Education

Theology and Education
Africa University board members and staff celebrate during a dinner to mark the end of the March meetings at the United Methodist-related university in Mutare, Zimbabwe. The university introduced new board members and welcomed them to the institution during the event. Photo courtesy of Africa University Advancement and Public Affairs Office.

Africa University gets first AME member on development board

Monifa McKnight hopes to provide a bridge between United Methodists and the African Methodist Episcopal Church for the 34-year-old Pan-African institution.
Local Church
CRCC Madang is a training program for Korean pastors serving in cross-racial appointments. Graphic courtesy of CRCC Madang.

Madang marks 10th anniversary with renewed vision

Over the past decade, CRCC Madang has grown into a vital support network for Korean American clergy navigating cross-cultural ministry.
Theology and Education
The Rev. Young Seon Christina Kim, a United Methodist missionary with Global Ministries and founder of Global Mission Secondary School in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, addresses parents and guests at the school’s second graduation ceremony in November. Kim emphasized that the school is a Christian community where mentoring and service shape students’ character, preparing them to become the next generation of leaders in Tanzania. Photo by Asaph Sungura Ally, UM News.

Secondary school transforms lives in Tanzania

Its goal is to develop disciples of Jesus who are academically strong, rooted in faith, socially responsible and ready to serve beyond Tanzania’s borders.
Theology and Education
Students attend a class at the Cambine Theological Seminary, part of the United Methodist Cambine Mission near Macarringue, Mozambique. Through the Miracle Sunday offering on May 17, United Methodists have the chance to help support scholarships for students at Cambine and other United Methodist-related theological schools in Africa, Europe and the Philippines.  File photo by Mike DuBose, UM News.

What churches should know about Miracle Sunday

Miracle Sunday is a one-time offering on May 17 to raise funds intended to help United Methodist pastors in Africa, the Philippines and Europe get a theological education.

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