Our Christmas miracle
Missionary Matthew Laferty offers this “transfigured and reordered” vision from Isaiah that boldly declares the future we have in the fullness of the reign of God and our hope in peace and justice in Christ.
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 in Tanzania
An Advent reflection from Rev. Rebecca Maiko, who serves Sebring-Mwanza Center in Tanzania, a center that provides access to education for children, health care for their community and peaceful collaboration with members of other faiths.
Come and See: West Bank young adult pilgrimage
A group of 15 people, including seven students from UMC seminaries in the U.S., embarked on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land earlier in 2025. Although they did not travel to Gaza, they saw many repercussions of the war in West Bank Palestinian villages.
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.
Indigenous Boarding School fellowship launches
Global Ministries joins the General Commission on Archives and History and United Women in Faith in launching a new fellowship as a part of the denomination’s effort to educate and own its role in the harm inflicted on Native Americans through the centuries.
Asian young adults seek new vision of servant leadership
Young adults from Cambodia, Laos, Mongolia and Vietnam gathered for the 2025 ASCEND leadership training — a three-year initiative created in collaboration between Global Ministries and the Korean Methodist Church Board of Missions.
An advent call to the people of The United Methodist Church
The Immigration Task Force urges the church to recommit to its collective calling of extending welcome, justice and compassion to migrants.
Walking in Ixtepec
A reflection from Kimberly Lewis, a missionary with GYTTE in Puebla, Mexico: “As we prepare for this season of watching and waiting, we are looking for God in all we do and see – not focusing on the troubles of the world and who will be chosen but choosing to be with God in each moment of each day.”
