Global Ministries News
8/15/08: This West African country has fifteen congregations and three preaching points.
New York, NY, August 6, 2008--On the eve of the Beijing Olympic Games, the mission agency of The United Methodist Church launched a new website on the work of the denomination in China.
Global Ministries to Participate in "Beyond These Walls" Mission ConferenceAdam Neal, mission specialist with The Advance, will lead one of three workshops at an early October mission conference hosted in Powder Springs, Georgia, by McEachern Memorial United Methodist Church.
More than eight hundred men, women, and children huddle next to each other every evening, trying to find a warm place to sleep. 
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In much of the developing world child birth is fraught with danger. In sub-Saharan Africa 1 in 22 women will die giving birth. But bringing a new life into the world can not only kill, it can also maim a woman for life.
Interview by Mary Beth Coudal
8/7/08: Tay worked with kids and teens in Dayton, OH. To reach them, he says, "You have to be there; it's really that simple."
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