UMCOR News & Stories

Roland Fernandes begins leadership of Global Ministries
Roland Fernandes, a dedicated servant leader and experienced administrator, has begun his term as general secretary of the General Board of Global Ministries ...
Roland Fernandes begins leadership of Global Ministries
Fernandes succeeds Thomas Kemper as head of mission and development agency.
El Sol Community answers prayer for solar equity
When Michael Smith, a UMC licensed local pastor and executive director of Holding Institute Community Center in Laredo, Texas ...
Louisiana should expect four-year recovery period, UMCOR says
Early assessments of the devastation in south Louisiana caused by Hurricane Laura indicate the region should expect to be in a state of recovery for a three to four year period ...
Louisiana should expect four-year recovery period, UMCOR says
Early assessments of the devastation caused by Hurricane Laura indicate the impacted region should expect to be in a state of recovery for a three to four year period.
Hospitality continues for detained immigrants during pandemic
After 20 months in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention, J. underwent major surgery and was then released ...
Water project lightens load for new mothers
The United Methodist Church has installed rainwater-collection systems at three of its health facilities in the East Congo Episcopal Area ...
A woman receives a yellow bag of food as a part of UMCOR's Covid-19 response. She, and others around her, are wearing masks. Those delivering food stand in truck beds.
UMCOR grants make global impact on response to COVID-19 pandemic
Sheltering in Love grant campaign receives nearly $2 million in donations; expedited grant awards given to nonprofits in 43 countries and 43 states.
UMCOR COVID-19 grants help with housing and homelessness
As a federal moratorium that protected an estimated 12 million people from eviction expires, two United Methodist agencies, Restore Hope Ministries in Oklahoma and Good Neighbor Settlement House in Texas, have used UMCOR COVID-19 grants to keep people from being evicted and assist them when they have nowhere else to go but the streets.
Participants reflect on disaster case management training
In March of 2020, UMCOR partnered with Highland Park UMC in Dallas, Texas to hold a three-day intensive, providing in-depth understanding of the foundations, principles and processes of disaster case management
In Hurricane Harvey’s wake, a long path to recovery
This spring, UMCOR and its partners concluded their work in response to the 2017 hurricane’s destruction in Texas and built community in more ways than one.
Food relief helps in Liberia’s COVID-19 fight
Liberia is combating COVID-19 through both health and food security: the health board received an early solidarity grant from UMCOR for prevention training and the conference received a more recent UMCOR Sheltering in Love grant to provide food packages to the elderly, the physically challenged and at-risk children and youth undergoing rehabilitation at a facility in Monrovia. UMNS shares the story.