A Brazilian Methodist reflects on Christian Education at the Service of Mission

“The goal of the Christian Education Program of the Methodist Church in Brazil is to strengthen both its Christian and its Wesleyan identities as it ministers to some of the poorest people in South America...

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You have the opportunity to be part of the witness of Christian people of Latin America and the Caribbean to the saving grace of God in Christ, to renew and strengthen the church, to nurture Christian communities, to support leadership training and education, to foster interchurch relationships, and to enable Encounter with Christ through mission. Encounter with Christ Permanent Fund No. 025100 is a designated giving channel of the General Board of Global Ministries through which you can support mission in the form of witness and action.

Dr. José Miguez Bonino, an Argentine Methodist leader, challenges us as follows: "It is our Christian privilege and duty to witness all the resources we have, to the creative and redemptive will of God in favor of life and against death."

Gifts to Encounter with Christ in Latin America and the Caribbean will support:

Leadership Training and Education:

• For new leaders in marginalized communities who organize teams to teach community-based health and wellness.
• For youth and young adults as they take on leadership roles and work with their churches and communities to address concerns such as poverty, unemployment, education, and violence.
• For women in the church who work to address issues such as health and education for all children, alleviation of conflict and violence, economic development, and women's participation in church and society.

Missionary Endeavors:

• Programs to mobilize Methodists to engage in people-to-people experiences of service and witness across international borders.
• The receiving and sending of volunteers and persons in mission as a cooperative and enriching experience that transforms the witness and life of the church and the community.
• Mission exchanges of International Persons in Mission among the churches of Latin America and the Caribbean

Evangelization and New Church Development:

• Efforts that call for an initial decision for Jesus Christ.
• Nurture and accompaniment for new church communities through the region.
• Revitalization and outreach ministries in already existing Methodist Churches.
• Schools of evangelism and mission education for laypersons serving as promoters of evangelization.

Jorge Domingues
Assistant General Secretary,
Global Networks and Ecumenical Relations
jdomingu@gbgm-umc.org
212-870-3873

General Board of Global Ministries
Encounter with Christ (Permanent Fund 025100)
Room 1445, 475 Riverside Drive
New York, NY 10115