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Missionaries

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

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.
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Women of the NAR La Pista community, a former FARC guerilla group in Colombia, laugh as they use CEPALC puppets to narrate a story. (Photo courtesy of CEPALC).

Putting values, faith and witness into action

Missionary Hannah Reasoner describes how surrendering to joy and doubling over in laughter opens doors in the lives of former combatant communities in Colombia.

Building bridges across cultural divides

Missionaries Kirk and Nicole Sims serving in Prague support both the challenges and blessings of the greatest migratory movement Europe has seen since World War II.
A course of study for new church leaders considering pastoral ministry.

Teaching from the Heart

A. Broncano believes that even in places where Christians have major challenges being accepted, the benefits of loving, caring Christian communities prevail.

Leaving country and kindred to follow Jesus

Global Mission Fellow Carlito Alberto incorporates much of what he learned at the Quéssua mission in Angola into his work placement in Cameroon.

Christ: the guiding star in Bennettsville

Arabia Sweet, a Church and Community Worker in South Carolina, describes the many ways she sees Christ at work in Bennettsville, South Carolina.

In Cambodia, holistic mission thrives

With relationship at the center of mission, Andrew and Janice Lee, missionaries in Cambodia, are seeing their ministries of health, education and discipleship thrive.

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.

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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
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