The Rev. R. Randy Day, General Secretary of the General Board of Global Ministries, surveys demolished homes along the beach in Banda Aceh, Indonesia. Learn more about the assistance provided by The United Methodist Church to the Tsunami affected areas in the May/June print issue of the NWO: UMCOR in South Asia. For more information visit the UMCOR Tsunami response page.
Photo: Mike DuBose
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Christians who live and worship in places such as Pakistan and India, where they are small religious minority, should seek converts among the poor and outcast groups of the majority religion |
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Local congregations have a major role to play to increase HIV/AIDS awareness and treatment in the United States and all around the world.
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Welcoming the Stranger in Our Midst
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Resettling refugees in the United States |
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Immigration issues |
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Resettling refugees back to their own countries |
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International Missionaries: Coming from everywhere and to serve everywhere |
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Mission Study: India and Pakistan
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A Torch to Hold High: 150 Years of Methodism in India
by Elia Pradeep Samuel
The story of Methodism in India begins in 1856
with the coming of William Butler from America.
He began the work of the Methodist Episcopal
Church at a place called Bareilly....
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The Methodist Church in India: Ministry Today
by Dr. J. S. Murthy
The Methodist Church in India (MCI) has focused
on its threefold ministry of serving the body,
mind, and spirit of believers. In this crusade,
the MCI has partnered with the GBGM and Women's
Division of The United Methodist ...
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In Service of Humanity: School of Hope
by Prakash Jethro
Today, India has approximately 3.2 million
hearing-impaired people, according to a census
taken in 1981. However, recent estimates put the
figure at 7 million out of a total of
approximately 100 million people with
disabilities ...
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The Methodist Church in India: Bangalore Episcopal Area
by S. V. Sampath Kumar
The Methodist Church in India (MCI), inaugurated
on January 7, 1981, at Madras, is an “autonomous
affiliated” church in relation to The United
Methodist Church (UMC) in the United States. The
Bangalore Episcopal Area covers ...
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Faithfully Living the Gospel in Pakistan
by Rebecca Asedillo
Unless a church is bombed or a similar tragedy
occurs, it is difficult to find news about
Pakistani Christians and their mission
ministries. But recently, 18 United Methodists
went to Pakistan and India on a Mission Travel ...
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India and Pakistan: A Study in Contrasts
by Christie R. House
“Why are you studying these two countries
together? Why not just study one and then study
the other in another year? They have nothing in
common!” Such comments were heard by the Mission
Travel Study participants and GBGM staff members
as they visited churches and mission sites in
both countries.
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The online version of New World Outlook features selected articles from the printed magazine. These additional stories appear in the print publication.
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Map: India Conferences and Pakistan Dioceses |
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Taking “IT” to the Village |
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Reach the Unreached, Now! |
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The Methodist High School and Boys’ Home in Sonipat |
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Special Tsunami Coverage: UMCOR in South Asia |
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UMCOR Poster: Be There for Tsunami Relief |
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Tsunami Emergency Medical Relief: Christian Medical Association of India |
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Come See What God Is Doing in Our Midst: Mission and the Methodist Church in India |
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Pakistan Journal |
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Mission Memo... and much more! |
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