GBGM Board of Directors Meeting

	Sudan Project Serves as Model for Denomination Ginghamsburg’s ministries now extend far beyond Ohio. Through its Sudan Project in partnership with UMCOR, "we are reaching or touching a quarter million people in Darfur," Slaughter said. The project has raised $3 million in three years. Source: United Methodist News Service More about: Conflict \| Human rights \| Refugees \| UMCOR \| United Methodist Church \| Violence \| Sudan \| United States \| Date posted: Mar 13, 2008
	Designated Mission Giving Program Has New Staff and Plans New Look for 60th Birthday "Our new staff team represents a new structure of accountability designed to improve internal communication and fortify relationships with the broad mission constituency," said Ms. Shawn Bakker, who as director of the Advance is also an associate general secretary of the mission agency. Source: GBGM Press Releases More about: Finance \| GBGM events \| GBGM programs \| Advance \| World \| Date posted: Oct 18, 2007
	Bishop May Comes to Mission Agency from Unique Center at Historically Black College In 2004, following his retirement from the active episcopacy, he became the founding dean of the Harry R. Kendall Science and Health Mission Center at Philander Smith College, Little Rock, Arkansas, a United Methodist-related historically black college. The center has multiple relationships with the mission board. Source: GBGM Press Releases More about: Education \| GBGM news \| United Methodist Church \| United States \| World \| Date posted: Oct 16, 2007
	The Rev. Sam Dixon to Lead United Methodist Relief Agency 9/11, Katrina, the Asian tsunami led UMCOR "to rethink how we do everything," according to new chief executive the Rev. Sam Dixon. Source: United Methodist News Service More about: Emergencies \| Health \| UMCOR \| Welfare \| World \| Date posted: Oct 11, 2007
	New UMW Leader Likes Mix of Devotion, Action That was one of the reasons she was attracted to United Methodist Women and the position of chief executive of the Women’s Division, United Methodist Board of Global Ministries. Source: United Methodist News Service More about: Women \| United States \| Date posted: Oct 11, 2007
	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
	Bishop Felton E. May to Serve as Interim General Secretary of Mission Agency Bishop Felton E. May (retired) will serve as interim general secretary of The United Methodist Church's international mission agency, the General Board of Global Ministries. Source: GBGM Press Releases More about: GBGM news \| United Methodist Church \| United States \| World \| Date posted: Oct 10, 2007
	Cuban Methodists Thrive But Feel Effects of US Embargo The Methodist Church in Cuba is thriving more than it ever has since Fidel Castro took power in 1959.But actions by the U.S. government have had a negative impact on mission work and ministry between Cuban church members and their American counterparts. Source: United Methodist News Service More about: GBGM events \| International affairs \| United Methodist Church \| Methodism \| Cuba \| United States \| Date posted: Apr 27, 2007
	Gift of Individual Through New Jersey Church Will Provide Mission Center in Nepal The United Methodist Church will have its first mission center in Nepal, the country at the top of the world, through the generosity of an individual church member in New Jersey. Mr. Chang W. Kim of Arcola United Methodist Church, Paramus, NJ, has given $100,000 to the General Board of Global Ministries toward the purchase of a building in Kathmandu to house offices, a congregation, and housing for the pastor. The board will add another $114,000 to the project. Source: GBGM Press Releases More about: GBGM programs \| Health \| Nepal \| United States \| Date posted: Apr 27, 2007
	Mission Board to Develop "Branch Offices" In Africa, Asia, and Latin America The mission agency of The United Methodist Church plans to develop branch offices in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. 'We are a denomination global in our attitudes and affections, and the time has come to make this visible in our operational structure,' said the Rev. R. Randy Day in his semi-annual address to directors of the General Board of Global Ministries. Source: GBGM Press Releases More about: Global connections \| International affairs \| Mission updates \| Africa \| Asia and the Pacific Islands \| Latin America \| Date posted: Apr 27, 2007
	Always Room at the Mission Banquet: Rev. R. Randy Day's Address to Global Ministries Board of Directors 'To engage in Christian mission and to be reached through Christian mission are both experiences of God's loving grace,' said the Rev. R. Randy Day to the directors of the General Board of Global Ministries; he challenged directors to themselves become emissaries distributing convincing invitations to the 'feast of grace.' Source: GBGM Press Releases More about: GBGM events \| United Methodist Church \| Mission updates \| World \| Date posted: Apr 27, 2007
	Deaconesses and Home Missioner Commissioned For Ministries of Love, Justice and Service Stamford, CT., April 24, 2007--Ten new deaconesses and a home missioner were commissioned for Christian service through The United Methodist Church at the semi-annual meeting of the General Board of Global Ministries. Source: GBGM Press Releases More about: GBGM events \| GBGM news \| GBGM programs \| Missionaries \| United Methodist Church \| World \| Date posted: Apr 25, 2007
	Nine New Church and Community Workers Will Serve Ministries in the United States Stamford, CT, April 24, 2007--Nine missionaries for service in the United States were commissioned on Tuesday evening, April 24, 2007, at the semi-annual meeting of the General Board of Global Ministries in Stamford, CT. Source: GBGM Press Releases More about: GBGM events \| GBGM news \| GBGM programs \| United Methodist Church \| United States \| Date posted: Apr 25, 2007
	Mission Agency Marks Africa Malaria Day With Worship and New Educational Materials The United Methodist Church's international mission agency marked Africa Malaria Day, April 25, with prayers and the release of new educational material on its comprehensive anti- malaria campaign. The special observance came during the semi-annual directors' meeting of the General Board of Global Ministries, an organization with personnel and projects in more than 125 countries. Source: GBGM Press Releases More about: GBGM programs \| Health \| UMCOR \| United Methodist Church \| Africa \| United States \| Date posted: Apr 25, 2007
	Women's Division Addresses Tough Issues at Spring Board Meeting Finances, membership, and immigration were among several tough issues addressed by the Women's Division board of directors this March 30-April 3, 2006, in Stamford, Conn. Source: WD Press Releases More about: Children \| Women \| Youth \| United States \| World \| Date posted: Apr 10, 2006
	Hurricane Katrina and United Methodist Women: Talking Points As Hurricane Katrina and consequent hurricanes devastated so many parts of the Southern United States, United Methodist Women members feel called to respond to the devastation in their backyard. Source: Women's Division More about: Children \| Economy \| Education \| Justice \| Natural disasters \| Poverty \| Prayers \| Women \| Youth \| United States \| Date posted: Oct 24, 2005
	United Methodist Women Focus on Finance: Talking Points The Women’s Division of The United Methodist Church responds to the needs and concerns of millions of women, children, and youth in the United States and around the globe. As the Division works to respond proactively to the gospel mandate of Jesus Christ, we are aware of the ongoing changes and trends within our denomination and society Source: Women's Division More about: Children \| Finance \| Women \| Youth \| United States \| Date posted: Oct 24, 2005
	Bringing Community and Wholeness by the Power of the Spirit As a missionary attorney I provide legal advice and representation to refugees and asylum- seekers that have fled persecution in their homelands, to families that are divided by international borders, to women and children that are victims of domestic violence, and to other vulnerable immigrants from around the world. Source: Mission Personnel More about: Advocacy \| Christian love \| GBGM programs \| Human rights \| Immigration \| Justice \| Missionaries \| Refugees \| United Methodist Church \| Partners/partnerships \| North Central U.S. \| United States \| Date posted: Oct 21, 2005
	United Methodists discuss children's needs with U.N. speakers UNICEF needs to work in partnership with United Methodists and others to end the threats to children in today's world. That was the message delivered by Rima Salah, UNICEF's deputy executive director, to directors and staff of the United Methodist Board of Global Ministries during a forum at the Church Center for the United Nations. Source: United Methodist News Service More about: Children \| Christian love \| GBGM events \| GBGM news \| International affairs \| United Methodist Church \| World \| Date posted: Oct 17, 2005
	Church Leader Challenges United Methodist to Increase Support for Mission Mission is the living, breathing confession by witness and service—individually and through the church--that Jesus Christ is Savior; that we belong to God. Many of you know the computer phrase, “save to…,” as in save to a disk or save to the hard drive? To make a theological adaptation, we are “saved to God in Christ.” We belong to God, and in the mission vineyard, we trust God to provide any reward God might want us to have?IF any. Source: GBGM Press Releases More about: Bible \| Christian love \| GBGM events \| GBGM news \| GBGM programs \| Jesus Christ \| John Wesley \| Mission opportunities \| United Methodist Church \| Methodism \| World \| Date posted: Oct 14, 2005
	Fall 2005 Report, Women's Division Assistant General Secretary of Christian Social Responsibilities Like many of us having viewed the coverage of and taken in the reality of Katrina, followed shortly by Rita, I was full of various emotions and insights: Awed by the power of nature; Devastated by the loss of life; Saddened by the loss of my own personal sacred space, Gulfside United Methodist Assembly in Waveland, Mississippi; Source: Women's Division More about: Natural disasters \| Poverty \| Race \| Women \| United States \| Date posted: Oct 14, 2005
	Eleven New United Methodist Missionaries Commissioned and Assigned The United Methodist Church commissioned 11 new missionaries in the chapel of the Church Center for the United Nations on the night of October 11. A cool rain fell outside but the chapel was filled with the warmth and light of Christian witness and service. Source: GBGM Press Releases More about: Christian love \| GBGM events \| GBGM news \| GBGM programs \| Mission opportunities \| Missionaries \| UMCOR \| United Methodist Church \| Methodism \| Africa \| Brazil \| Caribbean Islands \| Ghana \| Honduras \| Jamaica \| Laos \| Lithuania \| Mexico \| Date posted: Oct 14, 2005
	Fall 2005 Report of the Women's Division Treasurer I greet you in the name of Christ and pray God’s blessing on each of you. Today, I completed my third week as your treasurer. Having the good fortune to attend the ‘Envisioning the Future’ event in August, I’ve had the opportunity to construct some tactical initiatives for the Section on Finance as we move forward. Source: Women's Division More about: Finance \| Women \| United States \| Date posted: Oct 13, 2005
	UMW looks at race, class issues raised by Katrina United Methodist Women is calling on its membership to address issues of race and class raised by Hurricane Katrina. Source: Women's Division More about: Education \| Health \| Human rights \| Justice \| Natural disasters \| Poverty \| Race \| Women \| United States \| Date posted: Oct 12, 2005
	Women's Division to take new approach to finances A long-term decline in funding, impacted by inflation, will mean a new approach to finances for the Women's Division of the United Methodist Board of Global Ministries. Source: Women's Division More about: Children \| Finance \| Women \| Youth \| United States \| Date posted: Oct 12, 2005
	Fall 2005 Report of the Deputy General Secretary Mission and Evangelism: How Can I Keep from Singing? I want to say again what a joy it is to see you all in this room together! As I have come to know members of the Board of Directors across the last 14 months, I have been deeply grateful for the gifts, talents and determination you bring to your work. At this meeting, however, I am particularly excited to have so many Conference Presidents who, with your mission teams, constitute part of the backbone of the whole organization. Source: Women's Division More about: Children \| Christian love \| Jesus Christ \| John Wesley \| Natural disasters \| Women \| Youth \| World \| Date posted: Oct 12, 2005
	UMCOR Directs Tsunami Funds to Chennai, Andaman NEW YORK, October 11, 2005—United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR) Directors agreed yesterday to grant $505,893 to the Methodist Church of India in Chennai and Andaman Island to assist them in their community-wide tsunami recovery efforts. They are among the hardest-hit areas in India. Source: UMCOR More about: Communities \| Donations \| Emergencies \| International affairs \| Natural disasters \| UMCOR \| United Methodist Church \| Tsunami \| Asia and the Pacific Islands \| India \| Date posted: Oct 12, 2005
	Women's Division President 2005 Fall Report Being Change Agents in a Changing Time: Envisioning Our Future (Matthew 21:32; Isaiah 58:11-12) My dear sisters and brothers in Christ, so much has taken place since we last saw each other as a full division in mid-August. A week after we gathered for the Women’s Division Symposium, Hurricane Katrina, the worst natural disaster in U.S. history hit the Gulf coast, as most of us helplessly watched on our TV screens tens of thousands of our citizens lose their homes, families and lives. Source: Women's Division More about: Advocacy \| Children \| Jesus Christ \| Justice \| Natural disasters \| Women \| Youth \| World \| Date posted: Oct 11, 2005
	Women's Division, Treasurer's Report United Methodist Women are light in the world at 102 National Mission Institutions serving over two million women, children and youth each year in the United States. United Methodist Women are a light in the world at the Wesley-Rankin Center in Dallas which serves a predominantly Hispanic community. Source: Women's Division More about: Children \| Economy \| Finance \| Women \| World \| Date posted: Apr 26, 2005
	Women's Division, President Report I have shared with you on several occasions what I witnessed during my trip to the tsunami-stricken Indonesia in January of this year. But today, I want to share the brighter and hopeful side of my experience of the trip - and that is the global network of humanity. Source: Women's Division More about: Children \| Education \| Jesus Christ \| Poverty \| Women \| Youth \| Tsunami \| Asia and the Pacific Islands \| Indonesia \| Korea \| Singapore \| Date posted: Apr 26, 2005
	Young woman speaks about Bible Women Training: "Part I" My trip to Thailand and Laos was a very exciting trip although I didn't think it would take a total of 17 hrs to get to Bangkok, Thailand. Boy, that was one very long plane ride, but I did have a great time. Source: Women's Division More about: Bible \| Children \| Education \| Health \| Women \| Youth \| Laos \| Thailand \| Date posted: Apr 25, 2005
	Young woman speaks about Bible Women Training: "Part II" My trip to Laos and Thailand was an amazing experience. The purpose for Jessica and I to go with the Bible Women group was to work with the children. We wanted to learn about them and wanted to share with them about our lives. Source: Women's Division More about: Bible \| Children \| Health \| Women \| Youth \| Laos \| Thailand \| Date posted: Apr 25, 2005
	Mission Agency Continues Its Work On Child Abuse Allegations and Policy A retired United Methodist bishop and two professors in the field of medical care make up an independent panel that will receive and assess reports on alleged child abuse at a denominational mission facility in Africa a generation ago. The General Board of Global Ministries, the international mission agency of the denomination, is also drafting specific guidelines on child and sexual abuse for all of its employees and mission personnel, based upon a policy adopted in mid-April by the board’s directors, meeting in Stamford, CT. Source: GBGM Staff Briefings More about: Children \| GBGM news \| Human rights \| Missionaries \| United Methodist Church \| Africa \| World \| Date posted: Apr 19, 2005
	New United Methodist Bishop Elected For Central and Southern Europe Area The Rev. Dr. Patrick Streiff was consecrated to the episcopacy of The United Methodist Church in a service at Bern Cathedral on April 17, 2005. He will preside over the denomination's Central Conference of Southern and Central Europe, which includes northern Africa. Outside the US, a Central conference is equivalent to a jurisdiction. Source: GBGM Press Releases More about: Education \| GBGM news \| International affairs \| United Methodist Church \| Methodism \| Europe \| Date posted: Apr 18, 2005
	UMCOR Directors Approve $1.5 Million for Start-up Work in Haiti UMCOR directors have approved $1.5 million for start-up and program implementation costs on the Caribbean island. Although United Methodists have worked in Haiti for years - particularly through the Methodist Church in Haiti - this is the first time UMCOR has undertaken the legal process of registering as a nongovernmental organization there, according to Marc Maxi, UMCOR's regional director for Africa and the Caribbean. Source: United Methodist News Service More about: Agriculture \| Emergencies \| Natural disasters \| Poverty \| UMCOR \| United Methodist Church \| Caribbean Islands \| Grenada \| Haiti \| Date posted: Apr 15, 2005
	United Methodists should fight malaria deaths, executive says If United Methodists can help clear Mozambique of landmines, they should be able to do the same with mosquitoes. That's one of the challenges that the Rev. R. Randy Day presented to directors of the United Methodist General Board of Global Ministries during the April 11-14 spring meeting. Day is the board's chief executive. Source: United Methodist News Service More about: Christian love \| Education \| GBGM events \| GBGM news \| GBGM programs \| Health \| Mission opportunities \| UMCOR \| United Methodist Church \| Methodism \| World \| Date posted: Apr 15, 2005
	Three months later, those affected by tsunami still remember Three months have passed since Bishop Joel Martinez made an emergency pastoral visit to Indonesia, but he has not forgotten the faces of the children in the camps for those left homeless by the Dec. 26 tsunami. Source: United Methodist News Service More about: Children \| Christian love \| Donations \| Emergencies \| GBGM programs \| International affairs \| Natural disasters \| UMCOR \| United Methodist Church \| Partners/partnerships \| Tsunami \| Asia and the Pacific Islands \| India \| Indonesia \| Sri Lanka \| Date posted: Apr 15, 2005
	New Task Force to Find Ways to Strengthen Clergy Preparation for Mission Leadership A new task force will evaluate and make recommendations to strengthen the ways in which theological education prepares pastors for mission leadership in The United Methodist Church. Source: GBGM Press Releases More about: Education \| GBGM news \| GBGM programs \| International affairs \| United Methodist Church \| Methodism \| World \| Date posted: Apr 14, 2005
	New United Methodist Mission Personnel are Commissioned Fourteen new deaconesses and six Church and Community Workers were commissioned on April 12 for mission service through The United Methodist Church. Source: GBGM Press Releases More about: Christian love \| GBGM news \| GBGM programs \| Missionaries \| United Methodist Church \| Methodism \| World \| Date posted: Apr 14, 2005
	United Methodist Tsunami Response Exceeds $32 Million: Long-term Aid Slated for Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India and Somalia United Methodists contributed $32.4 million to their Church's emergency fund that is providing relief and rehabilitation in the wake of devastating South Asia tsunamis late last year. UMCOR detailed a $19.2 million long-term development package for Indonesia and Sri Lanka. Projects are also underway in India and Somalia. Source: UMCOR Press Releases More about: Communities \| Ecumenical \| Emergencies \| GBGM news \| Natural disasters \| UMCOR \| United Methodist Church \| Women \| Partners/partnerships \| Tsunami \| Africa \| Asia and the Pacific Islands \| India \| Indonesia \| Somalia \| Sri Lanka \| Date posted: Apr 13, 2005
	Personal Pain, Mixed with Hope, Shapes Leader's Faith For Jan Love-the daughter of a United Methodist pastor and a leader both in the denomination and the ecumenical world-a sense of mission has been a guiding principle of life. Source: United Methodist News Service More about: Family \| Violence \| Women \| United States \| Date posted: Apr 13, 2005
	UMCOR Slates Long Term Hurricane Recovery Operations in Haiti, Grenada A $2 million United Methodist relief investment will assist residents of Haiti and Grenada to rebuild and repair homes and revive economies after hurricanes devastated both islands in September 2004. The board of the United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR) meeting here, approved the project proposals. The new operations will augment $288,000 in emergency aid already dispatched to the island nations following Tropical Storm Jeanne and Hurricane Ivan. Source: UMCOR Press Releases More about: Emergencies \| Natural disasters \| Poverty \| Rural \| UMCOR \| United Methodist Church \| Caribbean Islands \| Grenada \| Haiti \| Date posted: Apr 13, 2005
	UMCOR Board Affirms Work in Sudan And Releases Funding Information Funds from multiple sources are underwriting the operations of United Methodist Committee on Relief in the Darfur area of Sudan, the agency announced today. The UMCOR board of directors, meeting here, approved projects in agriculture extension, emergency supply distribution, and small-scale livelihoods totaling just over $1 million. A UMCOR field team is on the ground in the area troubled for months by armed clashes. Source: UMCOR Press Releases More about: Conflict \| Emergencies \| Health \| UMCOR \| Violence \| Africa \| Sudan \| Date posted: Apr 13, 2005
	R. Randy Day Challenges United Methodist Church to Do More In Equipping Mission Leaders and in Health Care Ministries The chief mission executive of The United Methodist Church called on April 13 for greater emphases in the denomination on leadership development for Christian mission and on health care ministries for the poor around the world.