United Methodist Board Commissions 36 Missionaries

A diverse group of 36 missionaries are being assigned internationally by the United Methodist Board of Global Ministries after being commissioned Dec. 10 in Atlanta.

Hailing from six continents, the missionaries are members of the United Methodist Church, United Church of Christ, Presbyterian Church USA and autonomous Methodist Churches in Ireland and South Korea.

The missionaries, their home annual (regional) conferences and places of assignment are: David and Linda Armitage, Methodist Church in Ireland, assigned to the East Belfast Mission, Northern Ireland; Vicky M. Bigony, Florida Annual Conference, to Imanuel Methodist Church School and Wesley School of Theology, Jakarta, Indonesia; and the Rev. John A. Calhoun, New York Annual Conference, to the Moscow Protestant Chaplaincy, Russia.

Also, Helen L. Camarce, Philippines Central Conference, assigned as area financial executive in Manila; the Rev. George B.M. Carew, North Georgia Annual Conference, to GCNN Theological College of Northern Nigeria; Nancy A. Carew, North Georgia Annual Conference, to the Women's Leadership Training Center, Zing, Nigeria; and Eun Ha (Grace) Choi and Jae Hyoung Choi, Presbyterian Church in Korea, assignments pending.

Also, the Rev. C. Dale and the Rev. Kelly A. Clem, North Alabama Annual Conference, to the Lithuania United Methodist Church; Ariel D. Robledo Collins and the Rev. Michael W. Collins, Western North Carolina Annual Conference, to Phnom Penh, Cambodia; the Rev. Matini Niponi and Milika P. Finau, California-Pacific Annual Conference, to Fiji; the Rev. Jeffrey A. Hassell, Western North Carolina Annual Conference, Lithuania United Methodist Church; and Peter S. and Maria Estela V. De Hudy, West Michigan Annual Conference, to Rio Colorado Agricultural High School, Bolivia.

Also, the Rev. Barbara Smith Jang, West Michigan Annual Conference, to Mokwon Methodist University, South Korea; the Rev. Dr. Norman C. and Sue C. Kao, Illinois Great Rivers Annual Conference, to the Methodist Church in Taiwan; Anne A. Kolbe, Western North Carolina Annual Conference, to Phnom Penh, Cambodia; Emelia and Joshua Kofi Kyeremeh, Danish United Methodist Church, to Copenhagen, Denmark; and the Rev. Dong Su and Woo Hee Lee, Wisconsin Annual Conference, to the Korean Christian Church in Japan.

Also, Vilmar Villa Martinez, Middle Philippines Annual Conference, to the Evangelical Methodist Church in Bolivia; Suzanne E. Porter, Baltimore-Washington Annual Conference, assigned as a pediatric nurse practitioner in Central Asia; the Rev. Jose Orlando and Yolanda Rivera, California-Pacific Annual Conference, to the Argentine Evangelical Methodist Church; the Rev. Chung Suk Song and Hyung Ran Song, Korean Methodist Church, to the Methodist Church in Kenya; the Rev. Chris and Martha Stockwell-Goering, United Church of Christ, to the Argentine Evangelical Methodist Church; Dr. Kalindi Thomas, Church of North India, assigned as Coordinator of Community-Based Primary Health Care, Asia/Pacific Region; and Devorah Umipig, Philippines Annual Conference, to Kotobuki Chiku Center, Japan.

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