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GBHEM

General Agencies
Bishop David Wilson, president of the United Methodist Committee on Relief, leads opening worship during the United Methodist boards of Global Ministries and Higher Education and Ministry’s joint organizational meeting on Oct. 14 at the Denman Building in Nashville, Tenn. Photo by Adam Bowers, United Methodist Board of Global Ministries.

Global Ministries, Higher Ed focus on hope amid change

The joint board meeting of United Methodist Global Ministries and Higher Education and Ministry was jam-packed with changes coming as the two agencies look to combine efforts and become more efficient.
Theology and Education
Dr. Kent Millard. Photo courtesy of United Theological Seminary.

Please spare Ministerial Education Fund

Seminary president says scholarships for clergy-in-training remain a wise investment for The United Methodist Church and shouldn’t be subject to big cuts.
General Agencies
A moment of levity brings smiles during the first joint board meetings of the United Methodist Board of Global Ministries and United Methodist Board of Higher Education and Ministry that took place March 4-8 at Emory University in Atlanta. At the tables are (left to right) the Rev. Greg Bergquist, top executive of GBHEM; Bishop Hee-Soo Jung, president of the Global Ministries board; Bishop Sandra Steiner Ball, president of the board of Higher Education and Ministry; and Roland Fernandes, top executive of Global Ministries and the United Methodist Committee on Relief. Photo by Adam Bowers, Global Ministries.

Boards push forward despite budget cuts

In wide-ranging joint board meetings at Emory University, officials with the United Methodist boards of Global Ministries and Higher Education plotted an ambitious future despite the continuing challenge of diminishing resources.
Faith Stories
Angella Patricia Current-Felder’s path to a life of advocacy started on the day she was born. “I have been trying to be Sojourner Truth all my life.” File photo by Mike DuBose, UM News.

Living up to the Sojourner Truth moniker

When Angella Patricia Current-Felder was born, her father suggested naming her after the American abolitionist. “That started me on my path,” she said. “I have been trying to be Sojourner Truth all my life.”

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