Mission Initiative News
More than 800 United Methodist churches in the United States are connected to congregations across the world. In these mission relationships new churches are established and existing ones are strengthened. Lay and clergy leaders are trained and affirmed, the hungry are fed, the sick are tended, and those in prison are visited.
Mission Initiative consultation participants come together from around the world to worship, share, testify to the acts of God, encourage one another, and grow in faith.
Eurasian Mission Perspective Drives Expansion in Russia Initiative
04/25/11: Using a new set of directions, United Methodists from the United States and Eurasia recently mapped an innovative route for partnering in God's mission.
A "New" Mission Initiative Grows Up
By Elliott Wright
04/13/11: The church in Russia and surrounding areas is providing guidance for the other mission initiatives that follow in its course.
Minnesota and Russia Partner to Make Dreams Come True
by Bishop Sally Dyck on minnesotaumc.org
7/2/10: Following the MN Conference, Bishop Dyck attended the Eurasia Northwest Conference near St. Petersburg, Russia.
Looking to 2016: The Methodist Church in Cambodia
Interview and Photos by Paul Jeffrey
May-June 2010 Issue of New World Outlook: Romeo del Rosario discusses his work in a place still "learning and defining what it means to be a Christian."
Events To Consider United Methodist Future in Eurasia
by Elliott Wright
9/10/09: Bishops, mission executives, educators, and Mission Initiative coordinators are invited to a Roundtable in October.
Mission Initiatives:
Starting New Churches Outside the US
by Elliott Wright
4/6/10: Mission Initiatives started 104 new congregations in 2009; they are on-target to reach 400 by the end of 2012.
