Mozambique Episcopal Area

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.

Disaster Relief

A mother and her four children stand by the remains of their home, which was destroyed by Cyclone Freddy in the Zambezia Province of Milange, Mozambique. The record-breaking cyclone wreaked havoc on southeastern Africa in February and March. Photo by Zenaido Castigo.

Church responds after cyclone batters Africa

The record-breaking storm’s duration was at least 36 days, killing more than 600 people in Malawi, Mozambique and Madagascar. United Methodists are reaching out to survivors as recovery continues.

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