MISSIONARIES

Training, commissioning, assigning and supporting missionaries in the United States and around the world have been at the heart of mission since the founding of the first denominational Methodist missionary society in 1819. 

Today, United Methodist missionaries serve in about 60 different countries in many types of professional careers, including as pastors, evangelists and church coordinators; teachers and educators; doctors, nurses and other health workers; agriculturists; development specialists; community organizers and peacebuilders.

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ARK staff meet over lunch. PHOTO: PATRICK BOOTH
Global Missionaries

Deepen relationships with partners and commitment to God’s mission in long-term, cross-cultural contexts.

Katie Peterson, Church and Community Worker at Eastbrook Mission Barn in New Castle, Pennsylvania, puts her construction skills to work.
U.S. Missionaries

Bridge church and community in mission within disenfranchised communities in the United States.

global missions fellows class
Young Adults

Connect faith and action by engaging in community and growing in social and personal holiness through service around the world.

Volunteers of the Teresina Methodist Church in Brazil conduct a weekly program with children from Jerusalem. Photo: Project New Jerusalem.
Mission Volunteers

Engage in short-to-mid-term partnerships with communities around the world, striving to embody mutuality in mission. 

Discerning your call to mission

Through Global Ministries, individuals, couples and families of all ages and from all regions of the world have responded to join in God’s mission as missionaries. 

Learn about the joys and challenges of missionaries serving around the world each month through episodes of #stillinmission
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Hope in the Lord 

A reflection for Good Friday on being Christian when Christianity is not the religion of the majority.

Trust in Christ…hope fulfilled

A reflection for Maundy Thursday on God’s work in Burundi.

Palm Sunday reflection
Embracing the need for God

A reflection for Palm Sunday on the blessing of need when embraced as a path to God.

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