Global Ministries News & Stories

The Rev. Dr. Leo Garcia, a missionary doctor serving in East Angola, rallied churches, health professionals and volunteers in his community to make COVID-19 prevention resources available to every household.

Church and Community Worker, Lisa Nichols, serves a Sneedville, Tennessee ministry that supplies indoor plumbing and sanitation to mountain homes that have never had it.

Roland Fernandes takes time to answer five questions about his new role as general secretary of Global Ministries and UMCOR.

September 2020 | ATLANTA In a country with a recent history of cultural and ethnic division, Missionaries Külli Tõniste and Douglas Childress discuss how their…

Roland Fernandes, a dedicated servant leader and experienced administrator, has begun his term as general secretary of the General Board of Global Ministries ...

Fernandes succeeds Thomas Kemper as head of mission and development agency.

As a director of Global Ministries from 1984 to 1992 and president of the agency from 1988 to 1992, Hearn helped to shape mission witness and service in the last two decades of the 20th century.

To mark his final day as general secretary and reflect on ten years in the role, Thomas Kemper looks back – and forward – and reminds us that mission is both global and local, and that we are stronger in mission together.

As Thomas Kemper completes his tenure as General Secretary, members of the United Methodist family from around the world share their appreciation, well wishes and bid him a grateful farewell for his many years of dedicated service.

By Kathy GriffithSeptember 2020 | ATLANTA The United Methodist Church’s Abundant Health Initiative is committed to reaching a million and more children with life-saving interventions, a goal…

Joining as one in spirit despite being physically separated due to the pandemic, seven GMFs on the US-2 track were blessed for ministry during a virtual service on August 26.

Leaders of the agency and its board of directors recall the influence Bishop Yambasu had on the church as a whole and specifically within the work of mission.