Giving

Mission and Ministry
Bishop Joaquina Filipe Nhanala of the Mozambique Episcopal Area has helped launch an online giving platform to fund local projects that support community health, pastor salaries, evangelism efforts and more. File photo by João Filimone Sambo, UM News.

Mozambique conferences launch online giving

United Methodists can now support local programs and economic sustainability in the country through the new Local Advance Project giving platform.
Mission and Ministry
Participants at the first national Fresh Expressions conference, an effort for church revitalization that is part of United Methodist Discipleship Ministries, compete to see who can make the structure with the highest marshmallow during the Feb. 7-9 gathering at Providence United Methodist Church in Charlotte, N.C. Panelists said new approaches to ministry require new approaches to funding those ministries. Photo by Jim Patterson, UM News.

Fresh expressions needed in funding, too

In a time of declining church membership and giving, the way money is collected for United Methodist ministries could use a wider net that includes grants and being more entrepreneurial, say members of the denomination involved with the Fresh Expressions movement.
Disaster Relief
The Rev. Alan Masimba Gurupira (right), administrative assistant to the bishop in Zimbabwe, hands over donations to retired Maj. Gen. Elias H. M. Mpaso, Malawian vice ambassador in Zimbabwe, during a ceremony at the Zimbabwe West Conference head office in Harare. The goods were collected by Zimbabwean United Methodists for Cyclone Freddy survivors in Malawi. Photo by Kudzai Chingwe, UM News.

Churchgoers in Zimbabwe help neighbors after cyclone

Still reeling from the impact of Cyclone Freddy earlier this year, survivors in Malawi received $35,000 in cash and supplies from The United Methodist Church in Zimbabwe.
General Agencies
Zainab Koroma collects the offering at a United Methodist church in Fulawahun, near Bo, Sierra Leone. Overall, The United Methodist Church saw a slight increase in giving to denomination-wide ministries in 2022, compared to the previous year. File photo by Mike DuBose, UM News.

Amid budget woes, church sees slight rise in giving

Overall giving to support The United Methodist Church’s denomination-wide ministries saw a small uptick in 2022, even in a time of rising church disaffiliations. However, worries remain — especially about funding for bishops.

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