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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.

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.

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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.

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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 integratio…

Black College Innovation Fund

Strengthening historically Black United Methodist colleges and universities, supporting students …

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…

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Global Ministries and UMCOR Support Ebola Response Efforts in DRC

Grants for training, community outreach, and coordination with health authorities are addressing preparedness and response in affected and high-risk regions.

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.

UMCOR relief efforts continue in Gaza and other communities

The United Methodist Committee on Relief has supported relief operations in Gaza, the West Bank throughout 2024 and into the

Relief, health, housing and safety for people in Ukraine

As the war in Ukraine escalates, UMCOR engages with more partners inside and outside Ukraine to care for war-weary people

Recent UMCOR grants for Ukraine address relief, health, housing and safety

As the war in Ukraine escalates, UMCOR engages with more partners inside and outside Ukraine to care for war-weary people

World breast-feeding week – small steps for success 

Having a breastfeeding support system through local community-based health care providers supported by Global Ministries can make all the difference

Sustaining faith partnerships with Latin America

Through small grants, the Encounter with Christ fund has nurtured Methodist mission and relationships in 26 countries of Latin America

Support for Healthier Mothers and Babies: World Breastfeeding Week

Preventing malnutrition in pregnant women, mothers, and babies is a key element of a Global Ministries’ joint program on food
Event participants engage in small groups at the Arkansas Conference's Mission U, held at Hendrix College in 2025. The Black Church Initiative sponsored four youth to attend the event. Photo: Sandra Parham Turner

Grants to 10 U.S. Conferences Encourage New Leadership and Church Growth

Racial/Ethnic and Multiethnic Ministries grants support programs that foster leadership development and church growth in racial/ethnic communities.

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Form to enter a supportive partnership with a global missionary.

Covenant Partner Relationship Form

  • Covenant Partnerships, Form
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This downloadable PDF shows the timeline for 2026-27 International track GMFs.

Global Mission Fellows: What to Expect on the International Track

  • Global Mission Fellows
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Interactive guide to decide if being a missionary is right for you.

Missionary Discernment Guide

  • Guide, Missionary
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Handout that explains what it means to enter into a Covenant Partner Relationship with global missionaries.

Covenant Partner Relationship Flyer

  • Guide, Missionary
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Overview video of the work of missionaries.

Connecting the Church in Mission: Missionaries

  • Mission Priority
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Overview video of UMCOR's work in disaster response, migration and sustainability to strengthen communities worldwide.

Connecting the Church in Mission: Humanitarian Relief and Recovery

  • Mission Priority
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Overview video of Global Health and its work to strengthen health systems, prevent and treat disease, access clean water and sanitation, and care for vulnerable communities.

Connecting the Church in Mission: Global Health

  • Mission Priority
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Grant application for local racial ethnic congregations to explore becoming a Community Developers Program (CDP) site.

Community Developers Program Application

  • Community Developers Program, Grant Application, Multiethnic Ministries
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Global Mission Fellows – US-2 Track Application Checklist

  • Global Mission Fellows

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