Mozambique Episcopal Area

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
Students sing at the United Methodist Tsalala Primary School near Maputo, Mozambique. The school is housed on the same property as a training center supported by Tsalala United Methodist Church. Photo by Mike DuBose, UM News.

Church center equips, empowers young women

The United Methodist-supported Tsalala Training Center in Mozambique teaches girls and teens seamstress skills and educates them about early marriages and other social issues.
Bishops
Bishop João Somane Machado, who led The United Methodist Church’s Mozambique Area for nearly 20 years, is remembered as a man of integrity and a role model for other African bishops. Photo by Mike DuBose, UM News.

Bishop Machado, father figure and revered leader, dies

Mozambique’s third bishop is being remembered as a ‘statesman of integrity’ who mentored many young people and contributed to the growth of The United Methodist Church.
General Agencies
Global Mission Fellow Steven Chingadza (center) receives blessings during an April 20 commissioning service at Malanga United Methodist Church in Maputo, Mozambique. Laying hands on Chingadza are (clockwise from left) Hannah Hanson, director of young adult mission service at Global Ministries; the Rev. Judy Chung, executive director of missionary service at Global Ministries; Global Ministries top executive Roland Fernandes; Bishop Hee-Soo Jung and Bishop Joaquina Nhanala. Photo by Roque Facela.

Global Ministries meetings focus on mission in Africa

The United Methodist Board of Global Ministries met this month in Mozambique to collaborate with African United Methodists on mission work and the shared goal of helping the church in Africa become self-sustaining.

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