"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

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

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

Global Ministries celebrates Black History Month and Valentine's Day on February 14, 2011 by offering a performance that will go straight to the heart. Poet Andrea Michelle will perform "Palpitation: Heartbeats in Rhyme."

September 15, 2010, Scottsdale, Arizona-- Above the water barrels, the blue flags may be torn or full of bullet holes. Yet every week the workers for Humane Borders fill some of the 100 water stations under these flags.
Source: GBGM Mission News
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Date posted: Sep 15, 2010

New York, NY, September 10, 2010--The summer of 2010 was busy for the Rev. Fuxia Wang, her first as a missionary of The United Methodist Church. Assigned to ministry with the Chinese community in Norman, Oklahoma, and vicinity, she may well be the first United Methodist missionary from mainland China to serve in the United States.
Source: GBGM Mission News
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Date posted: Sep 10, 2010

Nashville, Tennessee, August 5, 2010--Five years ago the odds were not good that McKendree United Methodist Church in downtown Nashville, Tennessee, would see its 225th birthday in 2012. Today, McKendree is a bright spot in the constellation of United Methodist churches struggling to make a comeback.
Source: GBGM Mission News
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Date posted: Aug 05, 2010

Nashville, Tennessee, August 3, 2010--Racial and ethnic communities, along with immigrants, will play important roles in the future of The United Methodist Church in the United States. More cross-cultural ministries are also emerging. These facts were clearly in evidence at the 2010 School of Congregational Development meeting in Nashville July 29 to August 2.
Source: GBGM Mission News
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Date posted: Aug 03, 2010

Within Global Ministries, Kendra Dunbar leads events, trainings, workshops, and discussions as the executive for the Global Youth Networks.
Source: GBGM Mission News
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Date posted: Jul 19, 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
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Date posted: Jun 01, 2010

"Christian faith is the only hope for the future of the Choctaw nation," stated one member of the tribal council of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians. For more than 180 years, the United Methodist Choctaw Mission near Philadelphia, Mississippi, has sought to listen to, learn from, and love the Choctaw Indians. Now, more than ever, it is essential for the Choctaw leadership and the Choctaw Mission to encourage and cultivate leaders among the next generations.
Source: GBGM Mission News
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Date posted: May 26, 2010

Milan, Italy, March 30, 2010--For nearly a decade, the small Protestant community in Italy has been assisting immigrant brothers and sisters from all over the world. The Chiesa Evangelica Metodista di Milano, to which I belong, is a testimony of this phenomenon.
Source: GBGM Mission News
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Date posted: Mar 30, 2010

Nashville, Tennessee, March 23, 2010--A United Methodist study committee is documenting the worship practices and liturgical needs of black Methodists in North America and seeks the involvement of a broad range of people.
Source: GBGM Mission News
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Date posted: Mar 23, 2010

New York, NY, March 9, 2010--It's census time in the United States, the year to count every resident of the nation, whether citizen, permanent resident, or immigrant.
Source: GBGM Mission News
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Date posted: Mar 09, 2010

When my youngest son, Caleb, was young he was trilingual. When asking for water he would say one word of the request in English, Spanish, and Creole. Growing up in Florida City and part of the Branches Outreach Ministry, Caleb believes everyone around him is part of his family.
Source: GBGM Mission News
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Date posted: Mar 05, 2010

Persons of African descent were numerous and visible in American Methodism when the church was formally established 225 years ago. But these facts were often glossed over in ensuing years, especially in the early 19th century as slavery became a major issue of conflict in politics and religion.
Source: GBGM Mission News
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Date posted: Mar 02, 2010

Dear Brother and Sisters in Christ, We write to express our condolence and sense of grief at the deaths of Revs Sam Dixon and Clinton Rabb.
Source: GBGM Mission News
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Date posted: Jan 19, 2010

New York, NY, January 18, 2010--Morningside Heights is a storied neighborhood on the west side of Manhattan, New York City.
Source: GBGM Mission News
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Date posted: Jan 17, 2010

New York, NY, January 18, 2010--Dramatic civil rights photographs from the 1960s and 1970s, some never before seen publicly, are on display at The Interchurch Center in New York City. The exhibit, "Giving Voice: Unearthing the Ken Thompson Collection," shows both the heroism of the struggle and the forces of oppression that tried to block the way.
Source: GBGM Mission News
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Date posted: Jan 17, 2010

New York, NY, December 17, 2009--The first of a series of United Methodist public conversations on ministry with the poor focused on micro-credit as a means to help people move out of poverty and "restorative justice" as a social policy with positive application to the high percentage of the poor in prison.
Source: GBGM Mission News
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Date posted: Dec 17, 2009

June 25, 2009 | NEW YORK (UMNS)--Bishop Joaquina Filipe Nhanala says it is too soon to tell whether more women in Mozambique have decided to enter the ministry because of her leadership.
Source: GBGM Press Releases
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Date posted: Jun 25, 2009

"To learn to embroider was very important in my life," says Meire. "Now that I have a new job, I understand that I got this job because of what I have learned in the embroidery workshops."
Source: Mission Education
More about: Economy | Global connections | Poverty | Race | Women | Focus on Ministry with the Poor | Brazil |
Date posted: May 01, 2009