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Become a Missionary

Global Ministries missionaries serve in many different roles and placement types. Learn more and apply now.

Theology of Mission

Global Ministries’ mission theology statement guides our participation in God’s mission to restore all creation. We learn and witness to what God is doing in every land, seeking to make disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world.

Mission Volunteers

Mission Volunteers are short to long-term self-funded individuals or couples serving in a variety of roles at partner sites worldwide.

Disease Prevention

Expanding access to resources that diagnose, treat and eliminate disease

Health Infrastructure and Services

Improving the quality of health services, medical facilities and care delivery for underserved communities

Environmental Sustainability

Working with individuals, churches and other partners to launch environmental projects and initiatives

UMCOR Disaster Response

Partnering with annual conferences, episcopal areas and ecumenical organizations worldwide to help communities carry out their own disaster response, recovery and mitigation efforts

Global Mission Fellows (GMF)

Global Mission Fellows is a two-year program of The United Methodist Church for young adults serving in cross-cultural contexts in the U.S. and around the world.

Missionaries

Global Ministries trains, commissions, assigns and supports United Methodist missionaries in nearly 60 countries around the world.

Advances/Missionaries

East Belfast Mission

Providing the people of East Belfast with building blocks to realize better futures and opportuni…

Feeding of Homebound Elderly and Training Caregivers

Providing basic care services to 500 elderly people.Describe the Need Affecting CommunityThe need…

Growing Hope Globally, formerly Foods Resource Bank

Supporting agricultural development programs around the world, helping people living in hunger to…

Church World Service, CROP Hunger Walk

Providing assistance for hungry people.Describe the Need Affecting CommunityHunger is the number …

Christ House Medical Services

Providing comprehensive and compassionate care for people experiencing homelessness with acute me…

Leonard Theological College, Jabalpur, India

Preparing people for ordained ministry and specialized ministries through postgraduate research.N…

Chicuque Rural Hospital

Providing healthcare services for 500,000 people in the province of InhambaneDescribe the Need Af…

News & Stories

03/13/2026

Putting Aside Differences to Protect Our Neighbors

Who Is My Neighbor? Lenten Devotion Series: Week 5

08/13/2024

The danger of mines and live ordnance in Ukraine

As the war in Ukraine continues, UMCOR works with the Mines Advisory Group to save lives at risk of injury

05/05/2021

We learned to love our neighbors

Better crops, more income to send children to school, better health – out of all the outcomes beneficiaries of the

05/30/2019

Telling the Easter story of a crucified people in Sri Lanka

In the aftermath of the Easter Sunday bombings in Sri Lanka, Jerome Sahabandu, a Global Ministries theologian from Sri Lanka,

10/27/2020

Joy in mission

Ben Lasley, a US-2 in Philadelphia, describes how a community garden on a small city lot brings joy and a

03/28/2019

Church mobilizes to help cyclone survivors

In the wake of Cyclone Idai three annual conferences in Mozambique are working to support survivors.

03/17/2020

Methodist Church of Puerto Rico brings hope to those impacted by earthquake swarm

With more than 950 earthquakes and aftershocks recorded and more than 800 homes damaged since December 2019, the Methodist Church

01/13/2026

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

08/06/2020

Transforming the world in a rural cooperative ministry

Shirley Townsend-Jones, a Church and Community Worker missionary in South Carolina, works with a rural African American cooperative ministry. Her

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Petition

Our partner Church World Service is calling people of faith to proudly stand with refugees and immigrants. Join the movement. Sign the declaration below.

Church World Service Ecumenical Declaration

Migration, Refugees, UMCOR

Video

Theological commentary on migration and the role UMCOR plays in supporting people on the move globally.

Migration Matters

Migration, UMCOR

Help raise awareness and support for those impacted by Hurricane Melissa. Download this bulletin insert and print it for use at your church.

Hurricane Melissa Relief Bulletin Insert

Disaster Response