Davao Episcopal Area

Global Health
A medical technologist draws blood from a patient for testing during a medical mission hosted by the Davao Episcopal Area at Spottswood Methodist Center in Kidapawan, Philippines. The outreach event was organized to coincide with the Mindanao Philippines Annual Conference June 21-22. Photo courtesy of Davao Episcopal Area Communications.

Medical mission provides free care for hundreds in Philippines

Sponsored by the Davao Episcopal Area, the two-day event allowed clergy and laity attending the Mindanao Philippines Annual Conference to receive doctor’s consultations, diagnostic testing and other health care during the meeting. The outreach also extended to members of local churches and the community.
Disaster Relief
Typhoon Odette caused massive damage to Surigao City in the northern part of Mindanao in the Philippines in December 2021. With many homes destroyed, people continue sheltering in local churches, day care centers, municipal buildings, schools and sports facilities. Photo courtesy of the Philippine Coast Guard via Wikipedia.

Filipino churches step up after super typhoon

Church leaders and groups are reaching out to survivors after a deadly December storm killed more than 400, destroyed homes and damaged crops in the Philippines.
General Church
Filipino bishops worship with their colleagues during the United Methodist Council of Bishops November meeting on St. Simons Island, Ga. The Filipino bishops urged United Methodists in the Philippines to continue in holy conversation and prayer leading up to the 2019 General Conference. Photo by Heather Hahn, UMNS.

Filipino bishops call for unity

In a pastoral letter, the bishops urged United Methodists in the Philippines to continue in holy conversation and prayer leading up to the 2019 General Conference.
General Church
Bishop Rodolfo A. Juan (left) prays for a leader (red vest) at a camp for displaced people in Malaybalay, Philippines, in 2017. On Feb. 22, Juan made contacts on behalf of a team of five — including two missionaries with the United Methodist Board of Global Ministries— who were briefly detained at a police checkpoint in Koronadal City, Philippines. File photo courtesy of Dan Ela.

Missionaries briefly detained in Philippines

Two United Methodist missionaries were among a group of five briefly detained at a police checkpoint in Koronadal City, Philippines.

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