January 19, 2022
Destroying lives and livelihoods, churches, houses and crops, UMCOR awards grants in response to immediate needs from December 2021's Typhoon Rai.
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January 14, 2022
Cory United Methodist Church in Glenville, Cleveland, Ohio, offers a ministry of financial education, restoring a tradition from the 1950s.
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December 20, 2021
The fourth and final Advent devotion in our 2021 missionary series comes from Shiree Fetterly, a US-2 Global Mission Fellow from Michigan serving with Metropolitan Ministries in Tampa, Florida.
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December 16, 2021
UMCOR supports partners in the aftermath of December tornadoes.
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December 8, 2021
The United Methodist Committee on Relief answered many appeals for assistance in 2021. What follows are some key responses and a few of the major grants awarded this year to help alleviate suffering around the world.
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December 7, 2021
Global Ministries commissions 17 EarthKeepers from nine U.S. states and the Philippines for ministries that care for the Earth.
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December 6, 2021
In the third Advent devotion offered by global missionaries, Nan McCurdy and Miguel Mairena write on their service in Puebla, Mexico.
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The General Board of Global Ministries is the worldwide mission, relief and development agency of The United Methodist Church, working with partners and churches in more than 115 countries to equip and transform people and places for God’s mission.
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News and Statements
- Global Ministries/UMCOR response to COVID-19 pandemic
General Secretary Roland Fernandes outlines the United Methodist mission agency’s globally inclusive response to the COVID-19 pandemic, seeking to “do no harm” and alleviate human suffering.
- A Christmas meditation from the general secretary
Roland Fernandes reflects on Christmas in light of the continued challenges of 2021, calling for all to rejoice and be joyful for “God is with us, God is near us.”
- Application opens for Global Mission Fellows, international track
The application for the 2022-24 cohort of young adults serving in social justice ministries internationally opens Monday, Nov. 15.
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Global Ministries partners with agencies and individuals to alleviate human suffering; seek justice, freedom and peace; strengthen congregations and communities; and make disciples of Jesus Christ.
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