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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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Jesus and Mary Magdalene at the tomb

A devotion for Easter Sunday by Alison Ho Yan Lee

Called for mission service in the United States

Church and Community Worker, Katie Peterson, manages a “Mission Barn” and enjoys seeing God’s diverse family working together.

Program Transforms Youth in Mutare Churches

Pillars & Plants, a Global Ministries–funded project in Zimbabwe, empowers youth through music, dance, and art, reducing stigma around substance abuse and fostering openness, healing, and hope.

Program Transforms Youth in Mutare Churches

Pillars & Plants, a Global Ministries–funded project in Zimbabwe, empowers youth through music, dance, and art, reducing stigma around substance abuse and fostering openness, healing, and hope.

Discovery events offered for those interested in volunteer service

Virtual gatherings in 2021 will cover the basics of volunteer service and different options for serving through Global Ministries.

Missionaries cope with coronavirus challenges

Serving in South Africa, St. Lucia, Congo, Colombia and Cambodia, five global missionaries share how they continue to engage in mission during the pandemic.

Program Transforms Youth in Mutare Churches

Pillars & Plants, a Global Ministries–funded project in Zimbabwe, empowers youth through music, dance, and art, reducing stigma around substance abuse and fostering openness, healing, and hope.

Let love lead

Global Mission Fellow Lily Maijama’a describes his transformation as he decided to let love lead him out of COVID-19 despair and into God’s purpose.

Peace in the darkest valley

Dr. Mark Zimmerman reflects on the story of Hari, a COVID-19 patient he treated at Patan, Hospital, Kathmandu, Nepal.

There is hope

The Rev. Brooke Atchley, a Church and Community Worker in Rosedale, Virginia, accompanies her rural community through the challenges and shortages during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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
media@umcmission.org
800-862-4246