Report of the General Board of Global Ministries by Global Ministries

Cover: Katie Monfortte is a United Methodist US-2 missionary assigned to the Susannah Wesley Community Center in Honolulu, Hawaii Paul Jeffrey

Right: Maria Isabel Perez waters plants 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

Let ter from the General Secretary Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ: On behalf of the General Board of Global Ministries, I invite you to join us in the holy task of making disciples; building up the church; alleviating suffering; and promoting justice, freedom, and peace in this world. As the global mission agency of The United Methodist Church, its annual conferences, and local congregations, Global Ministries 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 our international missionaries are now from outside the United States. Strong momentum toward great mission in the 21st century has marked our work as we develop missionaries and mission volunteers in ways that complement and enhance partner efforts, such as recently in Southeast Asia, Mongolia, and several regions of Africa. Our scholarships and leadership development grants are designed to complement and undergird church priorities. Several of the missionaries commissioned at General Conference received parts of their education through World Communion 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 efficient and cost effective. Our focus has not been on ourselves as a corporate entity but more directly on the mission potential of our denomination, whose central commitment is to lead new disciples to 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 connection engage in Godâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s world transforming mission and ministry. There are many reasons to be joyful and celebrate what our denomination is doing in ministry in 136 countries around the world. In these pages are stories of hope and transformation during 2011 and through General Conference 2012. Please continue to pray for those we serve; for our missionaries, who are bringing the light of 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 on Relief (UMCOR), as it works globally to alleviate human suffering and advance hope and healing. Pray for United Methodist Women, particularly as the Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Division and Global Ministries become structurally separate while remaining connected in mission. It is my prayer that God continues to bless you in your mission and ministry. Let us continue to go forth with a spirit of hope. Grace and Peace,

Thomas Kemper General Secretary

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Zaven Khachikian

Paul Jeffrey

The Four Mission Goals of Global Ministries:

1. MAKE DISCIPLES OF JESUS CHRIST; 2. STRENGTHEN, DEVELOP, AND RENEW CHRISTIAN CONGREGATIONS AND COMMUNITIES; 4

3. ALLEVIATE HUMAN SUFFERING; 4. SEEK JUSTICE, FREEDOM, AND PEACE.

1. Make disciples of Jesus Christ Global Ministries witnesses by word and deed among those who havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t heard or heeded the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Global Ministries initiates, facilities, and supports the creation and development of communities of faith that seek, welcome, and gather persons into the body of Christ and challenge them to Christian discipleship. Where direct proclamation is not permitted, a caring presence becomes the means of Christian witness.

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

MISSION INITIATIVES New churches are being planted in new places through Global Ministriesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; mission initiatives: Cambodia, Cameroon, Central Asia (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan), Honduras, Latvia, Lithuania, 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 congregations 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.

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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 Mission 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. 6

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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UNITED METHODIST WOMEN’S TRANSFORMATIVE LEADERSHIP EVENT In March 2012, women gathered at the first annual “Voices: A Transformative Leadership 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 organization 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 society…proceeds in its work as a general missionary-sending organization, but not one constituted 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 openness 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 society’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.”

2. Strengthen, develop, and renew Christian congregations and communities Global Ministries works mutually with mission partners in common growth and development of spiritual life, worship, witness, and service.

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

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 included 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 â&#x20AC;&#x153;to articulate the guiding principles for missionary service in order to formulate, revise, and implement strategies and policies.â&#x20AC;? The more than 50 participants 8

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 missioners, 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 Workers 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 biology. 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 Conference, 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 establish itself as an annual conference in Vietnam. In addition to the commissioning, 153 new and continuing licensed

pastors

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certified. Since 2002, more than 200

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churches have been established 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 10

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Vietnam Mission Initiative Adam Neal

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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 Thailand. 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 witnessed 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 countries 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 celebration, 10 United Methodist Women visited Methodist brothers and sisters at mission sites throughout India.

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

Children in Armenia are happy to receive UMCOR school kit supplies. Zaven Khachikian

INDIVIDUAL VOLUNTEERS One of the programs of the Mission Volunteers unit of Global Ministries is known as Individual Volunteers. 12

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.

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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 Reservation 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.” Left: Community health volunteer Madelene Mwainga (center) hangs a mosquito net in the home of Serge Tshibal during a training event in Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of Congo. Mike DuBose/UMNS

Right: Volunteers pack school kits at UMCOR Sager Brown. Melissa Hinnen

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 discussed 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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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 International 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 emergency-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 coordinate 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 consortium led by the National Council of Churches in Japan and the Japan Ecumenical Disaster 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.

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Through JEDRO, Geiger counters were distributed to local communities, including farmers, parents, teachers, and students; 2) Human health and environmental impact were monitored continuously; and 3) Humanitarian assistance, including soil and water de14

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

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GlobalMedic workers set up a water filtration unit to provide clean water for communities affected by the tsunami in northern Japan. GlobalMedic

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 following 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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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 homelessness, 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. Directors—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 Community Service, a ministry of First United Methodist Church in downtown Dallas. Directors 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. During the spring 2012 board of directors meeting, Global Ministries’ directors participated 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; Bishop Warner Brown, director; Mr. John Best, director; Mr. Oscar Ferrer, director; and Mr. Dave Farala, director. Global Ministries

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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, downloadable 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.

4. Seek justice, freedom, and peace 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 worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s largest refugee settlement, Dadaab has swelled with tens of thousands of recent arrivals fleeing drought in Somalia. ACT Alliance/Paul Jeffrey

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 CarcaĂąo, Global Ministries is working in holistic 18

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 deportation. 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 “Undocumented 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 European 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 Waldensian/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, scholarship 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 communicate 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 supporting 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 detention 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 separated 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 20

of action that supports the affected community preemptively, during crisis and detention, 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 magazine, 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 Episcopal Church. That name was revived with the merger of several Methodist denominations 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 hourlong 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 denomination’s four areas of focus: poverty, health, congregational development, and leadership 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-generating activities, agriculture, microfinance, and education. Fred Dearing, a Global Ministries Individual Volunteer in South Sudan, was optimistic about supporting the Sudanese people in addressing the priorities. “We have already 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. Ginghamsburg 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. 22

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, Ginhamsburg 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; childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s and adultsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; education; water, sanitation, and hygiene projects; and general health promotion .

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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;

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Missionaries Around the World—Growing a global force for faith and hope in over 60 countries;

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Church Planting Worldwide—From Asia to Latin America, introducing the United Methodists and sharing the gospel through word and deed;

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YAYA (Youth and Young Adults)—Providing young adults with life-changing opportunities for service;

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Developing Community Leaders—Scholarships that respond to the needs of individuals and communities at the grassroots level;

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With* Kamina—Working with the community of Kamina in the DRC to bring about sustainable and exciting changes;

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With* the Philippines—Working wzith the people of the Philippines to address education, sustainable agriculture, community-based health, and livelihood projects;

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US Disaster Response—Responding when a disaster in the United States overwhelms a community’s ability to recover on its own; and

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

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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Sonia Vargas-Maldonado being commissioned as a Church and Community Worker in April 2012 at the Palma Ceia United Methodist Church in Tampa, Florida. The laying on of hands performed by (from left to right) Bishop Bruce R. Ough, president, Global Ministries; Thomas Kemper, general secretary, Global Ministries; Bishop Rafael Moreno-Rivas, Methodist Church of Puerto Rico; and Ms. Josephine Deere, Oklahoma Indian Missionary Conference. Cassandra Zampini

At its spring 2011 meeting, Global Ministries took historical steps toward becoming more flexible, effective, and cost efficient in response to contemporary mission opportunities. 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).

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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 transformation of the world.” The vision statement read: “The General Board of Global Ministries 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.” 27

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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 positions 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-member 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 missioner community, and, with voice but no vote, United Methodist Women regional missionaries and representatives of pan-Methodist women’s organizations related to 28

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. Nashville, Tennessee June 14, 2012 • Nashville, Tennessee 37203 • phone: 615-320-5500 • fax: 615-329-9465 • w

• Nashville, Tennessee 37203 • phone: 615-320-5500 • fax: 615-329-9465 • w

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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

Assets

Cash and cash equivalents Cash held in pooled cash management Receivables: Accrued World Service Fund allocation Due from General Council on Finance and Administration (GCFA) Due from GBGM-related entities Accrued investment income Bequests receivable Mortgage loans to churches and staff, net of allowance Other Prepaid expenses and other assets Investments Buildings and equipment, net Collins Health Plan for Missionaries Beneficial interest in Collins Forests Perpetual trusts held by others Total assets Liabilities and Net Assets Liabilities: Accounts payable, accrued expenses and other liabilities Grants and projects payable Due to GBGM-related entities Annuities payable Due to Collins Pension Plan Assets held for related entities-pooled investments Assets held for others Total liabilities

Net assets: Unrestricted: General operating fund Other undesignated Designated for programs Designated for missionaries retirement including pension & health benefit costs Total unrestricted Temporarily restricted Permanently restricted Total net assets Total liabilities and net assets

2011 $

2010

34,518,039 34,242,741

9,101,613 4,442,499 56,890 162,498 697,182 939,603 1,576,519 781,031 116,566,604 874,692 2,228,795 38,767,000 22,137,934 $ 267,093,640

9,060,909 4,590,809 886,155 157,303 729,106 2,683,756 1,660,923 694,079 123,308,225 831,489 3,039,553 38,767,000 22,761,930 $ 285,154,509

8,542,426 5,268,565 241,355 708,370 28,874,810 34,242,741 21,773,749 99,652,016

9,941,495 1,996,803 12,214,746

6,214,534 30,367,578 28,304,785 108,769,261 167,441,624

$ 267,093,640

26,611,580 49,371,692

9,042,796 5,843,616 112,558 813,807 18,771,848 49,371,692 21,057,644 105,013,961

17,635,577 3,810,901 11,321,412

5,400,080 38,167,970 33,038,647 108,933,931 180,140,548

$ 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

Operating revenue: World Service Fund: Allocation National Plan for Hispanic Ministries Substance Abuse and Related Violence Asian American Language Ministry Korean American Task Force Native American Awareness Sunday World Communion Offering Human Relations Day Advance Special Gifts: Support for persons in mission Other Women's Division appropriation United Methodist Committee on Relief appropriation United Methodist Development Fund appropriation Benefit Trust distribution Agency Group Insurance fund distribution Bequests Grants and other contributions Interest income on cash equivalents, mortgage loans and perpetual trusts Investment income, net of fees Collins Forests income distribution Service fees Missionary salary reimbursements Other

Unrestricted $

Total operating revenue (loss)

590,062 752,354 3,388,016 879,119 524,620 489,453 277,865 558,036

55,654,385

(15,535,956)

(3,687,985)

Total $

105,811 545,587 -

40,118,429

15,535,956

596,682 661,971 349,683 704,489 80,815 332,875 362,556

Permanently Restricted

4,458,038 3,473,307 98,214 77,943

315,993 1,181,641 2,616,964 358,142 1,683,045 573,799

Total

Net assets released from restrictions

25,929,320 -

Temporarily Restricted

4,458,038 4,063,369 752,354 3,388,016 879,119 524,620 489,453 376,079 635,979

421,804 1,727,228 2,616,964 358,142 1,683,045 573,799

25,929,320 596,682 661,971 349,683 704,489 80,815 332,875 362,556

51,966,400

11,8

51,966,400

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CONTACT INFORMATION: General Board of Global Ministries 475 Riverside Drive New York, NY 10115 212-870-3600

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The Shalom Singers during a concert. A young-adult-volunteer singing group in Mizak, Haiti, the group uses gospel music to spread the message of God's Shalom. The Mizak-based Haitian Artisans for Peace started 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 has provided each community all it needs to thrive and actualize the Shalom that God intends for humanity. Paul Jeffrey