Give to at least one of the following Mission Personnel or another UMC Missionary.
Mission Personnel within The Michigan Conference
Randy Joe Hildebrant
General Advance #982961
Randy Hildebrant is a missionary with the General Board of Global Ministries of The United Methodist Church assigned as a Church and Community Worker at God’s Country Community Ministry, based in Newberry, Michigan. The community consists of seven community churches. Randy works with them in community development, leadership development, special projects, and hosting volunteer-in-mission teams. His home state is Oklahoma.
Global Mission Fellows/US-2s
The Global Mission Fellows (GMF) program combines the strengths of the US-2 and Mission Intern programs that began in 1951 and 1977,respectively. The GMF program engages young adults passionate about social justice to serve either in one’s own country or internationally,literally ‘from everywhere, to everywhere’. The program’s core values of Engage with Local Communities, Connect the Church in Mission and Grow in Personal and Social Holiness inform both the mission work and personal life of these young missionaries. Today, there are over 1000 alumni of these programs around the world serving in a broad spectrum of ministries, still passionate about social justice, still integrating the lessons they learned through their term of service into their daily vocations.
Mission Personnel in Africa
David Paye Guinkpa
General Advance #15089Z
David Guinkpa is a missionary with the General Board of Global Ministries of The United Methodist Church serving as Interim Treasurer of the Liberia Annual Conference and Interim Financial Officer in Liberia and Nigeria. Mission finance auditors work with church leaders, mission partners and institutions, and Global Ministries personnel to ensure that funds are distributed and utilized in appropriate ways. David’s home country is Liberia. Contact him at [email protected].
Rev. Umba Ilunga Kalangwa – This missionary has completed service. See GBGM to select another missionary.
General Advance #14211Z
The Rev. Umba Ilunga Kalangwa is a missionary in Tanzania assigned by the General Board of Global Ministries of the United Methodist Church. Umba serves the United Methodist Church in Tanzania as District Superintendent of Kigoma District, Director of Morogoro Pastors’ Training Center, the Coordinator of the Reaching Out Ministry in Rural Areas, and Manager of the Wesley Primary School. Umba’s home country is the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Ngoy Mulanga Kalangwa
General Advance #15162Z
Ngoy Mulanga Kalangwa is a missionary assigned to Tanzania by the General Board of Global Ministries of the United Methodist Church. Ngoy is the coordinator of Methodist schools and director of the Susannah Wesley Education and Healthcare Center. Ngoy’s home country is the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Florence Ogugua Mefor
Advance number #13991Z
Florence Ogugua Mefor is a missionary with the Board of Global Ministries of The United Methodist Church assigned to Old Mutare Hospital, Zimbabwe utilizing her skills as a nurse mid-wife.
Temba Nkomozepi
General Advance #3022400
Temba Nkomozepi is a missionary with the United Methodist General Board of Global Ministries serving as an agriculturalist at Mujila Falls Agriculture Center in Kanyama, Zambia. Temba takes part in a range of agricultural, education, and health projects, as well as church growth and development. Mujila Falls raises essential crops, such as corn, and engages in small animal husbandry, cattle and goat milking, fruit culture, tree nurseries, fish culture, and research. Temba’s home country is Zimbabwe.
Mission Personnel in Asia
Dexter Ceballos – This missionary has completed service. See GBGM to select another missionary.
General Advance #3022705
Rev. Dexter F. Ceballos is a Global Missionary with the General Board of Global Ministries of The United Methodist Church, serving as the country director of the United Methodist Mission in Mongolia. Dexter’s home country is the Philippines where he served as a pastor for more than 20 years. One of Dexter’s responsibilities is to teach Wesleyan studies at Mongolia Trinity Bible College, where most of the country’s future UMC pastors are trained.
J. Park
General Advance #3022592
The Rev. J. Park is a United Methodist missionary with the General Board of Global Ministries serving as the country director of the Southeast Asia Mission Initiative. He is based in Ho Chi Minh City. Rev. Park’s ministry focuses on congregational development, including support of local pastoral leadership and the cultivation of small group ministries for the church and community. Rev. Park’s home countries are South Korea and the United States.
T. Park
General Advance #3022591
T. Park is a United Methodist missionary with the General Board of Global Ministries serving as the Christian education coordinator for the United Methodist Mission in Southeast Asia. Her ministry supports the spiritual development and education of families and children in Southeast Asia. Ms. Park’s home countries are South Korea and the United States.
Mission Personnel in Central America
CHARLES MULEMENA
General Advance #3022034 The Rev. Charles I. Mulemena is a missionary with the General Board of Global Ministries of The United Methodist Church, serving as a Pastor and Trainer of the Belize Honduras District of The Methodist Church in the Caribbean and the Americas. Charles’ work, based in Belize, includes pastoral leadership and support. His home country is Zambia.Mission Personnel in Europe
