Global Programs
Going into all the world sharing the good news...
ZOE Ministry
ZOE Ministry gives hope to orphans in Africa by providing food relief, education support, medical care and empowerment life-skills training. ZOE Ministry began in 2004 when Reverend Greg Jenks answered Christ’s call to reach out to the least of these through the witness of a 15 year old girl who had traveled to Africa to work with children orphaned by the HIV/AIDS pandemic. In many African countries, orphaned children are raising their brothers and sisters due to the HIV/AIDS pandemic. Animals can be the first step toward transforming the lives of orphans. Animals provide manure for fields, nourishment and income as they reproduce. ZOE distributes animals in the most practical and efficient way possible so that animals will thrive in their environment. The Giving Hope Empowerment Project equips orphans and child-led families with essential life skills such as mentoring, vocational training, income generating activities, training in animal husbandry and farming, HIV/AIDS education, and shared love of Christ so they may live free from the cycle of poverty and dependency within two-three years in the program.Our goal over the next year is to build a partnership bridge between GBUMC’s heart for the hurting and under-resourced and ZOE Ministry.
To learn more about the ministries of ZOE go to www.zoeministry.org
ZOE Ministry is an official project of the General Board of Global Ministries of the United Methodist Church.
The Maji Project...
a ministry with Church World Service that provides re-hydration kits to children in Africa.
Oral Rehydration Therapy (ORT)
ORT, a special mixture of salt and sugar in clean water, can prevent dehydration brought on by diarrhea, which leads to death for two million children a year in the developing world.
Peru (Love For Peru Foundation)
Project Hope and a complex for the disabled are the two projects this mission supports as well as a group that provides wheelchairs. Contact: Magali Solimano (850) 934-6144.
Honduras
Teams travel to Guanaja for construction projects, to provide specialized medical care, provide assistance to an orphanage in La Ceiba and to teach children and youth on the dangers of drug and alcohol. Contact: Sparkie Folkers (850) 932-0595.
Russia
Teams go to Satka (in the Ural mountains) to support the ministry of Satka United Methodist Church and to spread the Gospel in Russia via VBS, English classes, soup kitchen, Adult Bible study and Walks to Emmaus spiritual weekends. Contact: Olga Batova (850) 932-3594.
United Methodist Church in Eurasia
Russia Initiative of General Board of Global Ministires
http://www.umc-eurasia.ru/en
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