By allowing the Spirit to move in creative ways, the Methodist Church in Cuba is dancing, singing, and spreading scriptural holiness over the land. Since 1999, the church has grown from 8,000 to 36,000 members. Bishop Ricardo Pereira encourages congregations to live out their Wesleyan theology in ways that are uniquely Cuban.
Source: GBGM Mission News
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Date posted: Mar 06, 2012

February 9, 2012, New York, NY--For the second year in a row, top leaders from the General Board of Global Ministries met with representatives of the Methodist Church of Great Britain to continue conversations with a goal of being more effective partners in mission. The two-day meeting took place in London at the British Methodist headquarters. The United Methodist group was led by Thomas Kemper, general secretary, who said it had been a useful meeting and "showed the growing collaboration between the UMC and British Church in its international mission work."
Source: GBGM Mission News
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Date posted: Feb 09, 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

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

Dallas, Texas, July 29, 2011--Using the story of Peter and Cornelius in Acts 10 as an illustration of crossing boundaries in ministry, Doug Cunningham and Dionisio Salazar led a diverse group of church leaders through three sessions at the School of Congregational Development about how to build a multicultural congregation.
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Date posted: Aug 04, 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.
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Date posted: May 31, 2011

Western Hills United Methodist Church in El Paso, Texas, sought to answer this question in an ordinary yet radical way--sitting down to dinner with neighbors. While many churches saw the Change the World weekend as an opportunity to engage in acts of Christian service, one group of Texas churches led by Western Hills saw the event as a chance to listen to and learn from Muslim neighbors in partnership with the Institute of Interfaith Dialogue/Turkish Raindrop House in El Paso, Texas.
Source: GBGM Mission News
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Date posted: May 23, 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.
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Date posted: May 20, 2011

Stamford, Connecticut, April 11, 2011--In the week leading up to Holy Week, directors of the General Board of Global Ministries were challenged to share in Christ's passion. Bishop Bruce Ough of the West Ohio Annual Conference, who also presides over the worldwide mission agency of The United Methodist Church, opened the spring board meeting by urging directors to submit to God's will.
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Date posted: Apr 12, 2011

Twenty years ago, Karen and I had a dream that has now become reality. The Lord laid on our hearts a vision of bringing The United Methodist Church to Vietnam. Having experienced Methodism in the United States, we wanted to take The United Methodist Church to the Vietnamese people in our homeland.
Source: New World Outlook
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Date posted: Mar 24, 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

Boston, Massachusetts, November 23, 2010--The major addresses at a Boston conference marking the 100th anniversary of the World Missionary Conference, Edinburgh 1910, are available online. The internet address is http://www.2010boston.org.
Source: GBGM Mission News
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Date posted: Nov 23, 2010

The reflections below come from two of the 26 United Methodists who joined with more than one thousand people in Mexico City, Mexico from November 2 to 5, 2010, as part of the People's Global Action on Migration, Development and Human Rights. From community-based, migrant rights, faith-based, women’s, union, and academic organizations, delegates shared their concerns and hopes for migrants everywhere.
Source: GBGM Mission News
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Date posted: Nov 08, 2010

"Healthy I am only when my family is also well and healthy," said a teacher in Malawi. "I am healthy only when I am at peace with my fellow human beings and with creation," she continued. "I am healthy when my relationship with God is right. Being healthy means physical and spiritual well-being." I think this teacher is right, so I ask myself: "How healthy am I by her criteria?" How healthy are my colleagues? How healthy are our families...our congregations...The United Methodist Church...our world?
Source: New World Outlook
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Date posted: Nov 04, 2010

Stamford, Connecticut, October 12, 2010-- United Methodists need to get out to the church and get "on the road with Jesus." That is the message of the bishop who presides over the worldwide mission agency of The United Methodist Church.
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Date posted: Oct 12, 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.
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Date posted: Aug 23, 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.
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Date posted: Jul 30, 2010

Edinburgh, Scotland, June 3, 2010--Is united Christian witness possible today, given the historical divisions within the church and the increasing cultural and political diversity within the Christian family?
Source: GBGM Mission News
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Date posted: Jun 03, 2010

Edinburgh, Scotland, June 3, 2010--In the Gospel of Luke, Jesus says that if his disciples stopped bearing witness to him, "the stones would shout out."
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Date posted: Jun 03, 2010

They rode from Baltimore in the first few days of 1785, around 60 mostly young preachers infused with missionary zeal and moving confidently into the lifeblood of a new nation. Over the previous nine days, they had organized the first national Protestant denomination in what was becoming--but was not quite yet--the United States of America.
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Date posted: Jan 04, 2010

Advent, the period incorporating the four Sundays before Christmas, is a time for prayer, fasting, anticipation, and wonder--spiritual disciplines that prepare Christians to once again celebrate the birth of Jesus of Nazareth, the awaited one, the Messiah, Christ.
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Date posted: Nov 25, 2009

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
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Date posted: Nov 20, 2009

New York, NY, April 3, 2009--The head of the United Methodist Church's mission agency has thanked the Methodist Church of Great Britain for its role in keeping the concerns of poverty and environmental protection in the public eye as representatives of the world's 20 strongest economies met in London.
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Date posted: Apr 03, 2009