reflect a greater awareness and respect for cultural context, simple living, communication, and diversity. These trends may seem forward-looking, yet the changing tides of missionary service refer back to the past and to the life of Jesus Christ. Source: GBGM Administration More about: GBGM programs \| Mission opportunities \| Missionaries \| Brazil \| Cambodia \| Mongolia \| Mozambique \| South Africa \| Ukraine \| United States \| Date posted: May 14, 2010
	Mission Initiatives: Starting New Churches Outside the US One hundred six new congregations were started outside the United States in 2009 through a series of United Methodist Mission Initiatives sponsored by the General Board of Global Ministries. The 13 initiatives--ranging from Mongolia to Honduras--are what Thomas Kemper, the mission agency's new chief executive, calls "front-line efforts" in pursuit of the denomination's goal of "making disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world." Source: GBGM Mission News More about: Evangelism \| Evangelization \| United Methodist Church \| Focus on Congregational Development \| Focus on Leadership Development \| Belarus \| Cambodia \| Cameroon \| Georgia \| Honduras \| Kazakhstan \| Kyrgyzstan \| Laos \| Moldova \| Mongolia \| Nepal \| Russia \| Senegal \| Tajikistan \| Thailand \| Ukraine \| Uzbekistan \| Vietnam \| Date posted: Apr 08, 2010
	Connecting Through Song Standing in a ger (a white rounded dwelling tent) in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, there was much about my surroundings in that moment that pointed to the fact that a little over a week prior I had literally moved to the other side of the world. Source: GBGM Mission News More about: Advent \| Christmas \| Global connections \| Music \| Mongolia \| Date posted: Dec 08, 2009
	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
	Hallelujah Moment from Mongolia: "A Bright Future" The teachers were excited! And I could see that there is a bright future for Mongolia! On one clear Saturday, nearly 100 teachers and prospective teachers from the three United Methodist congregations in Ulaanbaatar (Gerelt, Chingeltei, and Damba) gathered for a Sunday school teachers' seminar led by Jodi Cataldo, a Global Ministries staff member. Source: Mission Education More about: Children \| Christian love \| Education \| Global connections \| United Methodist Church \| Volunteers \| Youth \| Mongolia \| Date posted: Oct 17, 2008
	United Methodist Church Appoints Twenty-Two New Missionaries Twenty-two new United Methodist missionaries were commissioned on March 11 to serve in churches, hospitals, and community centers in ten countries and five states of the United States. The new missionaries are lawyers, doctors, pastors, and agriculturalists. They come from places as diverse as Brazil, the Philippines, Mexico, Zimbabwe, Missouri, and Michigan. They fall into several categories of mission service and form the largest group of United Methodist missionaries commissioned at the same time in the last four years. Source: GBGM Press Releases More about: GBGM events \| GBGM news \| GBGM programs \| Health \| Missionaries \| United Methodist Church \| Africa \| Bolivia \| Brazil \| Cambodia \| Liberia \| Mexico \| Mongolia \| Mozambique \| North Central U.S. \| North Eastern U.S. \| Philippines \| Sierra Leone \| South Eastern U.S. \| South Korea \| Sweden \| United States \| Zimbabwe \| Date posted: Mar 12, 2008
	Reaching Out in Mongolia One October morning in 2006, a group of Korean United Methodists visiting Mongolia was on its way to Chingle Te United Methodist Church in Ulaanbaatar. One of the poorest neighborhoods in Ulaanbaatar, Chingle Te is located about 10 miles north of the city center. Once they arrived at the Chingle Te UMC, the Korean United Methodist Church (KUMC) group members were surprised to see so many school children, literally swarming the grounds of the church! Source: New World Outlook More about: Children \| Christian love \| Education \| Evangelism \| GBGM programs \| United Methodist Church \| Methodism \| Asia and the Pacific Islands \| Mongolia \| Date posted: Apr 30, 2007
	Missionary Minute: October 8, 2006 Today I met a little girl whose father had earlier come to Justice for Our Neighbors (JFON) requesting assistance for his daughter. After reviewing the facts, I had been able to determine that she was eligible for citizenship. They came to thank us because she received her naturalization certificate. She is still in grade school but old enough to realize the importance of that piece of paper. Source: Advance More about: Immigration \| Missionaries \| UMCOR \| Advance \| Mongolia \| Date posted: Oct 02, 2006
	Missionary Minute: October 1, 2006 In “The Servant Song,” Richard Gillard writes: “Brother, let me serve you, let me be as Christ to you; pray that I may have the grace to let you be my servant, too.” There is no doubt in my mind that being in mission is not about a special place of assignment but, rather, about an awareness of the opportunities to witness to God’s love through our lives—wherever we are—and to receive in those situations. Source: Advance More about: Missionaries \| Advance \| Mongolia \| Date posted: Sep 25, 2006
	Ground Breaking for New Mission Center in Mongolia and 'Ode to Joy' Concert On May 13, 2006, ground was broken for a new United Methodist mission center in the Chengeltei section of the city of Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. The new mission center will house the Chengeltei United Methodist congregation and mission outreach programs of The United Methodist Church in Ulaanbaatar. Source: GBGM Press Releases More about: Children \| Communities \| Evangelism \| GBGM programs \| Music \| United Methodist Church \| Methodism \| Mongolia \| Date posted: May 23, 2006
	Hallelujah Moment From Mongolia: United Methodist Center Expands Celebrations of United Methodist Mission from the Mission Education unit of the General Board of Global Ministries Source: Mission Education More about: Christian love \| Communities \| Education \| Missionaries \| United Methodist Church \| Methodism \| Asia and the Pacific Islands \| Mongolia \| Date posted: Mar 20, 2006
	United Methodist Mission Thrives in Mongolia, First Congregation Celebrates First Anniversary New York, NY, December 8, 2005—More than 300 people gathered in late November in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia to celebrate the first anniversary of the first United Methodist congregation in that ancient Asian land immediately north of China. Source: GBGM Press Releases More about: Christian love \| Communities \| Evangelization \| GBGM programs \| Missionaries \| United Methodist Church \| Partners/partnerships \| Methodism \| Mongolia \| Date posted: Dec 08, 2005
	Korean United Methodists Reach Out to Mongolia Ganbaatar was a Mongolian man in his mid-40s with a terminal illness. He was a truck driver supporting his wife and three young children. Once he became ill, he had to quit his job and was supported solely by his wife, who worked in a neighborhood market selling buttons for clothing. Ganbaatar’s family lived in a “Gher District,” the poorest neighborhood around the city limits of Ulaanbaatar, the capital city of Mongolia. Source: New World Outlook More about: Christian love \| Communities \| GBGM programs \| Health \| Mission opportunities \| Missionaries \| United Methodist Church \| Partners/partnerships \| Methodism \| Mongolia \| Korea \| Date posted: Sep 01, 2004
	United Methodists build mission center in Mongolia Staff from the United Methodist Board of Global Ministries completed negotiations for a 900-meter parcel of land in early July, beginning the process of building a United Methodist mission center there. It is being funded in part by the Korean United Methodists, as a gift from their 100th anniversary celebration last year. Source: United Methodist News Service More about: Christian love \| Communities \| GBGM news \| Missionaries \| United Methodist Church \| Partners/partnerships \| Methodism \| Mongolia \| Date posted: Aug 09, 2004
	United Methodists Strengthen Mission in Mongolia The United Methodist Church has acquired land and a building for a mission center in Ulaan Baatar, the capital city of Mongolia. The property was dedicated in late June by a team from the General Board of Global Ministries, the National Caucus of Korean United Methodist Church in the USA, and mission personnel in Mongolia. The board is the international mission agency of the denomination. Source: GBGM Press Releases More about: Communities \| GBGM events \| GBGM news \| GBGM programs \| Missionaries \| United Methodist Church \| Partners/partnerships \| Methodism \| Mongolia \| Date posted: Jul 15, 2004
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