Mission Papers 2008:
By Elliott Wright. Each of the papers in this series points toward an unexpected source of God's grace; a Jew, born in humble surroundings, condemned to die between two thieves, who so incarnates the compassion of God that he - Jesus, the Christ - is eternal, the very source of faith, and hope, and love - our example in mission and the wellspring of our capacity to be in mission.Mission Papers 2008:
By Kathleen LaCamera. In a world of need and pain, how do we decide whoto help? As a church, we face these uncomfortable, almost impossible, decisions all the time, deciding how to allocate inevitably finite resources to mission projects affecting lives around the globe.Mission Papers 2008:
By Harold J. Recinos. The late 20th and early 21st centuries show post colonial migrants onthe move around the globe and taking up residence in places other than where they were born.Mission Papers 2008:
By Gary R. Gunderson. Can we imagine the Methodist movement as a positive epidemic? Dare we say, an epidemic of life? Let's try.Mission Papers 2008:
By Gloria E. Dharmaraj. Christian mission calls for active engagement in the realization of fullness of life. Jesus says, "I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly" (John 10:10).Mission Papers 2008:
By Sam Dixon. The United Methodist Church is active in mission around the world today with an energy that had not been seen for many decades prior to the 1990s.Mission Papers 2008:
United Methodist congregation-based health ministries are expanding rapidly today, especially in the United States, partly in response to an aging church membership and partly because of a growing awareness that maintaining and improving physical health is a significant expression of Christian mission.Mission Papers 2008:
The Methodist “connexion” as envisioned by John Wesley in 1738, and extending over the years into the twenty-first-century United Methodist connection, is founded upon a model of Christian conferencing as a spiritual discipline.
Mission News
More General Conference News
- L’Eglise Méthodiste Unie admet formellement la Côte d’Ivoire
- La Nouvelle déclaration de mission dirige les disciples vers la transformer le monde
- Church Supports People of Tibet and Taiwan
- General Conference Affirms Support for Reproductive Choice
- Church Joins Global Health Campaign
- United Methodists Will Now Promise To Witness When Becoming Members
- Delegates Reinvest and Affirm Hope in Africa University
- Assembly Creates Committee on Faith and Order
- Proposed New Hymnal Will Go to 2012 Assembly
- Native American Leaders Honored for Longtime Service
- New Members of United Methodist University Unit Have Strong Links with Global Ministries Agency
- United Methodist Church Improves Structure for Dealing with Units Outside the United States
- Black Methodists Celebrate Unity at Africana Dinner (umc.org)
- Assembly Creates New Study Group on Church Structure(umc.org)
- Five New Members Are Elected to Judicial Council(umc.org)
- Delegates Strengthen the Black Church for the 21st Century
- Iowa Bishop Gregory Palmer Receives Leadership Gavel
- Transformation Through Mission
- The United Methodist Church Makes the Malawi District a Missionary Conference
- Delegates Seek General Conference Ethics Panel
- The General Conference Saga of the Cell Phones
- Church Leaders Call for Sanctuary in a Time of Walls
- Potato Drop at General Conference Feeds Hungry Texans
- United Methodist Women Members Meet At General Conference
- The United Methodist Church Makes the Malawi District a Missionary Conference
- Delegates Seek General Conference Ethics Panel
- The General Conference Saga of the Cell Phones
- Church Leaders Call for Sanctuary in a Time of Walls
- Potato Drop at General Conference Feeds Hungry Texans
- United Methodist Women Members Meet At General Conference
- Delegates Seek General Conference Ethics Panel
- The General Conference Saga of the Cell Phones
- Church Leaders Call for Sanctuary in a Time of Walls
- Potato Drop at General Conference Feeds Hungry Texans
- United Methodist Women Members Meet At General Conference
- 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.
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