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New Suicide Prevention Resource for Faith Leaders

Video training course equips UMC clergy and faith leaders with practical, life-saving tools rooted in compassion, theology, and hope.
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Spring 2026 Board members in Nairobi

Rooted in Partnership and Hope

Global Ministries and Higher Education & Ministry hold joint board meeting in Kenya.

“This Moment Matters” Initiative disburses $24 Million To-Date

Launched in 2025, “This Moment Matters” has awarded hundreds of bridge grants to address critical gaps in need in the areas of food security, education, health, migration, and peace.

A Beacon in the Community

In seven years, an African American UMC in Alabama went from a pantry that served five people a month to a pantry that now serves 9,000 families a year and offers a clinic, services to the unhoused, HIV testing and navigation to care, prison re-entry, court programming, and mental health counseling.

Women and Water – Advancing Equality on World Water Day

Commemorations for World Water Day 2026 focus on the ways that safe and accessible water and sanitation can improve gender equality.

Putting Aside Differences to Protect Our Neighbors

Who Is My Neighbor? Lenten Devotion Series: Week 5

Crossing Boundaries for Neighbors

Who Is My Neighbor? Lenten Devotion Series: Week 4

Caring for Neighbors Unconditionally  

Who Is My Neighbor? Lenten Devotion Series: Week 3

The Power of Being Neighbors

Who Is My Neighbor? Lenten Devotion Series: Week 2

Is God Calling You to Environmental Work? Become a Global Ministries EarthKeeper

On Nov. 4, Global Ministries commissioned 72 new EarthKeepers during an online livestreamed service, making the 2025 EarthKeepers class one of the largest in the program’s 10-year history.

UMCOR Reimagines Disaster Material Resources Management 

Preparing for the future of Disaster Response Ministry.

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