General Agencies

Meeting online Aug. 18, the board of the General Council on Finance and Administration heard an update on the Episcopal Fund, which supports the work of United Methodist bishops. The board also voted on bishops’ pay and the salary scale of agency staff. Graph courtesy of the General Council on Finance and Administration.

Finance board votes on bishop, agency pay

The board of The United Methodist Church’s finance agency approved a cost-of-living adjustment for bishops, adjusted the agency employees’ pay scale and received an update on giving.
Young People
Tessa Brunner from First United Methodist Church in Chanute, Kan., receives communion from Eli Hodge, youth volunteer at Lebanon United Methodist Church in Lebanon, Tenn., during sunrise communion at Youth 2023 in Daytona Beach, Fla. Photo by Crystal Caviness, United Methodist Communications.

Youth 2023: BOLD youth connect with God, one another

More than 2,500 attendees converged on Daytona Beach, Florida, for Youth 2023, the quadrennial youth event by Discipleship Ministries. The four-day event incorporated worship, workshops, Bible study, fellowship time and service opportunities.
Mission and Ministry
Roland Fernandes, Global Ministries’ top executive, addresses delegates to the Africa Mission Consultation in Maputo, Mozambique, April 17-19.  The meeting enabled the agency to listen to and engage bishops, delegates and partners in mission on the continent. Photo by the Rev. Isaac Broune, UM News.

Consultation charts way for missional church

The United Methodist Board of Global Ministries met in Maputo, Mozambique, to listen and to engage partners in Africa on mission programs.
General Agencies
Global Mission Fellow Steven Chingadza (center) receives blessings during an April 20 commissioning service at Malanga United Methodist Church in Maputo, Mozambique. Laying hands on Chingadza are (clockwise from left) Hannah Hanson, director of young adult mission service at Global Ministries; the Rev. Judy Chung, executive director of missionary service at Global Ministries; Global Ministries top executive Roland Fernandes; Bishop Hee-Soo Jung and Bishop Joaquina Nhanala. Photo by Roque Facela.

Global Ministries meetings focus on mission in Africa

The United Methodist Board of Global Ministries met this month in Mozambique to collaborate with African United Methodists on mission work and the shared goal of helping the church in Africa become self-sustaining.

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