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Areas of Impact

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Matilda Ndanema displays the insecticide-treated mosquito net she received from The United Methodist Church’s Imagine No Malaria campaign at her home in Bumpe, near Bo, Sierra Leone. Photo: Mike DuBose, UM News

Through its networks, programming and missionary personnel, Global Ministries reaches thousands of people every year. In keeping with its historical legacy and through contemporary ministries that meet international standards, Global Ministries focuses its efforts in missional priorities.

Photo courtesy of Paul Jeffrey, UM News.

Global Ministries missionaries serve in about 60 different countries in many different types of professional careers, including as evangelists, educators, health workers, agriculturists, peacebuilders and more.

Photo courtesy of West Virginia Conference Disaster Response.

Through UMCOR, Global Ministries seeks to provide humanitarian relief for communities immediately following a disaster and throughout long-term recovery. It also addresses the needs and rights of migrants worldwide, improves livelihoods, increases food security, and promotes environmental sustainability to reduce the impact of climate change.

Photo by Mike DuBose, UM News.

Global Ministries helps to establish and nurture new faith communities and support existing congregations; award scholarships that assist church leaders to earn the credentials they need for ministry; and resource racial and ethnic faith communities across the United States.

Staff of CHFF meet with children and adolescents in their schools through a mobile clinic to assess their health and provide needed medicines. (Photo: CHFF)

Global Ministries works to strengthen whole networks of health responses, from revitalization of facilities and building better water sources to eradicating preventable diseases and supporting mothers, newborns and children.

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