Give Now

Popular Searches

mission
support
resources
people
umcor

Recent Searches

News & Stories / Reflection

News & Stories

Reflection

Journey to Bangui – An experience like no other

Rev. Dr. Kevin Murriel gives thanks for a recent trip to Bangui, CAR, to witness the dedication of the first United Methodist Church facility in the country.
Read Story
Read Story

Browse Recent Stories

Filter by:

Burundi UMC celebrates milestones in reconciliation

Two years into its reconciliation process, the Burundi UMC celebrates training for pastors and a reconstructed hospital.

COVID-19 prevention fosters hope in East Angola

The Rev. Dr. Leo Garcia, a missionary doctor serving in East Angola, rallied churches, health professionals and volunteers in his community to make COVID-19 prevention resources available to every household.

Striving for justice in Central America

Cristian Schlick is a global missionary who works with migrants from Central America and Mexico in El Salvador. He was commissioned in June 2019 after serving for two years as a Global Mission Fellow, also in El Salvador, focused on human rights issues.

A creative response to grief

Originally from Minneapolis but now serving in Tampa as a Global Mission Fellow, Abigail Reeth envisioned a way for her community - especially the kids - to process and respond to racial injustice: painting a mural together.

“We treat, but God heals”: missionary couple serves hospital in Zimbabwe

Emmanuel and Florence Mefor from Nigeria serve as a doctor and midwife at Mutambara Mission Hospital, providing care for more than 140,000 people in the region.

Finding a Way: Food Security and Fellowship

Asti White, a Global Mission Fellow, discusses how his ministry in Michigan is addressing food injustice and how they've adapted their methods of fellowship amidst crisis.

From Darkness to Light: Transformation

The Rev. Dr. Richard Boone, Church and Community Worker missionary with the West Ohio Conference, tells the story of how an inmate experiences transformation through the Horizon Prison Initiative.

Strengthening mission relationships with Philippine partners

Philippines Central Conference partners and staff from Global Ministries and GBHEM participated in a roundtable discussion on strategic mission goals in August.

Lessons from missionaries on staying connected

Dr. David Scott examines what we can learn from missionaries amid the coronavirus restrictions. Missionaries have long experience in putting love into action in unfamiliar settings. In this third and final reflection, he considers how focusing on concrete acts of service helps to cultivate a sense of compassion that keeps us connected to the world around us.

Resource: Reflective poems on migration

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.

General Inquiries

info@umcmission.org

Media Inquiries

Susan Clark, Chief Communications Officer
media@umcmission.org
800-862-4246