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UMCOR Disaster Response Updates

Get up to date on UMCOR’s disaster response efforts. Learn how you can help impacted communities around the world through prayer, service and giving.

This Moment Matters

Mission Volunteers

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

Frequently Asked Questions
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.

Leadership

Racial and Ethnic Ministry Plans

Supports diverse communities through national and ethnic ministry plans that promote cultural inclusion and church growth.
Global Ministries missionary the Rev. Fuxia Wang (second from right), baptizes a Chinese student at the University of Oklahoma.

Multiethnic Ministries

Serve vulnerable groups and work to fight inequality through multiethnic and racial-ethnic congregations in the United States.

In Mission Together

Connecting U.S. churches with global partners to help start churches, focusing on long-term development and self-sufficiency.

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South Sudan Health Empowering All Lives (South Sudan HEAL)

Supporting health education to prevent illness and support local health workers efforts.Describe …

Ministry with Roma People in Central and Southern Europe

Supporting various ministries, including spiritual growth, education, self-support and integration.D…

Philippines Undesignated

Supporting mission work through Church partners wherever there is the greatest needAnnual Goal: $…

Peru Undesignated

Supporting mission work through Church partners wherever there is the greatest needAnnual Goal: $…

Education and Ministry

Transforming the church and the world by providing educational opportunities and supporting educa…

Burundi Undesignated

Supporting mission work through Church partners wherever there is the greatest need.Contact Infor…

Zimbabwe Undesignated

Supporting mission work through Church partners wherever there is the greatest need.Contact Infor…

Zambia Undesignated

Supporting mission work through Church partners wherever there is the greatest need.Contact Infor…

Global Mission Fellows (GMF)

Supporting young adult missionaries, i.e. Global Mission Fellows, of the UMC around the world.Des…

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UMCOR supports relief and recovery in eastern Congo

This story, covering UMCOR’s work, is Part One of a two-part series. Part Two, on health care ministries, will publish

UMCOR supports refugees, migrants and asylum seekers in 2021

This UMCOR update, part three of a three-part series, summarizes UMCOR’s work with refugees, migrants and asylum seekers in 2021.

Ensuring universal rights and welcome for global migrants

This overview of UMCOR’s global migration work includes places of welcome, food for body and spirit, education, legal help and

Supporting resilience in Haiti, hard-hit by disasters

Global Ministries’ and UMCOR’s relief and recovery efforts and global health interventions in Haiti center on Haitian-led efforts to build

UMCOR’s Work on the U.S.-Mexico border

We believe that both humanitarian assistance and policy change are required in this current moment of transition and confusion on

Multicultural church’s history inspires support for immigrants

Decades of support and funding from Global Ministries’ Community Developers Program has helped Buena Vista UMC increase outreach within its

Global Ministries support helps South Asia partners prevent and treat COVID-19

When COVID-19 cases skyrocketed in South Asia, support made it possible for partners to mobilize, prevent and treat the virus

Yambasu Agriculture Initiative supports new projects, expands scope in Africa

Global Ministries board of directors approves $1.34 million for new agriculture projects in African episcopal areas to enhance food security,

UMCOR awards $2 million to support migrants as policies shift

Through two key partnerships with the Immigration Law and Justice Network and Church World Service, UMCOR addresses urgent humanitarian needs.

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The standards set forth in this policy should inform the employment standards and expectations of Global Ministries Staff and partners who work in varying contexts around the world with Children.

Global Ministries’ Child Safety Policy

  • Migration
  • Video
Watch former and current Global Mission Fellows (GMFs) share why they answered God's call to serve! Share this resource with your faith community to encourage young adults to discern a call to serve as a GMF!

Discerning a Global Mission Fellow Call to Serve

  • Global Mission Fellows
  • Video
Overview video on the work of the Abundant Health Initiative.

Abundant Health General Conference 2024 Video

  • Abundant Health
GMF International Track Site Application
  • Word Document

Global Mission Fellows – International Track Placement Site Application

  • Global Mission Fellows, Missionary
  • Website
Explore resources from United Methodist Communications, designed to help you celebrate the annual UMCOR Sunday offering.

UMCOR Sunday Pastor and Leader Kit

  • UMCOR
  • 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
  • Book
This course provides a better understanding of a holistic approach to participation in God's mission and equips lay servants for more effective missional engagement in their own communities and beyond.

God’s Mission, Our Journey (Leader’s Guide)

  • Guide, Missionary
  • Book
This handbook encourages short-term mission volunteers to reflect on the reasons why they engage in mission. It helps volunteers shape the stories of their mission experiences in a way that enhances their personal and spiritual journeys.

A Mission Journey (Participant’s Guide)

  • Guide, Missionary
  • PDF
Download a printable PDF copy of the UMCOR overview brochure for use in your church, annual conference or small group.

UMCOR Overview Brochure

  • UMCOR

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