Mission Studies

Each year, United Methodist Women members prepare for faithful living and action by studying mission studies. Mission studies are offered each year - a geographical, topical, and spiritual growth study. These studies motivate, inform, and enrich our commitment to global ministry.
Members take one of the three mission studies through the organization's Schools of Christian Mission program offered around the country.
2013 Mission Studies
- Spiritual growth: Living Sacramentally and Walking Justly
- Geographic: The Roma of Europe
- Issue study: Poverty
- Children and Youth study: Migration
2012 Mission Studies
- Spiritual Growth Study: Immigration and the Bible
- Geographic Study: Haiti
- Issue Study: Poverty
Past Mission Studies
Search for recent mission studies by keyword and year or choose a study from the items below.
Israel/Palestine
The overall goal of this study of Israel-Palestine is help the people of The United Methodist Church wrestle with the dilemmas, realities, injustices, fears, dreams, and visions of the two peoples of the three faiths who call the land where Jesus walked home.Learn more
Music and Mission
Women in mission have been singing the songs of mission for more than a century through our prayers, our works and our songs. Today, the sounds of mission hymns take on the rhythms and languages of peoples around the world.Learn more
Globalization & Its Impact on People’s Lives
The goal of this study is to explore the places where globalization touches the lives of ordinary people. It examines the impact of economic globalization and how global media and communications technologies are drastically altering both economic and human relationships. By looking at these phenomena we hope to understand more fully the impact of globalization on human rights and the social, economic, and political development of various cultures and nations.Learn more
Shalom, Salaam, Peace
Shalom, Salaam, Peace - three words which mean "peace" from the three "Abrahamic" religions, Judaism, Christianity and Islam, provide the foundation for this spiritual growth study. Each tradition has a history of neighbors living at peace with neighbors and urges its followers to seek inner peace. Each tradition has a history of violence that cries out for explanation.Learn more
India & Pakistan
The mission study on India and Pakistan presents the richness and diversity of the cultures of India and Pakistan. It also explores selected current key issues affecting both countries, including gender issues, poverty, child labor, population, caste, illiteracy, religious extremism, and globalization. The study examines the complexities of the border conflict over Kashmir between the two countries.Learn more








