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Missionaries

Explore how missionaries expand the witness of God already present in people and places worldwide. 

Young adults called to community in an uncertain world

Forty-two Global Mission Fellows are commissioned in Ghana for two years of service in social justice ministries.
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Christ knows the great leader you will become

Missionary Janice Lee sees God at work in Youlika Vann, a young woman who has become an integral part of the work of the Methodist Church in Cambodia.

Application opens for GMF program, both tracks

The application has launched for the next cohort of young adults who will serve in social justice ministries in the U.S. and internationally in 2024-26.

Where is he?

Missionary Rev. Luis de Souza Cardoso affirms the need to give children and youth opportunities to practice Christian love within their communities.
Missionaries Joy Eva Bohol and Jean Claude Masuka Maleka laugh during the consultation’s closing session. (Photo: Adam Bowers)

Consultation reexamines principles of missionary service

On Aug. 1-3 in Atlanta, Global Ministries convened a group of missionaries, mission staff, board members and ecumenical partners to reexamine and renew its practices of missionary sending.
The Rev. Grace Choi served as a community health worker in the outreach programs of Harris Memorial College in the Philippines. Here she visits with children in the Upper Javier neighborhood of the town of Taytay. (Photo: Paul Jeffrey, 2012)

Help me to love with your love

The Rev. Eunha “Grace” Kim Choi from Korea has served as a missionary since 2001, with 18 years in the Philippines as a Global Missionary and five years in Atlanta, Georgia, as a Missionary in Residence.
Missionaries David, Elizabeth, Eva and Annie McCormick in the backyard of their home in Maxixe, Mozambique, in 2017. (Photo: Kim Parker)

The McCormicks: Life as a missionary family

In a video, the family of four shares about serving as United Methodist missionaries from Mozambique to Arkansas.
Photo from April 2022 outside missionary Krista Givens' window in Torrevieja, Spain, showing suspension dust (calima) in the air. (Photo: Krista Givens)

Blessing of the calima

The Rev. Dr. Krista Givens, a missionary in Torrevieja, Spain, reflects on a weather phenomenon that reminds her of the people of the Sahara Desert and the fact that God has a way of connecting us all across the earth.
The Rev. Jay Choi in the chicken coop at Goshen Organic Farm in the Philippines, where the grass-fed chickens they raised also raised funds for the Land Justice Center at Union Theological Seminary, where he worked. (Photo: Rev. Dr. Alan Cabas)

A missionary’s transformation through 23 years of mission service

When missionaries are commissioned, they have useful gifts, skills and mindsets to help then serve. But as they continue to serve a community, God transforms them in ways they could not have imagined. The Rev. Jaehyoung Choi describes his mission journey and the transformations he’s undergone with God’s help.
WCC Peace with Justice Pilgrimage group (Joy Eva Bohol in the yellow coat) and local hosts pose with Nord University Sami students Ramona Linnea Victoria Kappfjell Sorfijell and Maajja-Krihke Bransfjell (2nd and 3rd from L) in front of the Sami traditional hut. (Photo: Joy Eva Boho)

Hope rooted in justice and peace

Missionary Joy Eva Bohol advocates for increased voice and vote in church and society for youth and young adults around the world, and particularly for Indigenous youth who walk a fine line between cultural traditions and professional aspirations.

New class of Global Mission Fellows commissioned in Mozambique

Eighteen Global Mission Fellows (GMF) were sent forth by The United Methodist Church for two years of mission service.

Contact Information

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
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800-862-4246