Purpose of the General Board of Global Ministries

There shall be a General Board of Global Ministries, ... the purpose of which is found within the expression of the total mission of the Church. It is a missional instrument of The United Methodist Church, its annual conferences, missionary conferences, and local congregations in the context of a global setting.
The Church in mission is a sign of God's presence in the world. By the authority of God and the power of the Holy Spirit, the Church.
Text from ¶ 1301, The Book of Discipline of The United Methodist Church, 2004.

Paragraph 1301 of the Book of Discipline declares that "the Church in mission is a sign of God's presence in the world." Mission has a sacramental nature as it channels love and embodies a community of faith that has been water-washed, spirit-born, and renewed in Holy Communion.

United Methodist global ministries is not about mere programs, and projects, and training sessions - whether those are in relief, or church construction, or community-health programs, or personnel assignments. Quite ordinary men and women are transformed into a holy community - a church that is a sign of God's presence as we pursue God's mission.

Global Ministries has four mission goals...

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He Fed the Hungry and Ate with Sinners: Ministries of Compassion by Elliott Wright
Ministry to the Least of These by Kathleen LaCamera
The Church, Economics, and Migration: God Crosses Borders by Hal Recinos
More Life and Less Death: Methodism as a Positive Epidemic by Gary R. Gunderson
Women and Poverty in Mission Context by Glory E. Dharmaraj
To the Ends of the Earth by Sam Dixon
Health Ministries for Congregations and Communities by Patricia Magyar and Cherian Thomas
The Global and the Local in Christian Mission by John Nuessle

Mission Papers are published every four years by the General Board of Global Ministries of The United Methodist Church specifically for the delegates to General Conference, which will happen in Fort Worth, Texas, on April 23-May 2, 2008. The objective is to engage United Methodist clergy and lay leaders in considering pressing mission challenges and opportunities as they come together to enact legislation affecting the global church. The papers are also made available online to the church and public at large.