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Women in Honduras gather to explore God’s purpose and calling for their lives and form a new National Board of Methodist Women.

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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.
On Nov. 4, Global Ministries commissioned 72 new EarthKeepers during an online livestreamed service, making the 2025 EarthKeepers class one of the largest in the program’s 10-year history.
Methodists from Latin America, the Caribbean, and the U.S. gathered in January to celebrate the ordination of the first three Honduran elders.
The Davao Episcopal Area (DEA) formally launched its first-ever Gilas Kalikasan (EarthKeepers) Learning Institute and inducted 57 pioneer EarthKeepers during a four-day gathering.

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