Global Ministries News & Stories

Holy Week devotions from global missionaries
Enrich your faith practice by reading a devotion on Palm Sunday, Maundy Thursday, Good Friday and Easter Sunday from missionaries serving the church around the world.
Walking with Jesus
A devotion for Palm Sunday by Anna Troy
Servant leadership
A devotion for Maundy Thursday by Yorleni Jiménez Rojas
“With his stripes, we are healed”
A devotion for Good Friday by Jean Claude Masuka Maleka and Francine Ilunga Mpanga Mufuk
Jesus and Mary Magdalene at the tomb
A devotion for Easter Sunday by Alison Ho Yan Lee
Statement on March 16 shootings in Atlanta
Global Ministries stands in solidarity with the metropolitan area’s diverse Asian American communities in this time of anxiety and anger and calls for justice and peacemaking.
Water and sanitation for all
UMCOR and Global Health strive to connect more communities with access to clean water and healthy sanitation facilities around the world.
Called for mission service in the United States
Church and Community Worker, Katie Peterson, manages a “Mission Barn” and enjoys seeing God’s diverse family working together.
Visit the young, vibrant Methodist community in Cambodia
Experience the Methodist Church in Cambodia, which became a denomination in 2018, and see how God’s mission is alive in their country and culture.
A cornerstone of healthy communities: the clinic
In Liberia, a United Methodist primary health-care clinic provides a life-saving diagnosis and medication that other health facilities missed.
New Community Developers Program model fosters collaboration
Congregations within the five annual conferences accepted into the 2021 CDP cohort will work collaboratively in communities on issues of advocacy and social justice.
“Methodist Mission at 200” seeks to inspire and challenge United Methodists in mission
A new book from Global Ministries delves into the origins of mission and service, sharing lessons from 200 years of mission history.