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
More about: Civil rights | Communities | Human rights | International affairs | Justice | Mission opportunities | Poverty | Youth | Focus on Ministry with the Poor | Philippines |
Date posted: Feb 29, 2012

New York, NY, November 15, 2011--A delegation of 18 Methodists hosted by the United Methodist General Board of Global Ministries will attend the People's Global Action on Migration, Development, and Human Rights (PGA) in Geneva, Switzerland, from November 28 to December 2, 2011, as part of the mission agency's focus on global migration and poverty.
Source: GBGM Mission News
More about: Advocacy | Christian love | Civil rights | Ecumenical | Global connections | Human rights | Immigration | International affairs | Poverty | United Methodist Church | Focus on Ministry with the Poor | Africa | Europe | Mauritius | Philippines | Switzerland |
Date posted: Nov 17, 2011

To introduce this issue of New World Outlook--which features a number of Global Ministries' staff members and their offices--I sat down with members of the Mission Initiatives team for a conversation about gospel and culture.
Source: New World Outlook
More about: Evangelism | Global connections | International affairs | Mission opportunities | United Methodist Church | Focus on Congregational Development | Philippines | Russia | Uganda | Venezuela |
Date posted: Nov 04, 2011

Thousands of individuals and churches are expected to engage in mission through 10-Fold, a ten-day online gathering. Beginning on October 10, 2011, the event will offer opportunities to learn about powerful ministries of The United Methodist Church.
Source: GBGM Mission News
More about: Agriculture | Donations | Education | Health | Missionaries | Natural disasters | Youth | Focus on Congregational Development | Focus on Leadership Development | Focus on Ministry with the Poor | Focus on Global Health | Africa | Congo DR | Germany | Honduras | Philippines |
Date posted: Oct 06, 2011

Walk together in God's mission with our scholars. Give to your utmost ability. As we invest in their education and leadership, churches and communities shall help transform the world. By God's grace and sitting around the Lord's Table We bear witness to multiple ministries everywhere.
Source: GBGM Mission News
More about: Ecumenical | Finance | Health | Poverty | Focus on Leadership Development | Focus on Ministry with the Poor | Focus on Global Health | Brazil | Liberia | Philippines | United States |
Date posted: Sep 28, 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
More about: Advocacy | Children | Family | Human rights | Immigration | Justice | Missionaries | Poverty | Race | Social Principles | United Methodist Church | Youth | Focus on Ministry with the Poor | Guinea | Mexico | Philippines |
Date posted: Sep 20, 2011

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

New York, NY, December 14, 2010--The government of the Philippines has dropped criminal charges against 43 health workers arrested last February and jailed for months on allegations of being Communist rebels possessing illegal weapons and explosives. The "Morong 43" had won widespread support from civil rights and religious groups, including the General Board of Global Ministries of The United Methodist Church.
Source: GBGM Mission News
More about: Advocacy | Civil rights | Global connections | Human rights | Justice | Prayers | Prison | United Methodist Church | Focus on Leadership Development | Philippines |
Date posted: Dec 14, 2010

Although I have been struggling to find community here in San Francisco, I believe that I am turning a new corner. I've been visiting a few local churches recently to see where I would "fit in." For me, church here is definitely different from church at home, where my dad is pastor. But in such periods of uncertainty, there are also blossoms of growth.
Source: New World Outlook
More about: Children | Education | Mission opportunities | Women | Youth | Focus on Congregational Development | Philippines |
Date posted: Oct 26, 2010

There have been two major concepts of land ownership in the world: private and communal. The Christian concept of communal ownership in the Book of Acts--the communion of saints--is voluntary, not compulsory, as in Communism. But the most widely accepted concept is private ownership, in which individuals own the means of production. Its roots are in dominium, a concept of ownership deriving from Roman law, in which individuals have absolute, unrestricted control over property.
Source: New World Outlook
More about: Communities | Human rights | Justice | Poverty | United Methodist Church | Welfare | Partners/partnerships | Focus on Ministry with the Poor | Philippines |
Date posted: Aug 20, 2010

God's creation is in crisis. We, the Bishops of The United Methodist Church, cannot remain silent while God's people and God's planet suffer. This beautiful natural world is a loving gift from God, the Creator of all things seen and unseen. God has entrusted its care to all of us, but we have turned our backs on God and on our responsibilities.
Source: GBGM Mission News
More about: Environment | Globalization | Natural disasters | Water | Tsunami | Africa | Germany | Indonesia | Philippines |
Date posted: Jul 21, 2010

The Rev. Dr. Romeo del Rosario is a United Methodist missionary currently serving as country director for the United Methodist Mission in Cambodia, where he also serves as a district superintendent and a professor at the Cambodia Methodist Bible School.
Source: New World Outlook
More about: Conflict | Global connections | Human rights | Immigration | Peace | Race | War | Focus on Congregational Development | Cambodia | Philippines |
Date posted: Jun 01, 2010

New York, NY, April 19, 2010--Karen Viveros dreamed of becoming a doctor, but how? She grew up in a single-parent household in Nemby, a poor neighborhood in Paraguay. There was, however, a bright light in what otherwise seemed dim future prospects: her local Methodist church, where she became a youth leader at age 12.
Source: GBGM Mission News
More about: Education | Emergencies | Evangelism | GBGM news | Global connections | Mission opportunities | Focus on Leadership Development | Asia and the Pacific Islands | Europe | Fiji | Haiti | Japan | Latin America | Myanmar-Burma | Paraguay | Philippines | Zimbabwe |
Date posted: Apr 19, 2010