Board Meetings of the General Board of Global Ministries
Strengthening the Connection: Mission Program Updates - April 2009
This publication updates the work of of Global Ministries since the last meeting of the directors in October 2008. It is available for download in whole or in sections.
Photo Gallery:
Board of Directors Meeting - Spring 2009
Photos of Global Ministries directors, staff, and other United Methodist leaders.
Edelman Praises United Methodist Women Partnership in Children's Health Campaign
Board Meeting News; by Linda Bloom4/27/09: Marian Wright Edelman, founder and president of the Children's Defense Fund, spoke at the Women's Division Board of Directors meeting.
Sensitive to the Current State of Global Economics, Treasurer Martha Knight is Realistic
Ms. Knight presented the year-end report for 2008 to the Women’s Division Board of Directors in Stamford, Conn. on Apr. 24.
Women's Division Directors to Explore New Relationship with Global Ministries
Spring Board Meeting News4/28/09: Directors voted to take responsibility for the oversight of national mission institutions.
Women’s Division Head Calls Hope Key to Future
Women's Division4/24/09: Hope is what the world needs and what United Methodist Women offers, said Women's Division head Harriett Jane Olson in her address to division directors meeting in Stamford, CT.
Board of Directors, October 2008
UMCOR Directors Approve More than $4 Million for Disaster Response
United Methodist Committee on Relief10/29/08: Approximately half of the approved funds will go to ongoing Katrina and Rita recovery programs in the Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas Annual Conferences.
Grace and Self-Understanding: Bible Study Theme
Global Ministries News Release
United Methodism's new mission executive led directors of his agency in three reflective study sessions on the images and challenges in a powerful chapter of II Corinthians, a letter of the Apostle Paul, the first great Christian missionary.
Why Did You Shape Me Like This?
General Board of Global Ministries Board Meeting, October 15, 2008Bishop Bruce Ough's Bible study explores what it means to be molded by God, the master potter, to fulfil Christian mission opportunities and challenges today.






