GBGM Annual Meeting 1998

The General Board of Global Ministries held its Annual Meeting October 15-22, 1998 in Stamford, Connecticut, in sunny, cool weather.

The Youth Mission Chorale gave its final performances as a group in Stamford. Read about their trip and their personal testimonies.

GBGM Meeting News

• GBGM Annual Meeting 1998 Summary, GBGM, November 23, 1998
• Prison Ministry, Women’s Division, Youth/Young Adults, and Medicine Box Highlight GBGM Weekly Briefing, GBGM, October 27, 1998

  

• New Funds for Mission, GBGM, October 23, 1998
• Mission board votes to pursue prison, justice ministries, UMNS, October 23, 1998
• Church must shift to meet new mission needs, UMNS, October 23, 1998
• Board approves $10 million for new program initiatives, UMNS, October 23, 1998
• Task force plans restorative justice training events, UMNS, October 23, 1998
• Lay pastor resurfaces in Kosovo,
  UMNS, October 21, 1998
  

  Bishop Dan Solomon presided over the GBGM meeting.

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  Women's Division Meeting News

• Women's Division Wrap-Up, Women's Division, GBGM, October 20, 1998
• Hate crimes targeted by United Methodist Women, UMNS, October 20, 1998
• Award winners focus on environment, linguistics, UMNS, October 20, 1998 United Methodist women adopt environmental principles, UMNS, October 20, 1998
• Environmental Contaminants And Linguistics As Power (Theressa Hoover Community Service and Global Citizen Awardees) Women's Division, GBGM, October 20, 1998
• Recent Hate Crimes Prompt Women’s Division Action Women's Division, GBGM, October 19, 1998
• Mission Personnel Put Faces and Stories with Their Projects Women's Division, GBGM, October 19, 1998

Sara Shingler is president of the Women's Division.