Healthy Congregations and Effective Leaders in Every Place Making Disciples of Jesus Christ for the Transformation of the World
During Black History month, we are pleased to feature several North Carolina women serving in mission. Today, we salute Barbara Rogers (Advance # 3022129), a Global Mission Fellow commissioned in August 2015 for a two year term of service. Barbara, member of Galilee UMC in Laurinburg, NC, is serving a two year term of service… Continue Reading→
After over 200 years, UMC Global Ministries is moving its headquarters from New York to Atlanta. Our own Bishop Hope Morgan Ward, as president of the Global Ministries Board, joined with others January 19, 2016, to turn over a trowel of dirt symbolizing the onset of construction. The new facility will occupy renovated and repurposed… Continue Reading→
Engage, Connect, and Grow as part of the [Gen]eration Transformation, mission opportunities in the UMC for young adults. Whether you are employed full time, still in college, or graduated and wondering what to do next, consider giving two years of your life to serving others, exploring how faith intersects with the world, and developing leadership… Continue Reading→
“Warm greetings from Liberia where I serve as a Global Ministries missionary assigned as Health Projects Manager. I am thankful for your support that enables my continuity of mission service.” (Mary Randall Zigbuo, Advance #10721Z) Click on Video Greeting to hear a personal message from Mary. Mary’s current health role enables her to work alongside the… Continue Reading→
Over 160 people from 30 annual conferences, including six from NCC, attended a recent US Health Forum, sponsored by two UMC general agencies and one seminary. The event launched Healthy Congregations, Healthy Communities, a new congregational health initiative. Attendees were reminded that physical and emotional healing were intrinsic to Jesus’ ministry. John Wesley started medical… Continue Reading→
Thousands of refugees from Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan, and parts of Africa are pouring into Europe, fleeing war, economic hardships, and persecution. People desperately seeking a better life for themselves and their children. The sheer volume of refugees is creating a crisis as humanitarian organizations, churches, and governments struggle with how to respond. As Christians, called… Continue Reading→
Help keep a mission focus before the congregation this summer. NC Conference missionaries Devorah Umipig-Julian (Japan) and Mary Zigbuo (Liberia) will be in NC this summer to share their stories, including the ways folks in the pews participate in God’s work around the world. Devorah (Debbie) Umpig-Julian and her husband Ronald Julian, both UMC Global… Continue Reading→
What could be more exciting than serving other people and glorifying God at the same time! If you have wondered what to do next in your life, perhaps the Global Mission Fellow program is for you. But, hurry. March 31, 2015 is the deadline for young adults, 20-30 years to apply as a 2015 Global Mission Fellow though the United Methodist Church…. Continue Reading→
This year, UMCOR marks 75 years of being with those in times of crisis. Messiah UMC in Springfield, VA just completed making 1,000 Health Kits. That Church challenges other Churches to make Relief Kits. Consider having an Assembly Fair at your Church or at the Missions Outreach Center in Goldsboro (located on the campus of… Continue Reading→
Plan now for one of our newest Global Ministries missionaries to visit your church or group May 19-26, 2015. Newly commissioned missionary Dr. Genilma Boehler is eager to visit North Carolina and share her ministry and the larger work of the church in Latin America with anyone who will listen. Dr. Boehler is a professor… Continue Reading→