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Explore how your gifts and our global partnerships connect local churches and communities in mission to alleviate human suffering around the world.

‘This Moment Matters’ Reaches $38.6 Million in Granting

Global Ministries and Higher Education and Ministry’s granting and fundraising initiative, “This Moment Matters” has now awarded close to $40 million across five areas of urgent need.
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Applications for UMCOR’s Mustard Seed Migration Grant program are open

UMC churches in the United States can aid migrants in their local communities with the help of a $2,000 grant from the United Methodist Committee on Relief. 

UMCOR donors are helping refugees from Ukraine displaced by war

Funds are providing food, water, medicine, shelter and transportation to Ukrainians and other refugees.

Walking with the light: CCWs meet for biennial gathering

Church and Community Worker missionaries met together via zoom for their biennial meeting to celebrate their ministries, honor retirees, welcome new CCWs and reflect on God’s light in their daily work.

Justice for asylum seekers requires patience and persistence

Two years after the UMCOR, CWS and JFON partnership, asylum cases are finally moving. Confusing policies and pandemic closures have kept asylum seekers with legitimate cases in limbo.

Helping families feel safe again

UMCOR partners with Cristosal to resettle displaced families in El Salvador.

United Methodist Committee on Relief Grant Helps Church World Service Support Afghan Allies

Thanks to a new $100,000 grant from the United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR), long-time partner Church World Service, a key organization in the welcome effort, will have funds that its nationwide resettlement network can use.

Church work continues in Afghanistan

Through ecumenical partnerships on the ground, United Methodists continue to work to improve life for Afghans, as they have since the 1960s.

UMCOR supports Afghans in need

In collaboration with long-standing partners, UMCOR is providing humanitarian relief and is prepared to assist with refugee resettlement.

Global Ministries awards grants to help United Methodist churches aid local refugees and migrants in their communities

Mustard Seed Migration Grants continue UMCOR's 80-Year tradition of welcoming the stranger.

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.

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