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Children and youth from Terra Nova village in Quéssua, Angola, join in an effort to combat malaria by filling in low-lying areas that collect water where mosquitoes can breed. The campaign was led by Ben Jacob, a professor from the University of South Florida, who served with a Volunteers in Mission team from the Florida Conference of The United Methodist Church.

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Through the awarding of five new grants to partners in 2025, the “Encounter with Christ in Latin America and the Caribbean” (Encounter with Christ) permanent fund reached a significant milestone in its support of mission and ministry in the region
Stories about the hospitality these missionaries have received the world over voice an affirmation that welcome is a universal gesture we offer one another, often because God first welcomed us into our faith community.
In seven years, an African American UMC in Alabama went from a pantry that served five people a month to a pantry that now serves 9,000 families a year and offers a clinic, services to the unhoused, HIV testing and navigation to care, prison re-entry, court programming, and mental health counseling
With support from Global Ministries, United Methodists in Mutare, Zimbabwe, take action to raise awareness and demand equality for the Deaf and hard of hearing
Commemorations for World Water Day 2026 focus on the ways that safe and accessible water and sanitation can improve gender equality

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