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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.
A child receives a measles vaccine in Kindu, Congo

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 pose for a group photo at YOUTH 2023.

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.
Former UMC Missionary Andrew Lee with participants in a children's ministry in Cambodia.

Missionaries

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

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…

Declaration on global vaccine equity

Global Ministries staff participated in the development of the declaration on vaccine equity and the agency supports its call for

Standing with Haiti amid quake and storm

United Methodists are working with longtime partners in Haiti after a 7.2-magnitude earthquake and as a major storm drenches the

UMCOR COVID-19 grants in Brazil reach isolated communities

Seven UMCOR COVID-19 grants from the Sheltering in Love campaign are making a difference through caring Methodist congregations in Brazil.
Dr. Marie Claire Manafundu, who coordinates the church’s Maternal and Child Health Program in eastern Congo, talks with children outside of United Methodist Irambo Health Center in Bukavu, Congo. The United Methodist Church in East Congo offers food support to families affected by HIV and AIDS. (Photo: Philippe Kituka Lolonga, UM News)

Church gives hope to people living with HIV in Congo

Through funding from Global Ministries, more than 100 women living with HIV in the Kivu Conference are receiving counseling, transportation

Yes, volunteering can change your life

In 1960, Ruth Johnson Colvin decided to volunteer her time to do something about the high rate of functional illiteracy

Putting Aside Differences to Protect Our Neighbors

Who Is My Neighbor? Lenten Devotion Series: Week 5

Displaced families in Yemen receive hope in UMCOR packages

After six years of civil war with no end in sight, thousands of Yemeni families are caught in what the

Relationships support disaster response in Texas

After a dozen years of a conference-to-conference In Mission Together connection between the Eurasia and Baltimore-Washington episcopal areas, relationships grow

Visit the young, vibrant Methodist community in Cambodia

Experience the Methodist Church in Cambodia, which became a denomination in 2018, and see how God’s mission is alive in
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

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

Migration Matters

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

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