Report of the General Board of Global Ministries

Cover: Katie Monfortte is a UnitedMethodist US-2 missionary

assigned to the Susannah WesleyCommunity Center in

Honolulu, Hawaii

Paul Jeffrey

Right: Maria Isabel Perez watersplants in Pusthan, an indigenous

community in the municipality of Nahuizalco, Sonsonate,

El Salvador, where villagers have fought a political and legal struggle to

protect water resources.

Paul Jeffrey

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ:

On behalf of the General Board of Global Ministries, I invite you tojoin us in the holy task of making disciples; building up the church;alleviating suffering; and promoting justice, freedom, and peace inthis world. As the global mission agency of The United MethodistChurch, its annual conferences, and local congregations, Global Min-istries works in partnership with you and on your behalf to make disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world.

In the 21st century, missionaries are from everywhere to everywhere. During General Conference 2012, missionaries from 11 countries were commissioned. Almost 50 percent of ourinternational missionaries are now from outside the United States. Strong momentum towardgreat mission in the 21st century has marked our work as we develop missionaries and missionvolunteers in ways that complement and enhance partner efforts, such as recently in SoutheastAsia, Mongolia, and several regions of Africa. Our scholarships and leadership developmentgrants are designed to complement and undergird church priorities. Several of the missionariescommissioned at General Conference received parts of their education through World Commun-ion or other Global Ministries study grants.

We have honed a viable, exciting strategic plan; reorganized and streamlined our operations;and with the approval of the 2012 General Conference, our governance will now be more efficientand cost effective. Our focus has not been on ourselves as a corporate entity but more directlyon the mission potential of our denomination, whose central commitment is to lead new disciplesto Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world; we have looked at our capacity to be an effective partner with conferences and congregations as all United Methodists in our connectionengage in God’s world transforming mission and ministry.

There are many reasons to be joyful and celebrate what our denomination is doing in ministryin 136 countries around the world. In these pages are stories of hope and transformation during2011 and through General Conference 2012.

Please continue to pray for those we serve; for our missionaries, who are bringing the lightof Christ through acts of mercy and piety to places around the world; for Volunteers In Mission,who live out their faith through hands-on service; and for the United Methodist Committee onRelief (UMCOR), as it works globally to alleviate human suffering and advance hope and healing.Pray for United Methodist Women, particularly as the Women’s Division and Global Ministriesbecome structurally separate while remaining connected in mission.

It is my prayer that God continues to bless you in your mission and ministry. Let us continueto go forth with a spirit of hope.

Grace and Peace,

Thomas KemperGeneral Secretary

Letter from the General Secretary

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1. MAKE DISCIPLES OF JESUS CHRIST;

2. STRENGTHEN, DEVELOP, AND RENEW CHRISTIAN CONGREGATIONS AND COMMUNITIES;

3. ALLEVIATE HUMAN SUFFERING;

4. SEEK JUSTICE, FREEDOM, AND PEACE.

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The Four Mission Goals of Global Ministries:

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R E P O RT O F TH E G E N E R A L B OA R D O F G LO BA L M I N I STR I ES

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1. Make disciples of Jesus Christ

Global Ministries witnesses by word and deed among those who haven’t heard or heeded theGospel of Jesus Christ. Global Ministries initiates, facilities, and supports the creation and de-velopment of communities of faith that seek, welcome, and gather persons into the body ofChrist and challenge them to Christian discipleship. Where direct proclamation is not permitted,a caring presence becomes the means of Christian witness.

MISSION INITIATIVES

New churches are being planted in new places through Global Ministries’ mission initiatives: Cam-

bodia, Cameroon, Central Asia (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan), Honduras, Latvia, Lithua-

nia, Malawi, Mongolia, Nepal, Russia, Senegal, and Southeast Asia (Laos, Thailand, Vietnam). They

are a means of living out a strong biblical and disciplinary mandate to make disciples of all nations,

linking Christian communities together through a connectional system.

Global Ministries, through the Mission Initiatives program, has established more than 300

churches during the current quadrennium. Based on current patterns, the goal of establishing 400

new congregations outside the United States will be surpassed by the end of 2012. These new con-

gregations have been supported by more than a thousand partnering churches across the United

States. Through this program, 13 new national churches are being planted in 17 nations.

Gary Moon (right), a United Methodist missionary in Thailand, prays withKittapot Arjor before her baptism in a river near Buyer, a small village in northern Thailand populated by indigenous hill tribe people. Arjor isjoining the Pranetta United Methodist Church in the community.

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YOUNG ADULTS READY TO “DAZZLE” THE WORLD The strategic goal of increasing young adult participation in mission is bearing fruit. The

young adult missionary program more than doubled in 2011.

On August 18, 2011, 25 candidates processed down the aisle of The Interchurch

Center chapel in New York City to be commissioned as US-2s and Mission Interns by

the General Board of Global Ministries of The United Methodist Church.

Incorporating humor, joy, and storytelling into her sermon, Bishop Hope Ward

shared an account from a trip to South Africa and listed the groups of animals she saw.

“A parade of elephants, a tower of giraffes, a crash of rhinoceros, a dazzle of zebras.”

Addressing the candidates, she said, “Entering into this chapel with you today, I see

that you are like the zebras—ready to dazzle the world.”

US-2 missionaries serve in ministries of justice in the US for two-year terms, and Mis-

sion Interns serve half of a three-year term outside the US and half in their home country.

The missionaries, 20-30 years old, spent three weeks together in prayer, meeting with

Global Ministries staff, and participating in training sessions.

The missionaries were full of infectious enthusiasm as they described how they felt

about their assigned mission fields. They are serving throughout the United States and

in Switzerland, Nicaragua, Colombia, Germany, Palestine, Ukraine, Mongolia, Haiti,

Hong Kong, and the Philippines.

PACIFIC ISLANDERS WELCOME NEW MINISTRY PLAN

“Our kalia (canoe) has arrived and been welcomed,” said the Rev. Sione Veikoso, hailing

the passage by the United Methodist General Conference of a comprehensive plan for

Pacific Islander ministry in the United States.

“Our canoe has been wandering around and now has a port,” stated the chair of the

denomination’s Pacific Islander National Caucus of United Methodists, a California pastor.

The plan, four years in development, sets up a structure comparable to United Methodist

ministry plans for other racial/ethnic communities.

Many immigrant Pacific Islanders arrive in the United States as Methodists, but do

not always find quick entry into the US church culture. The plan addresses this issue,

and also how to incorporate the spiritual energy of Oceanic people into the church.

There are now some 70 United Methodist congregations composed primarily of

Pacific Islanders in the United States. Members come primarily from Tongan, Samoan,

and Fijian backgrounds, but there are also US-based populations from Guam, the

Mariana Islands, Micronesia, Hawaii, and Palau—a total of roughly 1.1 million people.

The plan was developed over a four-year period by a committee staffed by Global

Ministries, which will also administer the work of the new entity.

The denomination’s general budget for the next four years includes $544,000 to

fund the Comprehensive Plan for Pacific Island Ministries.


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J A N U A R Y 2 0 1 1 T H R O U G H G E N E R A L C O N F E R E N C E 2 0 1 2

UNITED METHODIST WOMEN’S TRANSFORMATIVE LEADERSHIP EVENT

In March 2012, women gathered at the first annual “Voices: A Transformative Leader-

ship Event,” which focused on the work and growth with United Methodist Women

members whose primary or preferred language is other than English. The gathering

was held in the Scarritt-Bennett Center in Nashville, Tennessee.

PARTNERSHIP WITH MISSION SOCIETY

A new strategic plan for mission focuses on everything from streamlining the agency’s

operations to tailoring missionary placements in order to reflect new global realities to

expanding mission partnerships.

Such partnerships even include other mission agencies that might have been

considered competitors in the past. To illustrate that point, Thomas Kemper, Global

Ministries general secretary, invited the Rev. Dick McClain, president of The Mission

Society, to preach during the board’s fall 2011 worship service.

Incorporated in 1984 as The Mission Society for United Methodists, the organiza-

tion set itself up as a secondary agency to send missionaries outside the United States.

Kemper acknowledged the tense relations between the two organizations in the past.

“We are trying to lay aside animosities from 20, 30 years ago, recognizing that the so-

ciety…proceeds in its work as a general missionary-sending organization, but not one con-

stituted or operated in opposition to the General Board of Global Ministries,” Kemper told

directors. He stressed that cooperation can benefit both agencies. “We know that open-

ness between the two agencies helps both to deal with real issues that arise in mission

areas where we each have personnel or may plan to have personnel,” he explained.

In his sermon, McClain offered board directors and staff a welcome from the soci-

ety’s 200 missionaries in 37 countries and 33 staff in its Norcross, Georgia offices.

“Every member of our community rejoices that I’m here today,” he added.

The new realities of the mission field are not just global but also local, McClain

pointed out. For example, 35 percent of the residents in a community near the society

offices are recent immigrants and 85 percent are Muslims.

Such diverse communities offer “amazing opportunities and significant challenges to

churches all over America,” McClain said. “While the content of the gospel has not

changed, the context in which we proclaim it has changed dramatically, almost overnight.”

A few weeks later, Kemper addressed The Mission Society board of directors. Like

the 72 missionaries in the Gospel of Luke whom Jesus sent out into the harvest, all

who are disciples of Jesus “get sent,” said Kemper to The Mission Society’s directors.

“The Kingdom is much more than one organization and one understanding of the

Kingdom,” Kemper said. “Missions don’t rely on our means, and not even on our gifts,

or even on our wealth. We think it’s all about money, but it’s about people, giving of

ourselves,” he continued. As Christ sends his people into the harvest, which Jesus

describes as “plentiful,” Kemper said, “Let us work together so that the Kingdom of

God is right at the doorsteps of people we meet and serve.”

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2. Strengthen, develop, and renew Christian congregations and communities

Loading clay pots for delivery in District 8, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.

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Global Ministries works mutually with mission partners in common growth and developmentof spiritual life, worship, witness, and service.

MISSIONARIES

Global Ministries is intentionally engaging in prophetic discourse to address the shifting role and needs

of missionaries. As part of the dialogue, the agency organized a two-day mission roundtable that in-

cluded a cross-section of missionaries, staff, faith partners, business partners, and missiologists. The

meeting was held February 27-28, 2012, at Drew University in Madison, New Jersey.

The goal of the roundtable was “to articulate the guiding principles for missionary service in

order to formulate, revise, and implement strategies and policies.” The more than 50 participants

spent time in daily worship and heard diverse educational speakers and personal testimonies.

They also engaged in small groups and consensus-building exercises, exploring and prioritizing

core values of missionary service, including compensation, financial sustainability, and missionary

care and support.

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The meeting also allowed the missionaries to discuss concerns and strengthen

relationships with the Global Ministries headquarters staff. All the participants affirmed

the importance of globally diverse missionaries and the related need for a process that

supports them.

In the fall of 2011, 10 missionaries were commissioned in a large Korean-American

church, First United Methodist Church in Flushing, New York. In April 2012, during

General Conference, 40 people were sent into the world as missionaries, home mis-

sioners, and deaconesses to witness to God’s love, mercy, and justice. The service took

place at Palma Ceia United Methodist Church in Tampa. On the evening of April 29,

the new mission personnel was presented to and enthusiastically welcomed by the

General Conference at the Tampa Convention Center.

Missionaries:

• The cost of sending a Global Ministries missionary averages $53,200 annually;

• There are 186 missionaries in international assignments;

• There are 68 young adult missionaries. There are 41 Church and Community Work-

ers devoted to uplifting poor and disenfranchised communities in rural and urban

settings throughout the United States;

• Twenty-three missionaries are serving through the National Plan for Hispanic/Latino

Ministries; and

• Global Ministries supports 338 Nationals in Mission (NIM, formerly known as Persons

in Mission), 30 of which are supported by the Women’s Division. Nationals in Mission

are people who are hired by partner churches with the support of Global Ministries.

INTERNATIONAL LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT GRANT

A shift in priorities has opened the doors for the agency to provide more support for

Mission Initiatives where there is strong emphasis on education of people training to

be pastors. These include eight students each from Cameroon, Cambodia, and Laos.

Ten new students were added to the three-year program from Europe and are studying

with the Methodist e-Academy, a distance program developed to assist in the training of

United Methodist pastors from locations in Europe where it would be difficult financially

for them to attend full-time schools. The first set of three-year students completed their

studies in 2012. Six additional theology students from Eastern Europe are being added.

Recipient Michelle Jackson was accepted to an osteopathic (alternative) medical

school and was funded for two years for her undergraduate major in Spanish and biol-

ogy. She’s deeply connected to JustUs Youth and Harambee. Otshudi Ndjekembo, a

Master of Theology student at Candler Seminary, was a French translator for General

Conference, and the Rev. Francis Acquah, Ph.D. student at Exeter University/Hartford

Seminary, was a delegate to the Stuttgart Migrant Churches training.

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There are 206 students who have received scholarships. Ninety-one are women

and 115 are men. Sixty-four are NextStudents and 142 are continuing students.

Thirty-nine students are from communities of color in the United States. There are 167

international students.

OPENING NEW DOORS FOR CHURCHES IN VIETNAM

In April 2011, with praise, song, dancing, and prayer, more than 400 pastors and laity

gathered for the third annual meeting of the Vietnam United Methodist Mission in Ho

Chi Minh City. Bishop Bruce Ough, resident bishop of the West Ohio Annual Confer-

ence, presided over the meeting. Bishop Ough was newly appointed by the Council of

Bishops to provide episcopal oversight for the Southeast Asia Mission.

Said Ough, “It is appropriate that this holy conferencing takes place during Holy

Week as we share in the passion of Jesus and put our faith into action.”

The bishop commissioned 12 new mission pastors—four women and eight men.

They are the first group of commissioned mission pastors in Vietnam, and their status

is equivalent to that of local

pastors in the United States.

As the number of clergy

grows, the mission moves

forward in its goal to estab-

lish itself as an annual con-

ference in Vietnam. In addi-

tion to the commissioning,

153 new and continuing

licensed pastors were

certified.

Since 2002, more than

200 United Methodist

churches have been estab-

lished with more than 12,000

participants in Vietnam’s 39

provinces. The Rev. Ut Van

To, mission superintendent,

writes, “Having experienced

Methodism in the United

States, we wanted to take

Vietnam Mission Initiative

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The United Methodist Church to the Vietnamese people in our homeland. So, in 2002,

the year Karen and I were sent back to Vietnam as Global Ministries’ missionaries, The

United Methodist Church in Vietnam was born.”

Basing the church development model on John Wesley’s class meetings, small

groups meet weekly to “foster fellowship, worship God, study the Bible, and evangelize.”

At the annual meeting, 284 trained cell-group leaders were acknowledged. They offered

moving testimony about how the ministry is transforming lives.

The first national mission outreach offering was received and is being shared in three

ways: new church development, Wesley Theological College in Ho Chi Minh City, and

mission work in Laos. A key goal of the Vietnam Mission is community development.

Vietnam is part of the Southeast Asia Mission, which also includes Laos and Thai-

land. The West Ohio Annual Conference has a Covenant Relationship with the mission

in Vietnam. Through funds raised by the conference’s Shawnee Valley District, they

presented US $12,000 worth of seed corn at the meeting. The mission is working

toward official recognition by the Vietnamese government.

UNITED METHODIST WOMEN CELEBRATES DEACONESSES, HOME MISSIONERS, AND MINISTRY AROUND THE GLOBE

During their spring 2011 board of directors meeting, Women’s Division directors wit-

nessed and celebrated the commissioning of 10 deaconesses and one home missioner

at The Interchurch Center Chapel in New York City. Those commissioned vowed to live

lives dedicated to love, justice, and service. For the first time a married couple was

commissioned together.

From August 10 to 15, 2011, 10 Women’s Division representatives, including staff

and directors, attended the 12th assembly of the World Federation of Methodist and

Uniting Church Women in Johannesburg, South Africa. More than 700 women made

the Indaba Hotel in Johannesburg their own global village. Representatives from coun-

tries around the world gathered together for fellowship and decision-making. In addition

to regional and worldwide legislative meetings, workshops were held on each of the

eight United Nations Millennium Development Goals, two of which were led by Women’s

Division. Women’s Division Director Judith Siaba was elected the new president of the

North America region.

In Lucknow, India in December 2011, graduates and students celebrated 125 years

of educational excellence at Isabella Thoburn College, founded by Isabella Thoburn, a

missionary of United Methodist Women’s predecessor organization, Women’s Foreign

Mission Society. Deputy General Secretary Harriett Jane Olson gave a keynote address

on “Transforming Boundaries.” On the Ubuntu trip that followed the college’s celebra-

tion, 10 United Methodist Women visited Methodist brothers and sisters at mission sites

throughout India.

INDIVIDUAL VOLUNTEERS

One of the programs of the Mission Volunteers unit of Global Ministries is known as Individual Volunteers.

The purpose is to give individuals and couples the opportunity to serve as volunteer missioners for a

longer time and more intentionally than is possible with a United-Methodist-Volunteers-In-Mission

(UMVIM) team. The program provides host sites with trained and experienced persons to assist with

both new and ongoing projects and programs.

3. Alleviate human suffering

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Children in Armenia are happy to receiveUMCOR school kit supplies.

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Global Ministries helps to initiate, strengthen, and support ministries to the spiritual, physical, emotional, and social needs of people.

The volunteer is asked to serve a minimum of two months with the typical duration

lasting between four and six months. There are those who serve longer terms and some

have now been in place for 10 years or more. Approximately one-third of placements

are made in the United States with others divided between South and Central America,

Africa, Asia, and Europe. Volunteers range in age from 18 to 81 years, and two groups

make up the majority of those coming into the process. These are young people

between ages 18 and 30 and those newly retired. Married couples comprise about 10

percent of the total placed.

Global Ministries has trained 95 individual volunteers who have been placed in

approximately 30 different countries.

Liz and Eric Soard are a young couple who spent two years in Tanzania serving at

Angel House Orphanage. They are now Global Ministries missionaries serving in the area.

Matt Wiemeyer is a young man serving in the United States. He divides his time

between Sager-Brown (UMCOR Depot) in Baldwin, Louisiana and Spirit Lake Reserva-

tion in North Dakota. Wiemeyer says, “Wow, the summer has flown by and I am in awe

of the work completed here (in North Dakota) this summer and the relationships

formed…I realize I am not in ‘the driver’s seat’ anymore, so we will have to see what

plans God has for me now.”

UNITED METHODIST WOMEN CAMPAIGN AGAINST TRAFFICKING AND WAR

In February 2011, United Methodist Women joined the campaign to “Intercept Human

Trafficking” during the Super Bowl. Joining with Mosaic Family Services in Dallas, Texas,

and the United Methodist Women Washington Office of Public Policy, United Methodist

Women raised awareness and sought to end the worldwide crime of trafficking.

At the fall 2011 board meeting, Women’s Division directors met and dis-

cussed Women, War & Peace, a five-part series on PBS, with producer Abigail Disney.

The series included the documentary Pray the Devil Back to Hell, which featured

Leymah Gbowee, a friend of United Methodist Women and a recent Nobel Peace Prize

winner whom directors heard speak in New York City on the day of the Nobel Prize

announcement.

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Left: Community health volunteerMadelene Mwainga (center)hangs a mosquito net in thehome of Serge Tshibal during atraining event in Lubumbashi,Democratic Republic of Congo.

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Right: Volunteers pack school kitsat UMCOR Sager Brown.

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RECOVERY IN JAPAN

In March 2011, Japan was hit by a massive earthquake and tsunami, and the United

Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR) was on the ground as relief helped the Japanese

people to embark on recovery and rehabilitation. Despite economic downturns all over the

world, financial gifts for the Japan earthquake flowed in.

“We were able to provide a lot of initial relief aid to our partners and now, with the

generosity of our United Methodist donors and other UMCOR supporters—who so far

have given more than US $11 million—we have the resources to pick up where others

have left off, and keep going,” said Melissa Crutchfield, UMCOR executive for Interna-

tional Disaster Response.

UMCOR responded to the triple disaster with grants to support emergency relief

efforts by several partners.

A grant was made to the Asian Rural Institute (ARI), through the Wesley Foundation,

to support immediate repairs and rebuilding of the ARI campus. To support the volunteer

efforts of the Tohoku Disaster Relief Center in assisting in the cleanup of the Schichigo

area of Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture, a grant was made to the Emmaus Center, United

Church of Christ in Japan. International Blue Crescent and Helping Hands for Japan

were able to cover the emergency needs of families that moved to temporary shelters

in the affected towns of Rikuzentakata and Ofunato in Iwate.

A grant made to longtime partner Church World Service provided a range of emer-

gency-relief services to affected communities, while a grant to the Korean Christian

Church in Japan, National Council of Churches in Japan, United Church of Christ in

Japan, and GlobalMedic met urgent relief needs in the days immediately following the

earthquake. UMCOR provided equipment, furniture, and staff-salary support to coordi-

nate and manage volunteer-driven relief and recovery efforts to the Tohoku Disaster

Relief Center, Ishinomaki (Kyodan/United Christian Council of Japan).

UMCOR staff joined dozens of ecumenical partners in Seoul, South Korea to discuss

and coordinate relief and recovery efforts in Japan. As a result, an ecumenical consor-

tium led by the National Council of Churches in Japan and the Japan Ecumenical Dis-

aster Response Office (JEDRO) joined together to advocate for the safe and responsible

use of nuclear power, and to serve the most vulnerable populations impacted by the

triple disaster. UMCOR provided support for the advocacy effort in three areas: 1)

Through JEDRO, Geiger counters were distributed to local communities, including farm-

ers, parents, teachers, and students; 2) Human health and environmental impact were

monitored continuously; and 3) Humanitarian assistance, including soil and water de-

contamination, evacuee housing, and support for the revival of local economies and

livelihoods was made available.

At the time of the disaster, Global Ministries had eight missionaries, six full-time mis-

sion volunteers, and several retired missionaries in Japan with close ties to the personnel

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of other churches and to Japanese Christian organizations. All were safely located within

24 hours of the disaster. A ninth missionary was in the United States. In the days fol-

lowing the disaster, the missionary community responded to those in need and was

helpful in facilitating relationships for longer-term United Methodist efforts.

Global Ministries continues to partner with the ecumenical community in Japan. A

planned Tokyo office will function in relation to a joint foundation already set up by

Global Ministries and United Methodist Women.

DIRECTORS ENGAGE IN DAY OF SERVICE

Weaving together song and prayer, reflections of challenges and successes, and closing

up loose ends while preparing to pass the baton, the directors of the General Board of

Global Ministries gathered for their final meeting of the quadrennium in March 2012

at Christ United Methodist Church in Plano, Texas. For four years, this elected board

of 92 people from four continents provided support and governance to the mission

agency of The United Methodist Church, guiding it through a restructuring process

and strategic plan.

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GlobalMedic workers set up awater filtration unit to provideclean water for communities a ffected by the tsunami innorthern Japan.

GlobalMedic

Global Ministries’ directors from four continents spread out on Tuesday, March 20,

to lend a hand at eight sites related to congregations and/or the North Texas Annual

Conference in the Dallas area. Earlier in the day, Thomas Kemper told the directors

that the universal “good news” of Jesus must become “incarnate,” that is, alive locally

to be effective in transforming people.

Several sites were in the City of Plano and related to Christ United Methodist

Church. These included House on the Corner, which each year builds at least one

house for a family in need; Project Hope, which works to overcome poverty and home-

lessness, and the Seven Loaves Food Pantry.

Plano, a suburb of Dallas, is located in Collin County, where there are more than

55,000 people living in poverty. Plano itself, while it has affluent neighborhoods, also

is home to more than 10,000 children on free or reduced-cost school lunches. Direc-

tors—from the US, Africa, Europe, and the Philippines—helped to stock shelves at the

food pantry.

Groups of directors also packed food boxes and sorted clothing at Crossroads Com-

munity Service, a ministry of First United Methodist Church in downtown Dallas. Di-

rectors also helped at One Man’s Treasure Clothes Closet, sponsored by the First United

Methodist Church of Rockwall.

Other sites visited include Justice for Our Neighbors immigration clinic, part of the

ministry of Southeast Dallas Cooperative Parish/Shalom, and Wesley Rankin Community

Center, a United Methodist National Mission Institution, in Dallas. A trip to a farm that

assists the poor had to be cancelled because of heavy rain. An afternoon of planting

had been planned.

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During the spring 2012 boardof directors meeting, GlobalMinistries’ directors partici-pated in a day of service at

Project Hope in Plano, Texas,by helping to fill bags with

food for those in need in the local community.

From left to right: Dr. Ellis Conley, director; Rev. Jorge Domingues,

deputy general secretary,Mission Theology; BishopWarner Brown, director; Mr. John Best, director;

Mr. Oscar Ferrer, director;and Mr. Dave Farala, director.

Global Ministries

At the North Texas Annual Conference offices located in Plano, a group of directors

heard about and saw photographs of how the conference is engaged in international

mission, including work through volunteers in Haiti. Marji Bishir, associate director of

missional outreach for the conference, was instrumental in setting up the afternoon

of mission site visits.

MINISTRY WITH*

A new interactive website, www.ministryWITH.org, highlighting the denomination’s focus

area “engaging in ministry with the poor” was launched in May 2011 by Global

Ministries, in partnership with a denominational interagency task force, and the Council

of Bishops.

Thomas Kemper noted that the concept of “with” rather than “to” implies mutual

partnership and empowerment. “From a practical standpoint, ministry with the poor

involves listening to, empowering, and training to create sustainable change,” he said.

The With* educational campaign was introduced throughout the connection at

annual (regional) conference celebrations of mission and ministry.

The site offers opportunities for viewers to post their own stories, photos, and videos

relating to experiences with ministry for the poor. Another section allows viewers to make

a prayer request or leave a comment on a prayer. Information about poverty, download-

able resources for individual and congregational use, blog posts by a variety of writers,

and a calendar of events and opportunities to donate money or time are being updated

on a regular basis.

On May Day, at General Conference 2012, delegates and local guests celebrated

the church’s emphasis on Ministry with the Poor with a lunch event. More than 500

people passed through a tent in a public park to receive free box lunches at “Break

Bread With* Tampa.” The event was sponsored by a denominational task force on

Ministry with the Poor, the church’s Council of Bishops, and local ministries.

SPRING STORMS 2011

In the spring of 2011, a record 62 tornadoes, three of them EF-5s—the most intense—

roared through Alabama in a single day. They stretched 1,177 miles long and more

than 20 miles wide, and caused more than 20,000 square miles of damage in the state.

In all, the twisters damaged and destroyed 37,202 buildings, including more than

23,500 homes. They left an estimated US $1.1 billion in damages across the state.

More than 70 UMCOR-trained early-response teams poured into the conference in

the days immediately following the disaster to begin the Herculean job of cleanup.

UMCOR provided the North Alabama Annual Conference with a grant of US $1 million,

which, over the course of two years, will help families rebuild and repair homes and

also support conference staff doing recovery.

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4. Seek justice, freedom, and peace

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Global Ministries participates with people oppressed by unjust economic, political, and social systems in programs that seek to build just, free, and peaceful societies.

Refugees herd goats through the Dadaab camp in northeastern Kenya. Already the world’s largest refugee settlement, Dadaab has swelled with tens of thousands of recent arrivals fleeing drought in Somalia.

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IMMIGRATION AND GLOBAL MIGRATION

Building on the work of the Global Ministries Immigration Task Force and the United Methodist Task

Force on Immigration, and in partnership with Bishop Carcaño, Global Ministries is working in holistic

collaboration with the Desert Southwest Conference, and supporting local churches and other groups in

the United States who are working to understand and counter the economic, family, and human-rights

impact of current US immigration policies that emerge from and contribute to conditions of poverty and

human suffering.

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Global Ministries is examining how a wide range of existing programs within the

agency relate to global migration; analyzing US immigration concerns within a global

context; exploring root causes of migration; and growing United Methodist leadership

in ministries addressing global migration. Grants from Global Ministries’ Restorative

Justice Program will be used to support partner organizations seeking to engage United

Methodists in addressing restorative justice concerns related to detention and depor-

tation. Strategies are being developed that can lead to local, national, and global

ministries and advocacy to address the causes and impacts of global migration.

Global Ministries organized and led the delegation of United Methodists from

different countries to the 2011 People’s Global Action on Migration, Development, and

Human Rights (PGA) in Geneva, Switzerland. Held in conjunction with the 2011 Global

Forum on Migration and Development (GFMD), the 2011 PGA theme was “Undocu-

mented Migrants: A Call for Regularization!”

This delegation enabled Global Ministries and United Methodist Women to deepen

understanding of the global nature of migration and global migration policy; build ties

within the global United Methodist and pan-Methodist connections; and visit leaders

at the World Council of Churches and World YWCA.

The Germany Central Conference, in cooperation with Global Ministries, organized

the Stuttgart meeting on migration around the theme of raising children in a third

culture. This cutting-edge ministry connects Global Ministries to the event, to the

Germany Central Conference, and to the work in Europe. This connection will create

an opening over this next year to work respectfully with the organizers, including Euro-

pean staff, to help bring in and address bigger issues regarding global migration in

Europe. Some of the next potential steps include connecting what is happening in Italy

with the Waldensian/Methodist Church, connecting with the president of the Walden-

sian/Methodist Church and its role in political advocacy, and figuring out how better to

partner with migrant communities through our partners in Europe to support them as

they address the issues they are facing.

The Global Migration Table created by Global Ministries and United Methodist

Women has developed a database of all delegation participants and invitees, scholar-

ship recipients working on migration concerns, and other leaders interested in migration

concerns. It is launching an interactive listserv to build on the delegations and keep

global communications going. This sharing database will allow participants to commu-

nicate with each other, share documents, work jointly on documents, and keep a joint

calendar. It was conceived to facilitate communication and collaborative work among

the participants across the world.

United Methodist Women represented the Table at the UN Tenth Coordination

Meeting on International Migration in February 2012, and co-hosted an NGO side event

on migration and human rights. United Methodist Women submitted a paper suggesting

procedures and agenda for the Global Forum on Migration & Development and the UN

High-Level Dialogue on Migration & Development in 2013.

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Youth dressed in traditional clothing from various parts of the world at a celebration

of world cultures at El Camino Church in Reynosa, Mexico.

Nile Sprague

The Global Migration Table played a central role in coordinating and financially sup-

porting the United Methodist Task Force on Immigration rally at General Conference.

More than 500 attended the event, which gave a global perspective on the issue of de-

tention and the role of private prisons. This was linked to mass incarceration of citizens

of color. Global Ministries and UMW boards both affirmed the General Conference draft

resolution, “Criminalization of Communities of Color in the US.”

The team is in the “setting-the-stage” phase of a project that will create concrete

opportunities for local churches to act in response to critical issues facing children sep-

arated from their parents as a result of immigration enforcement in the US. The specific

objectives have been to: 1) Identify one-to-three churches that can carry out a pilot

program, serving children whose parents have been detained or deported; and 2) Work

with the local churches and our related organizations to develop a several-tiered plan

of action that supports the affected community preemptively, during crisis and deten-

tion, and with post-detention service and support. A site has been identified in San

Diego, which has three local churches available to organize, the detention center, and

a community dealing with the throes of detention and deportation.

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NEW WORLD OUTLOOK MARKS ITS 100TH ANNIVERSARY

New World Outlook traces its origins to 1911 and the launch of the missionary maga-

zine, The Missionary Voice, by the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, a constituent

part of what would eventually become The United Methodist Church. World

Outlook was the name of the magazine published in the 1910s by the Methodist Epis-

copal Church. That name was revived with the merger of several Methodist denomina-

tions in the 1940s. The addition of the word “New” came from the absorption of a

former Presbyterian mission journal of that name in the 1970s.

Current editor Christie House noted that it is unusual these days for a magazine to

reach the century milestone. “Changes in technology, changes in economies, the Great

Depression, Prohibition, the world at war—twice—this publication has seen it all, and

reported on it all,” House said.

New World Outlook today is published in both print and electronic versions.

Technological changes, especially the internet, mean that in the 21st century it is

less of a newsmagazine and more of a source for mission features and a place to

explore mission trends and opportunities. Its bimonthly issues are typically thematic

and illustrated with excellent photography. The magazine is now available for

subscription in an electronic format.

UNITED METHODIST WOMEN RESPOND TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND ADVOCATE FOR IMMIGRANTS TO THE UNITED STATES

From January through March 2011, the documentary I Believe You: Faiths’ Response

to Intimate Partner Violence, funded in part by the Women’s Division, appeared on

more than 125 ABC television network affiliates. United Methodist Women members

made this happen by calling their ABC affiliates and encouraging them to air this hour-

long documentary.

In September 2011, 12 women traveled on an Ubuntu Journey to Brazil, visiting

São Paulo and Fortaleza. One highlight was when the journeyers joined with Methodist

Brazilian women to demonstrate against domestic violence. Across country borders,

United Methodist Women members advocated for the safety, freedom, and resilience

of women, children, and youth.

United Methodist Women participated in the DREAM Sabbath from September 16

to October 9, 2011. The event, a national interfaith effort to promote the stories of young

immigrants brought to the United States as children, advocates for the DREAM Act,

which would regularize their status. Many others also participated in the 365-day fast

in solidarity with the DREAMers. This fast, initiated in December 2010 with the support

of United Methodist Women, asks advocates to publicly fast for one day in support of

the DREAM students and the DREAM Act.

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UNITED METHODISTS’ PRIORITIES IN SOUTH SUDAN

A team of clergy and lay leaders from Yei District came together for a roundtable meeting

in Kampala, Uganda on August 9 and 10, 2011, following South Sudan’s independence

in July 2011. Delegates from the East Africa Annual Conference, the General Board

of Global Ministries, the United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR), the

Holston Annual Conference, and Ginghamsburg Church in Tipp City, Ohio attended

the roundtable.

The Sudanese leadership presented their areas of concern, which mirror the de-

nomination’s four areas of focus: poverty, health, congregational development, and lead-

ership development. They noted that the burden of poverty is at the forefront of their

concern. A long-running insurgency left almost half of the population impoverished.

Their plan for addressing these needs includes an assertive approach of income-gen-

erating activities, agriculture, microfinance, and education.

Fred Dearing, a Global Ministries Individual Volunteer in South Sudan, was opti-

mistic about supporting the Sudanese people in addressing the priorities. “We have al-

ready implemented a number of programs in the areas of safe water, education,

agriculture, microfinance, leadership trainings, and church planting. We have built one

school, established 17 churches, drilled 21 boreholes, and the demand remains high.”

Ginghamsburg Church, a member of the West Ohio Conference, partnered with

UMCOR to implement a primary healthcare unit in North Aweil, located in the northern

part of the new South Sudan. This is an extension of the church’s US $5.1-million

seven-year investment in Darfur, Sudan, for sustainable humanitarian projects. Ging-

hamsburg plans to expand its development work in the Aweil area in the years ahead

with the additional intent of partnering with the South Sudanese to form new United

Methodist faith communities in the region.

The group discussed the diseases of poverty that affect their communities, with an

emphasis on malaria and HIV/AIDS. They expressed the need for safe and clean water

as well as nutrition and access to health centers. They also explored leadership and

congregational development. The discussion centered on expanding The United

Methodist Church coverage to more districts. They cited the city of Juba as an ideal

place to take the lead in emotional and spiritual healing.

UMCOR established a country office for South Sudan in the capital of Juba following

the roundtable meeting. This allows UMCOR to continue to support the long-established

and ongoing presence and programs in Aweil and Yei. South Sudan operations began

for UMCOR back in 2006, and have expanded substantially.

There are now three South Sudan offices: in the capital, Juba; in Aweil, close to the

Sudanese border; and in Yei in the southwest, bordering both the Democratic Republic

of Congo and Uganda.

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UMCOR oversees aid programs amounting to US $3.2 million, with funding from a

number of sources including USAID (through its Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance),

the European Commission, the US State Department (through its Bureau of Population,

Refugees and Migration), various United Nations agencies, some private grants, Gin-

hamsburg United Methodist Church, Holston Annual Conference, and the generosity

of individual United Methodists and others.

While UMCOR once focused on meeting immediate needs for the many thousands of

displaced people in South Sudan, both internally and from across borders, its programs

now include developing better food security and livelihoods; children’s and adults’ educa-

tion; water, sanitation, and hygiene projects; and general health promotion .

Paul Jeffrey

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10-FOLD DISPLAYS CHURCH’S GLOBAL REACH

In 2011, for the second year in a row, The United Methodist Church began a 10-day

multimedia experience October 10th as part of its 10-Fold project, spotlighting 10 ways

the church is making an impact worldwide—from planting churches to eliminating death

and suffering from malaria. From October 10-19, people logged on daily to 10-fold.org to

explore each day’s featured project. The website featured live webcasts, videos, stories,

and ways United Methodists can join the effort. For each click, sponsors gave US $1 to

the day’s initiative.

The 2011 campaign resulted in site visits from more than 93 countries. More than

33,000 participants clicked on “Be Counted,” thus declaring themselves advocates of

the various projects. On average, there were about 400 viewers for the live events each

day, while posts to The United Methodist Church’s Facebook wall garnered more than

86,000 impressions.

Through live webcasts, streaming video, online chats, and other media the following

projects were highlighted:

• Imagine No Malaria—A world of people unified in the fight against a needless killer;

• Missionaries in the US—Dedicated men and women living their faith through

remarkable service;

• Missionaries Around the World—Growing a global force for faith and hope in over

60 countries;

• Church Planting Worldwide—From Asia to Latin America, introducing the United

Methodists and sharing the gospel through word and deed;

• YAYA (Youth and Young Adults)—Providing young adults with life-changing oppor-

tunities for service;

• Developing Community Leaders—Scholarships that respond to the needs of indi-

viduals and communities at the grassroots level;

• With* Kamina—Working with the community of Kamina in the DRC to bring about

sustainable and exciting changes;

• With* the Philippines—Working wzith the people of the Philippines to address

education, sustainable agriculture, community-based health, and livelihood projects;

• US Disaster Response—Responding when a disaster in the United States over-

whelms a community’s ability to recover on its own; and

• International Disaster Response—Responding in concrete ways to ease human

suffering and restore normal life.

Resources for churches to download and discuss these topics are available throughout

the year: 10-fold.org.

GENERAL CONFERENCE APPROVED CHANGES IN MAJOR GOVERNANCE AND STRUCTURE

Self-reform plans devised by most of the general agencies and in the legislative pipeline at Tampa rescued

General Conference 2012 from a stalemate over structure. These plans, including Global Ministries’,

had been self-initiated by their respective boards in the spirit of the Call to Action.

The plans were combined into an omnibus petition that provides a tomorrow for general church

operations, after a plan for restructuring called “Plan UMC” had been approved earlier in General

Conference, and was then ruled unconstitutional by the Judicial Council late in the day, just before

General Conference was set to adjourn.

“I am so thankful for all those hours Global Ministries’ directors spent developing our reorganization

plan,” said Thomas Kemper of Global Ministries.

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DR Congo visitors at the computers of The Advance display booth, General Conference, April 2012 in Tampa, Florida.

Christie R. House

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At its spring 2011 meeting, Global Ministries took historical steps toward becoming

more flexible, effective, and cost efficient in response to contemporary mission oppor-

tunities. The actions reflect a denominational emphasis on the need for renewed, vital

congregations, and church organization in the 21st century.

Directors of the General Board of Global Ministries took three major interrelated

actions. These affected the number of directors, relations with United Methodist

Women, and a strategic plan for the future.

The directors voted to reduce their number by two-thirds, from 92 to 32, while

retaining a strong balance among members from the United States and units (called

“central conferences”) in Africa, the Philippines, and Europe. A long-held concern for

diversity in membership along gender and racial lines will be upheld.

Another action affirmed a proposal that would make the agency’s Women’s Division

“structurally separate” but “missionally connected” to Global Ministries. The division

is the corporate arm of United Methodist Women.

“We, in mission, have the opportunity in the next quadrennium to model the mean-

ing of collaboration as Global Ministries and the current Women’s Division find our way

as separate organizations connected in mission,” said Kemper. The legislation for the

organic separation was adopted in Tampa with almost unanimous support (read more

on page 28).


Sonia Vargas-Maldonadobeing commissioned as aChurch and Community

Worker in April 2012 at thePalma Ceia United

Methodist Church inTampa, Florida. The layingon of hands performed by(from left to right) BishopBruce R. Ough, president,Global Ministries; ThomasKemper, general secretary,Global Ministries; Bishop

Rafael Moreno-Rivas,Methodist Church of Puerto

Rico; and Ms. JosephineDeere, Oklahoma IndianMissionary Conference.

Cassandra Zampini

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There is a close relation between the reduction of the board size and the decision

to have the Women’s Division separate structurally. The division now holds 33 percent,

or 30 of the 92 seats on the Global Ministries board. Five seats on the new board would

remain with United Methodist Women in recognition of the important historical and

present-day role of women in mission work.

The formula for the distribution of Global Ministries directors beginning in October

assigns 15 seats to five geographical jurisdictions in the US, with three each for the

North Central, Northeastern, and South Central jurisdictions, and four to the Southeast

and two to the Western, proportioned by membership size. The board can add up to

five additional directors from the jurisdictions. Two spots would go to US bishops, for a

total US representation of 17, or 53 percent.

Ten places will go to the central conference outside the US, or a total of 31 percent,

with one bishop and one director from each central conference and two additional

directors from Africa. There are some 7.8 million US United Methodists and more

than 4 million in Africa, Europe, and the Philippines. Membership is growing outside

the US and Europe.

The new Global Ministries strategic plan emerged from an “organizational audit”

and led to the tightening of program and administrative functions. That audit also

recommended a smaller board.

The strategic plan includes a section on vision and purpose based on The United

Methodist Mission Statement, which is, “Making disciples of Jesus Christ for the trans-

formation of the world.” The vision statement read: “The General Board of Global Min-

istries equips and transforms people and places for God’s mission around the world.”

The purpose is that of “connecting the church in mission.” The strategic plan

includes a “Theology of Mission Statement.” Five key performance areas are:

• Organizational excellence

• Financial development and sustainability

• Missionaries

• Engaging disciples in mission

• Developing mission initiatives and partnership.

In the coming quadrennium Global Ministries, in a spirit of collaboration, wants to

find structures that free all the agencies from silos to build productive, unifying

approaches that serve congregations seeking vitality in mission and ministry.

“Opportunities for collaboration are manifold,” said Kemper. “I see great worth in

finding ways for agencies to share services and support one another in the interfaces

of mission, discipleship, education, and social justice.”


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GENERAL CONFERENCE APPROVES AUTONOMY OF UNITED METHODIST WOMEN By a vote of 889 to 20, General Conference made United Methodist Women an

autonomous organization within The United Methodist Church on May 1, 2012, during

its quadrennial meeting in Tampa, Florida. The historic vote separates the national

policymaking body of women organized for mission within the denomination from the

church’s mission agency for the first time in more than 70 years.

“This is a great result for United Methodist Women and for the church, and posi-

tions us for the next 143 years of mission,” said Harriett Jane Olson, chief executive of

the national United Methodist Women organization.

General Conference also approved a series of recommendations from United

Methodist Women that will structurally strengthen ties between local United Methodist

Women members, their national structure, and the ministries they support around the

world. The actions will provide more flexibility to local, district, conference, and jurisdictional

United Methodist Women as they organize for mission in their respective communities.

In a separate vote, oversight of the denomination’s deaconess and home missioner

programs was placed with the new national United Methodist Women organization.

The national United Methodist Women organization will be governed by a 25-mem-

ber board of directors, with 20 elected by United Methodist Women members through

jurisdictional channels and five through a nominations process to ensure diversity of

age, race, language, physical ability, and working status. The board will be responsible

for managing the organization’s program policies, finances—including investments,

budget, property, financial policies—and its chief executive staff person.

A 70- to 80-member Program Advisory Group will advise the board on matters

related to program. Each annual conference will have representation in United

Methodist Women’s national organization, thereby strengthening the connections

between local women and their national policymaking body.

The Program Advisory Group will include:

• United Methodist Women’s 25-member board of directors;

• The five United Methodist Women jurisdictional presidents;

• A representative from each conference not already represented on the 25-member

board; and

• Representatives from United Methodist agencies, the deaconess and home mis-

sioner community, and, with voice but no vote, United Methodist Women regional

missionaries and representatives of pan-Methodist women’s organizations related to

the World Methodist Council.


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Independent Auditors’ Report The Board of Directors of the General Board of Global Ministries of The United Methodist Church The Audit Committee of the General Board of Global Ministries of The United Methodist Church The Committee on Audit and Review of the General Council on Finance and Administration of The United Methodist Church We have audited the accompanying statements of financial position of the General Board of Global Ministries of The United Methodist Church (Parent Only) (“GBGM”) as of December 31, 2011 and 2010, and the related statements of activities and of cash flows for the years then ended. These financial statements are the responsibility of GBGM’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits. We conducted our audits in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion. The accompanying parent only financial statements have been prepared without consolidating affiliated organizations which, in accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 958-810, are required to be consolidated. These “Parent Only” financial statements have been prepared to meet the information needs of the denomination. Under the date of June 14, 2012, we have also reported on the consolidated financial statements of GBGM and affiliates as of and for the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010, and rendered our unqualified opinion thereon. In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the General Board of Global Ministries of The United Methodist Church (Parent Only) as of December 31, 2011 and 2010, and the changes in its net assets and its cash flows for the years then ended in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

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GENERAL BOARD OF GLOBAL MINISTRIES OF THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

(Parent Only)

Statements of Financial Position

December 31, 2011 and 2010

2011 2010Assets

Cash and cash equivalents 34,518,039$ 26,611,580$ Cash held in pooled cash management 34,242,741 49,371,692 Receivables: Accrued World Service Fund allocation 9,101,613 9,060,909 Due from General Council on Finance and Administration (GCFA) 4,442,499 4,590,809 Due from GBGM-related entities 56,890 886,155 Accrued investment income 162,498 157,303 Bequests receivable 697,182 729,106 Mortgage loans to churches and staff, net of allowance 939,603 2,683,756 Other 1,576,519 1,660,923 Prepaid expenses and other assets 781,031 694,079 Investments 116,566,604 123,308,225 Buildings and equipment, net 874,692 831,489 Collins Health Plan for Missionaries 2,228,795 3,039,553 Beneficial interest in Collins Forests 38,767,000 38,767,000 Perpetual trusts held by others 22,137,934 22,761,930 Total assets 267,093,640$ 285,154,509$

Liabilities and Net Assets Liabilities: Accounts payable, accrued expenses and other liabilities 8,542,426$ 9,042,796$ Grants and projects payable 5,268,565 5,843,616 Due to GBGM-related entities 241,355 112,558 Annuities payable 708,370 813,807 Due to Collins Pension Plan 28,874,810 18,771,848 Assets held for related entities-pooled investments 34,242,741 49,371,692 Assets held for others 21,773,749 21,057,644 Total liabilities 99,652,016 105,013,961

Net assets: Unrestricted: General operating fund 9,941,495 17,635,577 Other undesignated 1,996,803 3,810,901 Designated for programs 12,214,746 11,321,412 Designated for missionaries retirement including pension & health benefit costs 6,214,534 5,400,080 Total unrestricted 30,367,578 38,167,970 Temporarily restricted 28,304,785 33,038,647 Permanently restricted 108,769,261 108,933,931 Total net assets 167,441,624 180,140,548

Total liabilities and net assets 267,093,640$ 285,154,509$

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GENERAL BOARD OF GLOBAL MINISTRIES OF THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

(Parent Only)

Statement of Activities

Year Ended December 31, 2011

Temporarily PermanentlyUnrestricted Restricted Restricted Total

Operating revenue:World Service Fund:

Allocation 25,929,320$ -$ -$ 25,929,320$ National Plan for Hispanic Ministries - 596,682 - 596,682 Substance Abuse and Related Violence - 661,971 - 661,971 Asian American Language Ministry - 349,683 - 349,683 Korean American Task Force - 704,489 - 704,489

Native American Awareness Sunday - 80,815 - 80,815 World Communion Offering - 332,875 - 332,875 Human Relations Day - 362,556 - 362,556 Advance Special Gifts:

Support for persons in mission - 4,458,038 - 4,458,038 Other 590,062 3,473,307 - 4,063,369

Women's Division appropriation 752,354 - - 752,354 United Methodist Committee on Relief appropriation 3,388,016 - - 3,388,016 United Methodist Development Fund appropriation 879,119 - - 879,119 Benefit Trust distribution 524,620 - - 524,620 Agency Group Insurance fund distribution 489,453 - - 489,453 Bequests 277,865 98,214 - 376,079 Grants and other contributions 558,036 77,943 - 635,979 Interest income on cash equivalents, mortgage loans and perpetual trusts 315,993 105,811 - 421,804 Investment income, net of fees 1,181,641 545,587 - 1,727,228 Collins Forests income distribution 2,616,964 - - 2,616,964 Service fees 358,142 - - 358,142 Missionary salary reimbursements 1,683,045 - - 1,683,045 Other 573,799 - - 573,799

Total 40,118,429 11,847,971 - 51,966,400

Net assets released from restrictions 15,535,956 (15,535,956) - -

Total operating revenue (loss) 55,654,385$ (3,687,985)$ -$ 51,966,400$

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The Shalom Singers during a concert. A young-adult-volunteer singing group in

Mizak, Haiti, the group uses gospel music tospread the message of God's Shalom.

The Mizak-based Haitian Artisans for Peacestarted the group. HAPI, in partnership with

Drew University Communities of Shalom, is the first Community of Shalom site in Latin America. Communities of Shalom

operate under the assumption that God hasprovided each community all it needs to

thrive and actualize the Shalom that God intends for humanity.

Paul Jeffrey

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