Global Ministries News & Stories

Global Ministries, the worldwide mission and development agency of The United Methodist Church, invites members to give love, joy, hope and peace through their year-end giving campaign.

Directors of the Global Ministries and UMCOR, meeting Oct. 10-12, focus on mission and ministry, global migration, disaster response, new initiatives and ways to bind the United Methodists together despite fractures in the church and world.

In his report to the board, general secretary Thomas Kemper named hopeful examples of mission the United Methodist people collectively do “in a fractured world and church,” with an emphasis on ministries surrounding global migration.

Norma J. Kehrberg, a United Methodist missionary in Nepal for 25 years and head of the United Methodist Committee on Relief from 1984-1991, died on October 6.

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

Global Ministries is holding its biannual board of directors meeting October 10-12 at its Atlanta headquarters.

From young adults to those seeking a second career, missionaries say “yes!” to God’s calling in their lives in many different ways. Follow along in October as we share some of the stories of the 400+ missionaries serving around the world as educators, doctors, pastors, agriculturalists and more.

2021 Global Migration grant list.

Highlights of the August session of the Institute for Multicultural Ministry in Germany.

The gathering held on September 21 in Upper Sandusky, Ohio brought together more than 500 people in celebration of a shared past and promising, common future.

A growing amount of grassroots climate change work is being done by graduates of Global Ministries EarthKeepers training.

Healthy Youth USA, an afterschool and summer camp program in the North Atlanta area, used a Global Health grant to ensure that more children could access the care they needed while their parents were at work.