Give to at least one of the following Mission Personnel
Mission Personnel within the Michigan Annual 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.
SHANQUEL ASKEW
General Advance #3022760
Shanquel Askew is a US-2 Global Mission Fellow with the United Methodist General Board of Global Ministries, engaged in a two-year term of service. Shanquel serves United Methodist Community House in Grand Rapids, Michigan as a Family Engagement Specialist. Her home state is Georgia. Contact her at [email protected].
Mission Personnel Beyond The Michigan Annual Conference
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].
Princess Jusu
General Advance #13037Z
Princess M. Jusu is a missionary with the Board of Global Ministries of The United Methodist Church serving in Monrovia, Liberia, as an instructor at the United Methodist Women’s Leadership Training Center. Princess' ministry includes teaching skills that entail tailoring, tie-dying, knitting, and home economics for women and girls who, for various reasons, have dropped out of school. Princess also assists with the village health outreach program for women. Her home country is Sierra Leone. Contact her at [email protected].
Rev. Umba Ilunga Kalangwa and Ngoy Mulanga Kalangwa
General Advance #14211Z and #15162Z
The Rev. Umba Ilunga Kalangwa and Ngoy Mulanga Kalangwa are missionaries assigned by the General Board of Global Ministries of the United Methodist Church Tanzania. 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. Ngoy is the coordinator of Methodist schools and director of the Susannah Wesley Education and Healthcare Center. Umba and Ngoy’s home country is the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
BLAIR MOSES KAMaNGA
General Advance #3022588
Mr. Kamanga is an agriculture coordinator for the Mozambique North Annual Conference in Chimoio. In Mozambique, church agricultural projects are essential for generating income and for sharing with orphanages, clinics, and other church-related institutions to provide nutritious food. Mr. Kamanga plays a vital role in coordinating and overseeing agriculture projects and programs and training local farmers to be self-reliant. His home country is Malawi.
Emmanuel Ufonna Mefor and Florence ogugua Mefor
Advance numbers #13990Z and #13991Z
Dr. Emmanuel Ufonna Mefor and Florence Ogugua Mefor are missionaries with the Board of Global Ministries of The United Methodist Church currently assigned to Mutambara Hospital in Mutambara, Zimbabwe. Emmanuel serves as a medical doctor and Florence serves as a nurse-midwife. Their home country is Nigeria.
Update: the Mefors have moved to Baby Fold at Old Mutare, Zimbabwe. Emmanuel will retire at the end of 2024 but will continue volunteering. Florence will remain a GBGM missionary.
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
Lester Dornon
General Advance #10919Z
Deborah Dornon and Lester Dornon, M.D. are missionaries with the General Board of Global Ministries, Tansen Hospital in western Nepal in Asia. Deborah is assigned as the coordinator of expatriate services and Lester is assigned as the senior physician at the hospital. The hospital in Tansen is related to the United Mission to Nepal, established in 1954 as a partnership between the people of Nepal and a coalition of 20 Christian organizations on four continents. Deborah and Lester's home country is the United States.
Debbie Dornon
General Advance #10920Z
Deborah Dornon and Lester Dornon, M.D. are missionaries with the General Board of Global Ministries, Tansen Hospital in western Nepal in Asia. Deborah is assigned as the coordinator of expatriate services and Lester is assigned as the senior physician at the hospital. The hospital in Tansen is related to the United Mission to Nepal, established in 1954 as a partnership between the people of Nepal and a coalition of 20 Christian organizations on four continents. Deborah and Lester's home country is 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.
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.
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
JOY EVA A. BOHL
General Advance #3021829
Joy Eva A. Bohol is a missionary with the General Board of Global Ministries, serving as a Regional Migration Specialist in Europe with the Churches' Commission for Migrants in Europe. Joy Eva's home country is the Philippines, and she is based in Switzerland.
Last Updated on October 8, 2024