The Mission Personnel program area recruits, selects, trains, assigns, supervises, and supports mission personnel for short-term and long-term service. It also identifies opportunities for service.
Mission Stories:
Applications Closed for Summer Mission Intern Program
The Mission Personnel Office of the General Board of Global Ministries is no longer accepting applications for 2008 Summer Internships, a program being revived this year. However, congregations, annual conferences, and church-related institutions may still apply to become placement sites for interns. Read More...
Global Missionaries for a Global Church
A New World Outlook FeatureFrom the January/February 2008 issue on Missionaries in the 21st Century.
Congregations and Church Institutions May Apply to Host Summer Mission Interns
The announcement that Global Ministries will resume the summer intern program has led to numerous of inquiries about becoming a site for intern placement.
A Missionary Legacy Lives On
Hallelujah Moment from Macedonia
1/8/08: Baba ("Grandmother") Marika lives by herself. Her children have moved away in search of jobs. Nearly 40 percent of the workforce is unemployed in Macedonia.
Violence Subsides in Kenya but Cause Persists; Food and Transportation in Short Supply
Global Ministries Release
Nairobi, Kenya, January 7, 2008 -- A United Methodist missionary reports that while violence has subsided in Kenya there are serious shortages of food, transportation systems have been disrupted, thousands of people are homeless, and the factors that caused the outbreak have not been resolved.
