Around the World
The worldwide Free Methodist family includes more than 962,000 members in 80 world areas. Seven percent of Free Methodists reside in the United States.
Desperate Times
by David Yardy Loud weeping and a general commotion drew me to the hospital when I was visiting Umri, India. Doctors and nurses were pumping the stomach of a cotton farmer who tried to end his life by drinking insecticide. His wife and children were distraught, and relatives hovered around. A few months later, I [...]
Complete | February – Compassion/Community Transformation
It Happened … Again Rick Ireland, Haiti The project – the purchase of property for the John Wesley School – had been in the works when I arrived in Haiti shortly after the 2010 earthquake. A piece of land just behind the existing school seemed ideal for the expansion project. We were forced to abandon [...]
Haiti Providence University
Rick Reflects By Rick Ireland, January 25, 2012 I sometimes feel that I am seeing the world of the Bible playing out before my very eyes. This was certainly true a couple of weeks ago as Cookie and I participated in a two day retreat for the leaders of Haiti Providence University. The first day [...]
Freedom Sunday
February 26 is Freedom Sunday … an international day of unity among faith communities, taking action to end slavery. Sign your faith community up today to: Access FREE resources to help you take action to end slavery Download the new Fast for Freedom devotional Feature your faith community on the Church Locator Map Learn about [...]
Florence Mannoia, Former Missionary, Passes Away
Florence Mannoia, former missionary, passed away Thursday, January 12. Her memorial service will be March 10, at 2:00 pm at the Spring Arbor FMC, Spring Arbor, MI. During her childhood, Florence Gilroy and her mother were the only Christians in the family. Florence was born the youngest of seven children in the tiny Upper Peninsula town [...]
Not On Our Watch
(This story appears in the January-March issue of World Mission People magazine. Click here to read the entire issue.) By Linda Adams, ICCM Director Childhood. I associate the word with innocence, happiness and security. I think of loving parents doting on healthy, energetic little ones; older kids testing their limits on the playground, going to [...]
Complete | January – International Child Care Ministries
Sponsoring a child is an act of faith. We know we will probably never meet the child or learn the outcome of our long-term investment. We accept it as part of the reality of this unique embrace that reaches halfway around the world. We give, we pray, we accompany the child throughout the journey of their education, and then we say our goodbyes and let go. As loving, long-distance “aunts” and “uncles,” we entrust the outcome to God.
2012 Missions Resource Materials
Acts 20:24 … my only aim is to finish the race and complete the task the Lord Jesus has given me – the task of testifying to the good news of God’s grace. “Complete” – 2012 Missions Resource Materials Click here to view: 12 video segments (each 2-3 minutes in length) 12 reproducible [...]
Philippine Flooding
AP photo: A resident wades through a flooded street with an electric fan following a flash flood that inundated Cagayan de Oro city, Philippines. Friday night, December 16, a flash flood hit the city of Cagayan de Oro (pop. 500,000) in Northern Mindanao, Philippines. Eight inches of rain came within 12 hours and released muddy waters [...]
Clarence Owsley, Former Missionary, Passes Away
Rev. Clarence Owsley September 28, 1919 – December 10, 2011 Clarence was a senior in high school when he fully committed himself to Christ. A few months later, he was called to preach and became licensed as a local preacher. He graduated from Adams State College, Alamosa, Colorado, August 1943, and from Asbury Seminary, Wilmore, [...]
