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Church builds on Ebola response in Congo

Global Ministries and UMCOR are helping to strengthen the church’s Ebola response in eastern Congo, including building a new treatment center and a large-scale communications campaign.
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Our Faith Compels Us to Stand With Our Neighbors in Their Time of Need 

As Temporary Protected Status (TPS) protections are withdrawn for Haitian and Syrian immigrants in the U.S., General Secretary Roland Fernandes calls upon United Methodists to embody Christ’s call of compassion, accompaniment, and advocacy.  

Church Boosts Public Health – and Gospel – with Water System

A water purification system funded by UMCOR is enabling Trinity United Methodist Church in Naivasha, Kenya, to protect lives and strengthen trust in the community.

Women and Water – Advancing Equality on World Water Day

Commemorations for World Water Day 2026 focus on the ways that safe and accessible water and sanitation can improve gender equality.

Caring for Neighbors Unconditionally  

Who Is My Neighbor? Lenten Devotion Series: Week 3

The Power of Being Neighbors

Who Is My Neighbor? Lenten Devotion Series: Week 2

Christmas greetings from our general secretary

On behalf of Global Ministries, Higher Education and Ministry and the United Methodist Committee on Relief, General Secretary Roland Fernandes sends Christmas greetings.

This moment matters for the migrant community

An Advent reflection from Shiela Mae Aguilar-Hablan, a Global Mission Fellow working in Hong Kong with the Mission for Migrant Workers.

A faith that welcomes the stranger and cares for migrants

Global Ministries’ and UMCOR’s work with migrants and migrating populations – refugees, asylum seekers and people displaced in their own countries – centers on a long-held Christian tradition and biblical mandate of welcome and hospitality.
Engineer Sabin Mulang, director of the Development and Projects Office for the South Congo and Zambia Episcopal Area, inspects corn crops at an agropastoral site in Kingandu, Congo. Vast fields of corn and soybeans are at the heart of The United Methodist Church’s initiative to combat food dependency in southern Congo. Photo by Christian Kasweka, UM News.

Church farms combat food insecurity in Congo

With support from the Yambasu Agriculture Initiative, United Methodists in the South Congo Conference address food insecurity with new church farming projects that transform lives and sow the seeds of self-sufficiency.

Food security from the ground up – Yambasu Agriculture Initiative

Humanitarian relief comes in many forms. The Yambasu Agriculture Initiative supports the agricultural strength of African communities, providing training, tools, seed supplies and other inputs that can raise food scarcity in communities to food abundance.

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Have questions? Send us an inquiry and we’ll get back to you promptly. Please direct all media inquiries to Susan Clark, chief communications officer for Global Ministries and UMCOR.

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Susan Clark, Chief Communications Officer
media@umcmission.org
800-862-4246