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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|
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Date posted:
Oct 07, 2008
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African United Methodists Elect Woman Bishop
The Rev. Joaquina Filipe Nhanala was elected July
23 as the first female United Methodist bishop in
Africa.
Nhanala, 51, the pastor of Matola United
Methodist Church in Mozambique, was elected
during the July 22-24 meeting of the
denomination’s Africa Central Conference at
Africa University in Mutare, Zimbabwe. Effective
Sept. 1, she will succeed Bishop João Somane
Machado, who is retiring as the leader of the
Mozambique area.
Source:
United Methodist News Service
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Mozambique|Africa|
Date posted:
Jul 23, 2008
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Hallelujah Moment from Zambia:
A Welcome PET
"Has the PET really made a difference in your
life?" I asked Leonard. Leonard replied
enthusiastically: "I now have a new life! I am
able to help others and myself for the first
time in a long time. And it led me to Jesus!"
Source:
Mission Education
More about:disabilities|donations|health|missionaries|Advance|
Zambia|
Date posted:
Jun 26, 2008
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Speaking in Tongues: Language Interpreters at General Conference
A 140-member team of interpreters and
technicians is making it possible for the nearly
300 international delegates to the 2008 United
Methodist General Conference to fully
participate in plenary worship, committee
discussions, and floor debates of the
quadrennial event convened April 23 to May 2 in
Fort Worth, Texas.
Source:
GBGM Press Releases
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Date posted:
Apr 29, 2008
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Global AIDS Event Encourages Participants to
"Lighten the Burden"
On the eve of the 2008 United Methodist General
Conference, the denomination's Global AIDS Fund
celebrated its first four years of work toward an
AIDS-free world.
Source:
UMCOR Press Releases
More about:AIDS/HIV|GBGM programs|General Conference|health|United Methodist Church|AIDS/HIV|GBGM programs|General Conference|health|United Methodist Church|
United States|
Date posted:
Apr 23, 2008
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Collaborating in the Fight against Malaria:
United Methodists in Africa to Play Expanded Roles
United Methodist health institutions in parts of
Africa will play enlarged roles in the fight
against malaria as they gain capacity through a
unique anti-malaria alliance that includes The
United Methodist Church and the popular Nothing
But Nets campaign.
Source:
GBGM Press Releases
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Africa|
Date posted:
Apr 15, 2008
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Connected in the Web
More and more missionaries are staying connected
with their supporting churches by posting their
activities on their websites. Some are even able
to post entries on a regular basis, like a
journal, known as blogging. Below are excerpts
from a number of missionary websites and blogs.
Some post photos of their work or have an
interactive feature for people to post their own
comments. Visit their websites for more
information.
Source:
New World Outlook
More about:Christian love|communities|GBGM programs|international affairs|missionaries|Advance|
World|
Date posted:
Jan 03, 2008
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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
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African Bishops Focus on Poverty at Historic Meeting
United Methodist bishops in Africa ended their
first continental meeting with a renewed resolve
to work together strategically to fight poverty
in Africa.
The three-day African Bishops Roundtable brought
together 12 active and retired bishops to the
campus of Africa University in Mutare. The
bishops, representing congregations from west,
east, central and southern Africa, developed
strategies against poverty and committed to make
United Methodist-related Africa University a
partner in their efforts.
Source:
United Methodist News Service
More about:education|poverty|United Methodist Church|
Africa|World|
Date posted:
Oct 05, 2007
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United Methodist Leaders in Africa Respond to Alcohol and Drugs
Fourteen United Methodist leaders from eleven
African nations, representing much of the African
continent, gathered in Nairobi, Kenya last month
for the fifth meeting of the ATF.
Source:
GBGM Mission News
More about:GBGM programs|health|international affairs|United Methodist Church|GBGM programs|health|international affairs|United Methodist Church|
Kenya|Africa|
Date posted:
Sep 13, 2007
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United Methodist Ministry Responds to Substance Abuse
Hoping to help churches provide more than meeting
space for Alcoholics Anonymous and other support
groups, a United Methodist ministry is harnessing
the church to address issues of alcohol and
substance abuse through prevention, intervention,
treatment and advocacy.
Source:
United Methodist News Service
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Czech Republic|United States|
Date posted:
Aug 12, 2007
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The UMCOR Hotline for April 10, 2007
In Today's Hotline:
Solomon Islands: Tsunami Response
Mozambique: Food after the Floods
Wanted: Medicine Boxes
Africa Malaria Day: How You Can Get Involved
Source:
UMCOR
More about:Advocacy|Christian love|communities|conflict|disabilities|economy|hunger|immigration|natural disasters|UMCOR|United Methodist Church|action alerts|
Mozambique|Solomon Islands|Africa|World|
Date posted:
Apr 10, 2007
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Pennsylvanians Visit Global Mission Offices
For the 34th time in as many years, The Rev.
Charles Keller led a group from Central
Pennsylvania Annual Conference to 475 Riverside
Drive, New York City. Rev. Keller estimated that
he had introduced 1,857 people to the mission
agency offices of The United Methodist Church
through this annual three-day immersion
experience.
Source:
GBGM Mission News
More about:communities|education|GBGM programs|United Methodist Church|methodism|communities|education|GBGM programs|United Methodist Church|methodism|
United States|North Eastern U.S.|
Date posted:
Mar 06, 2007
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Pennsylvanians Visit Mission Offices
For the 34th time in as many years, The Rev.
Charles Keller led a group from Central
Pennsylvania Annual Conference to 475 Riverside
Drive, New York City. Rev. Keller estimated that
he had introduced 1,857 people to the mission
agency offices of The United Methodist Church
through this annual three-day immersion
experience.
Source:
GBGM Mission News
More about:communities|education|GBGM programs|United Methodist Church|methodism|communities|education|GBGM programs|United Methodist Church|methodism|
United States|North Eastern U.S.|
Date posted:
Feb 28, 2007
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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|
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Date posted:
Feb 16, 2007
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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
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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
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Angola|Africa|
Date posted:
Nov 08, 2006
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Diplomats Urge Respect for African Self-Determination
Africa's right to pursue peace, democracy and
development on its own terms emerged as a strong
underlying theme in comments from African
diplomats speaking recently at Africa University.
The diplomats had gathered for the annual Dag
Hammarskjöld Commemorative event that began Oct.
9. The weeklong observance provided opportunities
for public reflection and debate on topical
issues such as peace, gender and development.
Source:
United Methodist News Service
More about:communities|education|justice|women|
Zimbabwe|Africa|
Date posted:
Oct 23, 2006
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Mission Leader Calls United Methodists To Build
Vital, Confident Congregations for the Future
What image do United Methodists have of
themselves as a church today? What image do they
need to have if they are to both attract new
members and fulfill their mission in the world?
These questions were posed by the chief mission
official of The United Methodist Church in an
address dealing with how the global denomination
moves into the future, especially with regard to
the formation of new congregations and the
strengthening of existing one.
Source:
GBGM Press Releases
More about:Bible|Christian love|GBGM events|GBGM news|GBGM programs|health|John Wesley|United Methodist Church|methodism|
United States|North Eastern U.S.|
Date posted:
Oct 12, 2006
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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
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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
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Africa Mission News Briefs
A compilation of mission news briefs from Africa.
Source:
GBGM Administration
More about:GBGM news|United Methodist Church|methodism|
Africa|
Date posted:
Oct 05, 2006
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European Clergywomen will Have Consultation Experience
The experience of the United Methodist Church's
international consultation for clergywomen will be
transferred to Europe Feb. 25-28 to bring women
pastors on that continent together for worship,
support and affirmation.
Source:
United Methodist News Service
More about:ecumenical|United Methodist Church|women|
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Date posted:
Aug 22, 2006
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Bishop Encourages Clergywomen to Keep Knocking on Doors
United Methodist clergywomen attending an
international
consultation were challenged to be like the
persistent, sassy, forever
present, importunate widow in the Bible who kept
knocking on the door of the
unjust judge.
Source:
United Methodist News Service
More about:ecumenical|United Methodist Church|women|
United States|
Date posted:
Aug 21, 2006
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African United Methodists Mobilize against Drug Abuse
When The United Methodist Church’s new African
Task Force on Substance Abuse and Related
Violence (ATF) met here recently, its members
demonstrated a spirit of international
collaboration and a determination to halt the
onslaught of alcohol and drug addiction
devastating their continent.
Source:
Community and Institutional Ministries
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Zimbabwe|Africa|
Date posted:
Aug 02, 2006
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