Contact Mission Personnel
Mission Personnel Program Area
General Board of Global Ministries
475 Riverside Drive, Room 320
New York, NY 10115
Phone: 212-870-3662
Fax: 212-870-3774
Missionary Wellness Program
Board of Global Ministries - UMC
EUH Mail Stop 1256-001-2AG
1256 Briarcliff Rd. NE A-214
Atlanta GA 30306
Phone: 404-727-2079
Fax: 404-727-2227
Deputy General Secretary
Edith Gleaves, 212-870-3662,
egleaves@gbgm-umc.org
Assistant General Secretary
Bruce Griffith
bgriffith@gbgm-umc.org
Phone: 212-870-3662
Regional Assignments
North America
- National Plan for Hispanic/Latino Ministry
Dakin Cook, 212-870-3660, Interim Regional Executive Secretary
dcook@gbgm-umc.org - Church & Community Workers, Associates in Mission Service, Red Bird Missionaries
Brenda Connelly - Executive Secretary,
212-870-3819, ccworker@gbgm-umc.org - Deaconess Program Office- Deaconesses, Home Missioners, Home Missionaries
Becky Dodson Louter, Executive Secretary
212-870-3850, bdodson@gbgm-umc.org - Alaska Missionaries, Mission Interpreters in Residence, US Special Assn.
Antonietta Wilson, Executive Secretary
AWilson@gbgm-umc.org 212-870-3659 - Youth and Young Adult Program Office
Suzanne Field-Rabb, Executive Secretary for Young Adult Programs
Alicia Capone - Young Adult Missionary in Residence
212-870-3660, YoungAdults@gbgm-umc.org
South America, Central America, and The Caribbean
- Argentina, Bahamas, Bermuda, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Puerto Rico, Uruguay
Dakin Cook & Sara Flores Quinones, Regional Executive Secretaries
(Effective July 1, 2007), Regional Secretaries
212-870-3660, dcook@gbgm-umc.org, sflores@gbgm-umc.org
East Asia and the Pacific/Korean American Mission Pastors
- Cambodia, China, Fiji Islands, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Mongolia, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Tonga, Vietnam
Jungrea Chung, Regional Executive Secretary,
212-870-3700, jchung@gbgm-umc.org
Europe, North Africa, Middle East, Southern Asia, and National Plan for Hispanic/Latino Ministry
- Europe: Austria, Denmark, Germany, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, North Ireland, Spain, Switzerland
Euro-Asia: Kazakhstan, Russia, Ukraine,
North Africa: Algeria and Tunisia,
The Middle East: Israel, Palestine,
Central & Southern Asia: IAM, Nepal, PACTEC
James Dwyer, Regional Executive Secretary,
212-870-3662, jdwyer@gbgm-umc.org
Sub-Saharan Africa
- Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Democratic Republic of Congo, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Gail Coulson, Regional Executive Secretary,
212-870-3712, gcoulson@gbgm-umc.org
Other Assignments
- Mission Personnel Support Services (Covenant Relationships)
Fred Price
212-870-3797, Fprice@gbgm-umc.org - Covenant Relationships Program Office:
212-870-3797, covenant@gbgm-umc.org - Training Officers
R. Glenn Rowley,
212-870-3659, growley@gbgm-umc.org - Personnel Services Coordinator/Personnel Info. Management
Antoñietta Wilson,
212-870-3660, awilson@gbgm-umc.org - Health Benefits Coordinator for Active Missionaries
Ayesha Perrin,
212-870-3660, aperrin@gbgm-umc.org - Retired Missionary Benefits
Christine Lee, Assistant General Secretary
212-870-3681, clee@gbgm-umc.org - Missionary Letters & Bios
Board of Global Ministries - UMC
EUH Mail Stop 1256-001-2AG
1256 Briarcliff Rd. NE A-214
Atlanta GA 30306
Susie Canafax, Missionary in Residence,
404-712-2425, missionaryletters@gbgm-umc.org
Fax: 404-727-2227, Attention Suzie Canafax - Missionary Wellness Program
Board of Global Ministries - UMC
EUH Mail Stop 1256-001-2AG
1256 Briarcliff Rd. NE A-214
Atlanta GA 30306
Carla Warnock, Coordinator
404-727-2079, Wellness@gbgm-umc.org
Sylvia Reimer, Medical Consultant,
315-788-7048, MedConsult@gbgm-umc.org - Missionary in Residence (New York)
Helen Dwyer
212/870-3767; mir@gbgm-umc.org
Missionary Interpreters in Residence
- North Central Jurisdiction:
Beth Ferrell
7852 Newport Rd., SE, Uhrichsville, OH, 44683 Voice: (740) 922-5338,
Mobile: (520) 203-2092; bferrell@gbgm-umc.org - Northeastern Jurisdiction:
Rev. Lyda Pierce
475 Riverside Drive, Room 320, New York, NY 10115
(212) 870-3660, lpierce@gbgm-umc.org - South Central Jurisdiction:
Judy Atwood
1514 Jarvis, Manhattan, KS 66502; (785) 739-5422; Fax: (785) 539-4192;
Mobile: (785) 341-5910; jatwood@gbgm-umc.org - Southeastern Jurisdiction:
Rev. Cathy Whitlatch
3885 SW 194th Pl.
Beaverton, OR 97007
(503) 941.5215;
cwhitlatch@gbgm-umc.org - Western Jurisdiction:
Rev. Christopher & Martha Stockwell-Goering
1608 River Ridge Dr., Asheville, NC 28803; (828) 505-1896;
Chris email: cgoering@gbgm-umc.org;
