Press Releases

Seventeen new Global Ministries EarthKeepers will launch creation care projects in their local communities.

A magnitude 7.2 earthquake in August 2021 destroyed much of Haiti’s already fragile infrastructure. A gift honoring UMCOR director killed in 2010 lends support.

In support of long-time partner Church World Service’s efforts in welcoming and resettling Afghan families, UMCOR is launching the Afghan Refugee Resettlement Reimbursement program. It will reimburse up to $1,000 to local UMC’s in the U.S. that are in a sponsorship relationship with CWS.

Support the many ways in which mission transforms communities and empowers individuals across the globe.

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.

The application has launched for the next cohort of young adults that will serve in social justice ministries in the United States in 2022-24.

Join the virtual service of worship on Friday, August 27, to affirm and send the missionaries into ministry.

Sheltering in Love grant campaign receives nearly $2 million in donations; expedited grant awards given to nonprofits in 43 countries and 43 states

Global Ministries joins a coalition of 11 United Methodist agencies pledging to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions across the organizations’ ministries, facilities, operations and investments.

Church World Service’s “Leading with Welcome” program receives $1.1 million UMCOR grant to support efforts to rebuild humane immigration system

Global Ministries stands in solidarity with the metropolitan area’s diverse Asian American communities in this time of anxiety and anger and calls for justice and peacemaking.

Congregations within the five annual conferences accepted into the 2021 CDP cohort will work collaboratively in communities on issues of advocacy and social justice.