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	Church Promoted Voting as Sacred "Must" Prior to Angola's Election  New York, NY, Oct. 7, 2008--The United Methodist Church in Angola played an active role in promoting citizen participation in the early September parliamentary election, the first since 1992 in the long-conflicted former Portuguese colony. Source: GBGM Mission News More about:civil rights|conflict|global connections|human rights|justice|United Methodist Church|statements| Angola| Date posted: Oct 07, 2008
	United Methodist Church Commissions 13 New Missionaries  In a multilingual, international, and spirit- filled ceremony, 13 people were commissioned on October 9 for United Methodist missionary service in Europe, Asia, Latin America, Africa, and the United States. Source: GBGM Press Releases More about:GBGM events|GBGM news|missionaries| Angola|Bolivia|Brazil|Cambodia|Costa Rica|Ecuador|Germany|Latvia|Mexico|Russia| Date posted: Oct 10, 2007
	A Concert with a Cause: Hundreds of United Methodists Gather to Sing in New York City  “I’m here to make a joyful noise to the Lord,” said Ms. Willa Grant from Whitney United Methodist Church in Boise, Idaho. “It’s the thrill of a lifetime,” Ms. Linda Redman, also from Whitney Church, said. Thirty-four choir members from Whitney Church have joined the 275-member choir from across the United States to sing on Sunday, February 18, 2007 in Avery Fisher Hall in Lincoln Center, New York City. Source: GBGM Mission News More about:donations|GBGM events|GBGM news|GBGM programs|international affairs|music|UMCOR|United Methodist Church|land mines|partners/partnerships|donations|GBGM events|GBGM news|GBGM programs|international affairs|music|UMCOR|United Methodist Church|land mines|partners/partnerships| Angola|United States|Africa|North Eastern U.S.| Date posted: Feb 16, 2007
	Angolans Welcome Historic Delegation Visit   When the Rev. R. Randy Day stepped foot on Angolan soil, it was cause for celebration across thousands of miles. Day, top executive of the United Methodist General Board of Global Ministries, made an historic visit to this southwest African country Sept. 24-Oct. 2. Folks noticed. Source: United Methodist News Service More about:GBGM news|GBGM programs| Angola|Africa| Date posted: Nov 08, 2006
	Orphans in Angola Grow Up 'in Hands of Church'   Agnalda Miseria Mutale No Bento wants to be a doctor. The 18-year-old sees one up close every day at the United Methodist East Angola Annual (regional) Conference center next to the orphanage where she has lived since she was 12. Source: United Methodist News Service More about:children|Christian love|GBGM programs|United Methodist Church|methodism| Angola|Africa| Date posted: Nov 08, 2006
	Malaria, Poverty Kill Children in Angola   At 3:50 p.m. on Sept. 25, 8-month-old Domingos Antonic died. Malaria and poverty killed him. A $10 mosquito net might have saved his life. A clean neighborhood sprayed with pesticide surely would have. Source: United Methodist News Service More about:children|Christian love|communities|GBGM programs|health|international affairs|United Methodist Church|Advance| Angola|Africa| Date posted: Oct 06, 2006
	Angolan Children Die Without Pediatric Surgeon  Sitting on the couch in the living room of Bishop Jose and Dr. Laurinda Vidal Quipungo, the Rev. R. Randy Day listens closely as the couple describe the needs in their country. Dr. Quipungo softly starts talking about a child that had died of complications from malaria the day before. She says the child's death was complicated by the need to give him a blood transfusion and oxygen. Source: United Methodist News Service More about:children|Christian love|communities|GBGM programs|health|international affairs|missionaries|UMCOR|United Methodist Church|Advance| Angola|Africa| Date posted: Oct 06, 2006
	Bishops from DR Congo, Angola, and Cote d’Ivoire:  Seek Evangelism, Healing, and Peaceful Elections Several United Methodist bishops from sub- Saharan African countries recently visited the New York offices of the mission agency on their way to the Council of Bishops meeting in Lake Junaluska, NC. The bishops, Bishop Quipongo from East Angola, Bishop Yemba from Central Congo, and Bishop Boni from Cote D’Ivoire talk about the need for evangelism, education on preventable diseases such as HIV/AIDS, and peaceful democratic elections. Source: GBGM Mission News More about:Christian love|communities|education|evangelism|health|human rights|international affairs|peace|prayers|United Methodist Church|war|Christian love|communities|education|evangelism|health|human rights|international affairs|peace|prayers|United Methodist Church|war| Angola|Congo DR|Cote d´Ivoire|Africa| Date posted: Nov 22, 2005
	Hispanic history month feature: Women of Yesterday, Links to Today  This month, we will thank God for the gifts of Hispanic sisters in the past; we’ll celebrate Hispanic sisters of today; we’ll look at mission work as it relates to the Hispanic culture; and we’ll see continued linkages between the gifts of the past and direction of the future. Source: Women's Division More about:children|education|women| Angola|United States|Asia and the Pacific Islands| Date posted: Sep 16, 2005
	Responsively Yours: Rules of War, Prayers for Peace Response Magazine July-August issue Torture is wrong. In 1982 the late John Paul II said, “The memory of Jesus stripped naked, beaten, derided, nailed to the cross” should make all Christians “reject, spontaneously and absolutely, any recourse to such means which nothing on earth can justify and which destroy the dignity of both the tortured and the torturer.” Source: Women's Division More about:peace|prayers|water|women| Angola|Cambodia|Korea|Mozambique|Philippines|Rwanda|South Africa|United States|Europe|Central America| Date posted: Jul 01, 2005
	Angolan Women Teach Literacy for Social Change  With an election in 2006, church women from Angola want to ensure that the 70% of illiterate women know the issues that will specifically affect their lives and are empowered to vote in a country that has long been at war. Source: WD Press Releases More about:education|human rights|women| Angola|Africa|Asia and the Pacific Islands| Date posted: Jun 29, 2005
	UMCOR Hotline, May 31, 2005  Providing employment for the area's fisher folk who lost their livelihoods in the tsunami was just one of the many reasons UMCOR started the beach clearing project in Sri Lanka. UMCOR is helping to contain the Marburg virus with a grant to train 40 women and men on prevention in their communities. UMCOR is also helping The United Methodist Church in the Cameroon respond to the cholera pandemic there. Food shortages from both the lack of rain and breakdown of civil infrastructures are causing famines in southern and eastern African nations. Source: UMCOR More about:emergencies|health|hunger|natural disasters|UMCOR|United Methodist Church|tsunami| Angola|Cameroon|Eritrea|Sri Lanka| Date posted: May 31, 2005
	United Methodist mission agency commits $100,000 to Sudan  Expressing continuing concern about the people of Sudan, the United Methodist Board of Global Ministries has designated $100,000 to assist with the humanitarian crisis there. Source: United Methodist News Service More about:children|Christian love|communities|GBGM news|GBGM programs|international affairs|refugees|UMCOR| Angola|Chad|Haiti|Indonesia|Mexico|Philippines|Sudan|United States|Africa|South Central U.S.|Western U.S.|Caribbean Islands|Latin America| Date posted: Oct 29, 2004
	New United Methodist Bishop Elected for Zimbabwe  The Rev. Dr. Eben Kanukayi Nhiwatiwa is the new United Methodist bishop of Zimbabwe. He was elected by the denomination’s Central Africa Conference, meeting in Johannesburg, South Africa. Two other episcopal leaders, Bishop Jose Quipungo of East Angola and Bishop Gaspar Joao Domingos of West Angola, were reelected for life. United Methodist bishops outside the United States are elected for terms, unless specifically selected for life tenure. Source: GBGM Press Releases More about:Easter|GBGM news|United Methodist Church|partners/partnerships|methodism| Angola|South Africa|Zimbabwe|Africa| Date posted: Aug 20, 2004
	Eastern Angolan Delegates Fight Hunger with Words, Action  On April 29, delegates Carlos M. Tchihuto and Madalena Magita from Melange, Angola stood alongside bishops and fellow delegates just outside the convention center helping to load 50- pounds bags of potatoes into a Greater Pittsburgh Food Bank truck for local distribution. The shipment is expected to feed about 120,000 Pittsburgh-area residents. Source: General Conference More about:children|Christian love|General Conference|hunger|mission opportunities|poverty|United Methodist Church|methodism| Angola|United States| Date posted: Apr 30, 2004
	All I Want for Christmas Is-- A Toothbrush, Some Pencils, a Baby Blanket, Needles and Thread  If you are looking for meaningful ways to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ, UMCOR's Material Resource Ministry offers several opportunities. You can give a desperately needed gift, like a health kit, to someone in a war-torn country, someone who has been displaced from their home, someone who has no home but the city streets or a tent in a refugee camp, or someone who lives in poverty. Thousands of people will be thrilled to receive a new toothbrush, some notebook paper, fabric for a skirt, or a receiving blanket for their new baby Source: UMCOR More about:Advent|children|Christian love|Christmas|donations|emergencies|mission opportunities|poverty|refugees|UMCOR|war|women|youth|Advent|children|Christian love|Christmas|donations|emergencies|mission opportunities|poverty|refugees|UMCOR|war|women|youth| Afghanistan|Angola|Bosnia-Herzegovina|Georgia|Macedonia-FYROM|Mozambique|Africa|Europe| Date posted: Dec 03, 2003
	United Methodists witness life after war in Angola  "We want you to be witnesses, and go back and share the reality here in Angola." That directive from United Methodist Bishop Gaspar Domingos set the tone for a recent 12-day visit by 17 volunteers from the denomination's California-Nevada Annual Conference to Western Angola. The visit marked the beginning of a new partnership between Cal-Nevada and the West Angola Conference. Bishop Beverly Shamana leads the Cal-Nevada Conference. Source: United Methodist News Service More about:Christian love|communities|conflict|health|international affairs|mission opportunities|United Methodist Church|volunteers|partners/partnerships| Angola| Date posted: Mar 31, 2003
	Africa trip gives agency team better global perspective  Members of the United Methodist General Council on Ministries’ executive team have a better understanding of the church’s global work after visiting three African countries this summer. Source: United Methodist News Service More about:AIDS/HIV|children|GBGM programs|health|international affairs|United Methodist Church| Angola|Mozambique|Zimbabwe|Africa| Date posted: Aug 09, 2002
	Landmines Cripple Peace in Angola  Like many teenagers around the world, 16-year old Ester Cagila enjoys dancing. Yet Cagila dances so that other Angolans will know more about the threat posed by landmines, a brutal tool of war that continues to kill and maim Angolans even though their country is now at peace. Source: ACT (Action by Churches Together) More about:agriculture|AIDS/HIV|children|education|peace|UMCOR|land mines|Advance| Angola|Africa| Date posted: Jul 30, 2002
	Peace at Last: A New Age for Angola  “Peace is already a reality in our country. We are already living it.” Marcela Sabrinho Angola has suffered many years since it gain independence from Portugal in 1975. Source: New World Outlook More about:Advocacy|communities|GBGM news|human rights|international affairs|peace|violence|war|Advocacy|communities|GBGM news|human rights|international affairs|peace|violence|war| Angola|Africa| Date posted: Jul 29, 2002
	Churches Confront Post-war Angola's Humanitarian Crisis  After a quarter century of war, Angola is at peace. Yet an immense humanitarian crisis has emerged in the wake of the armed conflict, leaving international aid organizations struggling to meet the urgent needs of the war's many victims. Among those seeking to help are members of Action by Churches Together, the international alliance of churches and church agencies responding to disasters. The United Methodist Committee on Relief is a major ACT member. Source: United Methodist News Service More about:agriculture|children|emergencies|refugees|UMCOR|war|land mines| Angola|Congo DR|Namibia|Zambia|Africa| Date posted: Jul 24, 2002
	Angola War Recovery: UMCOR's Response  Angola is a country desperately trying to survive. Millions of people are displaced. Food is scarce. Medical care is often not accessible. The country is littered with landmines. The connection between the civil war and the unregulated diamond trade ("conflict diamonds") continues to be a source of international concern. The challenge to rebuild this country after the civil war is great. Source: UMCOR More about:children|health|hunger|UMCOR|war|land mines| Angola|Africa| Date posted: Jul 17, 2002
	Churchwide Appeal for Southern Africa Famine   Dear Sisters and Brothers in Faith, Southern Africa is on the verge of a severe famine. The pictures we are familiar with from famines past have not made their way onto our television screens, newspapers, and internet newsites. The food shortage in Southern Africa is not getting the media coverage a disaster of this proportion calls for. The United Nations World Food Program reports 7.7 million people in Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zambia and Zimbabwe require immediate food assistance. People are facing starvation in Angola and Namibia as well. Source: UMCOR More about:agriculture|AIDS/HIV|economy|emergencies|hunger|prayers|UMCOR|United Methodist Church|Advance|agriculture|AIDS/HIV|economy|emergencies|hunger|prayers|UMCOR|United Methodist Church|Advance| Angola|Lesotho|Malawi|Mozambique|Namibia|Swaziland|Zambia|Zimbabwe|Africa| Date posted: Jul 17, 2002
	Martha Drummer: Servant of God  In 1906 Martha Drummer an educational product of the Freedman’s Aid Society was sent by the Women’s Foreign Mission society to serve in Africa. At a memorial service for her in Angola in 1938, Sally Webba spoke of her legacy and the significance of her presence as a black missionary in Africa. Source: GBGM Mission News More about:children|Christian love|civil rights|human rights|missionaries|women| Angola|United States| Date posted: Feb 08, 2002
	NYARDZO: Travel Seminar to Africa Inspires Book of Reflections   Judith A. Olin, director of Connectional Ministries of the East Ohio Annual Conference participated in the Global Ministries-sponsored mission study travel seminar to Africa in the year 2000. So moved was she by the experience that more than a year later she continues to interpret and lend strong support to the United Methodist bishops' appeal, "Hope for the Children of Africa". One of her significant contribution is NYARDZO: Comfort and Consolation, a book of meditations that speaks of her experience in Africa. Source: Missionary stories More about:children|communities|donations|education|GBGM programs|justice|mission opportunities|prayers|women|youth| Angola|South Africa|Zimbabwe|Africa| Date posted: Oct 18, 2001
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