Welcome to the General Board of Global Ministries

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Welcome to the General Board of Global Ministries
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General Board of Global Ministries 2009 - 2012
RESOURCES AND GRANTS
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2009-2012 Goals

1. Make Disciples of Jesus Christ
2. Strengthen Develop and Renew Christian
   Congregatoin and Communities
3. Alleviate Human Suffering
4. Seek Justice, Freedom and Peace

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Four Areas of Focus2009-2012

1. Developing Principled Christian Leaders for the
   Church and the World
2. New Places for New People and Renewing Existing
   Congregations
3. Engaging in Ministry with the Poor
4. Stamping out Killer Diseases of Poverty by
   Improving Health Globally

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Justice and Discipleship Ministries (JDM)

• Congregational Development
• Community Developers Program
• Cooperative Ministries
• Just Us Youth
• Ministries with Women Children and Families
• Racial Ethnic Ministries

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Justice and DiscipleshipMinistries (JDM)

• Restorative Justice Ministries
• Rural Urban Networks
• Special Program on Substance Abuse and Related
  Violence
• Town Country/Rural Ministries
• United Methodist Voluntary Services
• Urban Ministries

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Justice and DiscipleshipMinistries (JDM)

• Board of Directors Training
• Community Development
• Community Organizing
• Networking (Local, Jurisdiction National)
• Specialized Training
• Strategic Planning
• Resourcing Grants
• Specialized Technical Assistance

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Justice and Discipleship

• Helps Churches, Districts, Annual Central
  Conferences with
• Congregational Development
• Starting and developing new congregations
• Revitalizing and Transforming congregations
• Training leadership for congregational
  development
• Supporting racial-ethnic minority church
  development
• Supporting multicultural/multiethnic church
  development
• School of Congregational Development (US and
  Europe)
• Academies for evangelization and church growth
  (Africa and Asia)

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• Initiatives Congregational Mission
• The establishment of  faith communities or new
  churches and the strengthening of existing
  congregations

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Justice Discipleship Resources

• United Methodist Development Fund
• Church Loans
• Investments
• Scholarships
• Leadership Development
• World Communion

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Health Welfare Ministries (HW)Resources

• Communities and
• Congregations
• Education
• Emergencies
• Environment
• Ethnic Ministries
• Hunger/Poverty
• Immigration/Refugees

• Pioneer Evangelism
• Mission Initiatives
• Missionaries
• Peace and Justice
• Volunteers
• Women and Children
• Youth and Young
• Adults

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Health Welfare Ministries - HWHealth Programs

• Bird Flu
• Congregational
• Health Ministries
• Disability Concerns
• Health Supplies
• Deaf Ministries
• Drugs, Alcohol,
• Tobacco
• HIV/AIDS/ News, Facts

• Worship Resources
• Global Aids Fund
• Hospital Revitalization
• Program
• Parish Nursing
• Malaria
• Preventing Abuse,
• Creating Safety

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Global Ministries Available Funding

• JDM Resourcing Grants
• Kendall Grant
• A Call to Prayer Self
• Denial (Womens Div.)
• General Advance
• Community Developers
• Program Network (JDM)
• Alcohol, Violence and
• Substance Abuse (JDM)
• World Communion Scholarships (MCR)

• Racial Ethnic Local Church (RELC)
• A Brighter Future for Children Youth (Womens
  Div.)
• Restorative Justice (JDM)
• UMDF Loans
• Leadership Development Scholarships (MCR)
• Special Grants (Womens Div.)

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Congregational Development and Racial Ethnic
Ministries
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Hispanic and Latino Ministries

• Congregational Renewal and Transformation
• Leadership Development and Workshops
• Strategic Planning and Facilitation
• Missionary Placements
• Grant Resourcing
• Collaborate with National Plan for
  Hispanic/Latino Ministry

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Asian American Language Ministries (AALM)

• Goals for 2009-2012
• Work cooperatively to develop new congregations
  in consultation with annual conferences and
  districts.
• Grants for New Faith Community / New Church
  start available

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• Develop language friendly and culturally
  appropriate materials, including audio- visual
  resources in the area of evangelism, Christian
  education, leadership development, stewardship,
  and worship.
• Equip and encourage Next Generation leadership
  in coping with current realities.

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Pacific Islander Ministry Study

• Beginning in 2009 for a comprehensive ministry
  plan

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Native American Ministries

• Goals for 2009-2012
• Assist annual conferences in establishing new
  churches.
• Offer resource and support services to new and
  existing churches.
• Provide training consultation to annual
  conference committee on Native American
  Ministries.
• Collaborate with Native American Comprehensive
  National Plan

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• Produce new worship resources.
• Conduct lay speaking school, with special
  emphasis on youth.

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Black Church Ministries

• Goals for 2009-2012
• Collaborations and partnerships supporting the
  development of African-American congregations as
  a part of new faith communities emphasis.
• Train clergy and laity through partnership church

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Resources

• Racial Ethnic Local Church Grants
• Conference/District Racial Ethnic Strategic
  Planning
• Laity and Pastoral Training Scholarships
• Networking
• Collaborate with Strengthening the Black Church
  for the 21st Century Located at the General Board
  of Discipleship in Nashville, TN

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Rural (Town Country) Ministries

• Identify 15 Town and Country churches in the
  United States that desire to revitalize their
  ministry of nurture, outreach and mission
• Offer strategic planning assistance to annual
  conferences
• Provide demographic research and analysis to
  annual conferences, districts and churches within
  the United States
• Work with the Town and Country Committee and
  annual conference missions staff to develop a
  list of appropriate churches for this program
• Utilize resources developed by the Town and
  Country Committee and/or The Discovery Church
  Journey to engage targeted churches in visioning,
  training and implementation of growth strategies
• Provide an evaluation process to determine the
  success of this goal

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Urban Ministries

• Identify 12 urban churches in the United States
  that desire to revitalize their ministry of
  nurture, outreach and mission
• Offer strategic planning assistance to annual
  conferences
• Provide demographic research and analysis to
  annual conferences, districts and churches within
  the United States
• Work with the annual conference missions staff to
  develop a list of appropriate churches to involve
  in this process
• Utilize resources developed by the Urban
  Ministries Committee and/or The Discovery Church
  Journey to engage targeted churches in visioning,
  training and implementation of growth strategies
• Provide funding for new and innovative programs
  of mission outreach
• Provide an evaluation process to determine the
  success of this goal

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Multi-Cultural Congregational Development

• Start 10 multi-cultural churches
• Research the demographics within the United
  States to identify potential sites
• Work with the Network of Congregational
  Developers to identify potential areas for
  planting 10 new churches with the desire to
  develop intentional multi-cultural ministries
• Train clergy and lay leadership of the new church
  starts through the School of Congregational
  Development and other events.
• Provide financial assistance for the development
  of worship resources and outreach ministries that
  are intentionally multi-cultural
• Provide financial support for the new church
  starts
• Engage in a process of constant evaluation and
  enrichment to ensure the success of this venture.

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National Plans
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Korean-American National Plan

• Accomplishments in 2005-2008
• 1 Million matching fund campaign for new
  church starts
• 15 new Korean speaking congregations
• 7 new English speaking Korean-American
  ministries/campus ministries
• 14 existing congregations strengthened
• 42 national/regional projects for clergymen,
  clergywomen and lay leadership development.

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• Goals for 2009-2012
• 12 new Korean speaking congregations
• 7 new English speaking Korean-American
  congregations
• Train 250 pastors and 1,000 lay persons for
  small group ministry

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National Plan for Hispanic/Latino Ministry

• Accomplishments in 2005-2008
• 8 annual conferences received National Plan
  grants totaling 320,000
• 32 annual conferences have received other kinds
  of resources for Hispanic/Latino ministries.
• About 300 church school extension programs have
  been developed

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National Plan for Hispanic/Latino Ministry

• Goals for 2009-2012
• Charter 75 new Hispanic/Latino churches
• Form 500 new faith communities
• Accompany 100 congregations in the Congregational
  Mobilization process to revitalize ministries
• Social Justice and Immigration minitries

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National Plan Resources

• Both of these National Plans have grants
  available for new church starts and
  revitalization of congregations.
• Please speak with Plan directors for more
  information.
• Korean National Plan Paul Chang
• Hispanic/Latino National Plan Francisco Canas

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Congregational Development and Racial Ethnic
Ministries Staff

• Assistant General Secretary
• African Diaspora
• Kelvin Sauls - ksauls_at_gbgm-umc.org
• Hispanic/Latino National Plan
• Francisco Canas - fcanas_at_gbgm-umc.org
• Korean American National Plan
• Paul Chang - pchang_at_gbgm-umc.org
• Native American Ministries
• Anne Marshall - drannemarshall_at_yahoo.com

• Asian American Pacific Islander Min.
• Nam-Jin Jun - njun_at_gbgm-umc.org
• Brazilian Ministries
• Edgar Avitia - eavitia_at_gbgm-umc.org
• Hispanic/Latino Ministries
• Dionisio Salazar - dsalazar_at_gbgm-umc.org
• Unites Methodist Development Fund
• Paul Kong - pkong_at_gbgm-umc.org
• Tanika Harris tharris_at_gbgm-umc.org //
  Community Developers Program, Restorative
  Justice, JustUs Youth, United Methodist Voluntary
  Services

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For Additional Information and Support

• http//new.gbgm-umc.org/
• 212-870-3600
• 475 Riverside Drive
• New York, NY 10115

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General Agency Resources

• General Board of Church Society
• General Board of Discipleship
• General Board of Higher Education and Ministry
• General Commission on Religion and Race
• General Commission on Communication
• General Board of Pensions and Health Benefits

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General Board of Church Society

• Grant Opportunities
• The General Board of Church and Society helps
  local churches and organizations advocate and
  establish social justice ministries.
• Peace With Justice Grants
• Ethnic Local Church Grants
• The purpose of the GBCS Ethnic Local Church
  Grants (ELCG) Program is to provide grants to
  strengthen the ethnic local church through
  education, advocacy, or leadership training and
  development as they engage in social justice.

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The General Board of Discipleship
http//www.gbod.org

• Program Resources
• SBC-21 Strengthening the Black Church for the
  21st Century
• Racial Ethnic Local Church Funding
• African American Worship Resources
• Young Peoples Ministries

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General Board of Higher Education and Ministry
http//www.gbhem.org

• Loans and Scholarships
• Racial Ethnic Minority Conference Fund
• Women of Color Scholars Program
• The Edith M. Allen Scholarship
• The Ethnic In-Service Training Fund
• The Ethnic Minority Scholarship

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General Commission on Religion and Race
http//www.gcorr.org

• Minority Group Fund
• Racism Training
• Monitoring

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General Commission on Communicationhttp//www.um
com.org

• Igniting Ministries Matching Media Funds
• Leonard M. Perryman Communications Scholarship
• Judy Weldman Racial Ethnic Minority Fellowship

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General Board of Pensions and Health Benefits
http//www.gbophb.org

• Funding for Housing Development projects..

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When Looking for Funding

• 1.Be able to articulate what you want
• -Do you want money, technical assistance,
  information, resources etc.
• 2.Know or have an idea how the funds will be used
• -The purpose of this funding is to
• 3.Do not expect immediate return
• -The amount of money requested may determine the
  amount of time for the check disbursement
• 4.Prepare a Comprehensive Budget
• -Your budget should make sense
• 5.ASK QUESTIONS!!!