Technology

Mission and Ministry
Innocent Afful, a missionary with the United Methodist Board of Global Ministries, poses with children from a church-supported orphanage in Kinshasa, Congo. Funding from a Global Ministries Advance project teaches orphans vocational skills. Photo courtesy of Innocent Afful.

Church radio drums up support for orphans

A program hosted by Global Ministries missionary Innocent Afful on Lokole Methodist Radio aims to mobilize millions of listeners for the cause of orphans and disadvantaged children in Kinshasa.
Local Church
The Rev. Mel West. Photo courtesy of the author.

A plan to re-church rural America

Acknowledging that something significant must happen to save his beloved United Methodist Church, a retired pastor traces the historical trajectory of the denomination.
Discipleship
Lisa Buffum and Steve Wilke stroll the campus at The Richard and Julia Wilke Institute for Discipleship at Southwestern College, a United Methodist institution in Winfield, Kansas. They work on BeADisciple, an online learning program for Christians that became more popular during the coronavirus pandemic. Photo by Sara Weinert.

COVID sparks interest in BeADisciple courses

BeADisciple, which offers online courses and certification in many ministry specialties, reports an increase in students and courses that coincided with the coronavirus pandemic
Young People
Early childhood teacher Ruth Nemakanga helps Patience Chipakatira learn to use a desktop computer at the United Methodist Hartzell Central Primary School in Mutare, Zimbabwe. A grant from the United Methodist Board of Global Ministries funded 10 desktop computers that will serve 173 students. Photo by Kudzai Chingwe, UM News.

Hartzell school embraces new technology

Thanks to a United Methodist Global Ministries grant, 10 desktop computers enhance teaching and learning for 173 young students.

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