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

New Global Mission Fellows Commissioned in Cambodia

Forty-nine GMFs step into two years of cross-cultural mission service, seeking to address injustice and meet needs in the areas of migration, healthcare, agriculture, and education.
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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.
Event participants engage in small groups at the Arkansas Conference's Mission U, held at Hendrix College in 2025. The Black Church Initiative sponsored four youth to attend the event. Photo: Sandra Parham Turner

Grants to 10 U.S. Conferences Encourage New Leadership and Church Growth

Racial/Ethnic and Multiethnic Ministries grants support programs that foster leadership development and church growth in racial/ethnic communities.
Event participants engage in small groups at the Arkansas Conference's Mission U, held at Hendrix College in 2025. The Black Church Initiative sponsored four youth to attend the event. Photo: Sandra Parham Turner

Grants to 10 U.S. Conferences Encourage New Leadership and Church Growth

Racial/Ethnic and Multiethnic Ministries grants support programs that foster leadership development and church growth in racial/ethnic communities.

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.
Event participants engage in small groups at the Arkansas Conference's Mission U, held at Hendrix College in 2025. The Black Church Initiative sponsored four youth to attend the event. Photo: Sandra Parham Turner

Grants to 10 U.S. Conferences Encourage New Leadership and Church Growth

Racial/Ethnic and Multiethnic Ministries grants support programs that foster leadership development and church growth in racial/ethnic communities.

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.

Joy in what we accomplish together

Missionary Temba Nkomozepi gives an update on the mission of Mujila Falls Agriculture Center in Zambia

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