Young Adults News & Stories

As people of faith get used to new routines in response to the coronavirus pandemic, we can look to missionaries as a source for inspiration. Missionaries navigate social and professional disorientation and learn how to stay connected – connected to God, connected to their support networks and connected to the world they serve.

Serving at Sunnyside United Methodist Church in Kalamazoo, Michigan, Emily Burns works to combat issues of food insecurity in her community as a Global Mission Fellow and EarthKeeper by supporting and developing a community garden and food pantry.

Working as migration ministry advocates on Mexico’s northern border with the U.S., Yabes Manokaran and Eric Agron hear the stories – family stories, political stories, religious stories – dangerous and beautiful stories of the lives of people in transit, trying to find safety.

Devotional by Angela A. Reed | Fourth week of Advent

Devotional by Joe Edward Pormai | First week of Advent

A missionary family, a Global Mission Fellow and a mission volunteer demonstrate how different forms of mission service work together in Tanzania.

They join 50 recently commissioned international Global Mission Fellows, starting two-year assignments in social justice ministries around the world.

From a lab scientist in Liberia to a youth minister in Russia, we celebrate the 50 International Track GMFs who have been sent out for two years of service around the world.

For the month of May, follow along as we highlight the breadth and impact of Global Ministries work around the world. Judy Chung, executive director of Missionary Services, begins by sharing how the boundary-crossing work of missionaries is one way we can see the impact.