"Why don't you include more articles about United Methodist missionaries in the church's mission magazine?" the staff members of New World Outlook hear from time to time as we travel throughout the church.

Well, here is an entire issue with articles by and about missionaries. Missionaries who serve with the General Board of Global Ministries include people from a variety of cultures and ethnic backgrounds. They serve in areas all across the globe, in Lithuania, Bolivia, Zimbabwe, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Chile, the Philippines, and South Korea. They serve both as lay professionals and as clergy.

And, wherever they serve, they bring the missionary gift of love--the love of God in Christ that prompts their service.

The United Methodist Church in Lithuania by David Markay
An All Saints' Day Service in Bolivia by Wilson Boots
Life at Nyadire Mission in Zimbabwe by Larry and Jane Kies
Three Decades in Africa by William and Jimmye Whitfield
Christmas in Congo by Beth and Emily Gipe
Christmas in Kaunas by David Markay
In Mission in Chile by Janet Garcia
Rights to Ancestral Land: The Aeta Struggle in the Philippines by Richard Schwenk
The Fig Tree Lives! by Anna Jones
Pauline Kim's Life for Christ in Korea by Sonia Reid Strawn
Children's Centerfold: What Is a Missionary?
Faith in Action in India by J. S. Murthy
In Memoriam: Raymond K. DeHainaut
Bulletin Inserts on Mission

See also: List of English-language books needed by the Mar Elias College library in order to become an accredited university by Israel. The college is mentioned in the article "The Fig Tree Lives!"

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