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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.
Church Leadership
Members of the United Methodist Korean American Pastors' Soccer Club in New York enjoy fellowship with pastoral colleagues. Photo courtesy of the New York Conference.

Pastors find community, healing in soccer club

Young Korean American United Methodist clergy in the New York Conference are playing soccer as a way to stay physically and mentally fit, share information about ministry and take care of their families. The Rev. CheonEui Oh has the story.
Global Health
Dr. Pierre Omesombo, attending physician at Tunda General Hospital, talks with a patient in Tunda, Congo. The country is the epicenter of an mpox outbreak, accounting for 96% of all cases, the Africa CDC reports. The United Methodist medical facility has a laboratory that enables rapid diagnosis of mpox and effective monitoring of the outbreak. Photo by Chadrack Tambwe Londe, UM News.

Church on front line against mpox in Africa

As mpox cases rise, the church is mobilizing in Congo, the epicenter of the outbreak. From pastors to health relays, United Methodists are working to inform local communities about the virus and treatment.
Global Health
Dr. Jonathan D. Avalos. Photo courtesy of the author.

Preventing overdose deaths gives God's people a second chance

Ahead of International Overdose Awareness Day on Aug. 31, an addiction medicine physician points to our Wesleyan roots of caring for those who struggle with substance abuse.

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