Mission projects

A member of a United Methodist Volunteers in Mission Disaster Response Team from Virginia works to clear a flood-damaged home in Western North Carolina during the days following Hurricane Helene in 2024. Photo by Lilla Marigza, UM News.

50 years of turning faith into action

From disaster zones to mission fields around the world, United Methodist Volunteers in Mission marks a half-century of making a difference.

Mission and Ministry

Sandi Goodman (right) visits with residents of Mufongo village, part of the United Methodist Quéssua Mission in Angola. Goodman was part of a Volunteers in Mission team from the Florida Conference. Volunteers in Mission leaders met Sept. 2-3 outside Chicago to discuss how their disciple-making ministry can last for years to come. File photo by Mike DuBose, UM News.

Volunteers in Mission embark on new chapter

As the post-disaffiliation denomination grapples with tight church budgets and the end of federal aid programs, United Methodists plan a long future for short-term missions.

Mission and Ministry

The Rev. Jonathan Baker and Donna Baker are overwhelmed as water gushes forth from a well in Wembo Nyama, Democratic Republic of Congo, in 2016. The local people had been praying for water for decades. New Covenant United Methodist Church in The Villages, Fla., and its Lake Deaton United Methodist Church campus in Wildwood, Fla., raised the money for this first well in the Sankuru Province of Central Congo. Photo by the Rev. Jim Divine.

Calling led couple to ministry in Congo

The Rev. Jonathan Baker, former conference council on ministries director, and registered nurse Donna Baker shared their skills with the Democratic Republic of Congo.

General Agencies

Bishop Daniel Wandabula (front left), episcopal leader of the East Africa Episcopal Area, and Roland Fernandes, top executive of the United Methodist Board of Global Ministries (front right), bow their heads in prayer during a mission consultation session in Nairobi, Kenya. Photo by David Nzuki Ndambuki, courtesy of Global Ministries.

Moving forward in mission with East Africa

Relations between the United Methodist Board of Global Ministries and the East Africa Episcopal Area took another step forward Jan. 16-17 with a mission consultation led by Roland Fernandes, chief executive of Global Ministries.

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