Two partners of Global Ministries (the Salvadorian Lutheran Synod and the Emmanuel Baptist Church) and two Mission Personnel (Ricardo Mayol and Violeta Rocha) participated in a workshop in El Salvador, regarding peace and violence in the country and in Central America. There, more than 60 leaders from churches around the country reflected on how to understand the elements of violence present in the country and internationally as well as ways to promote peace....
Two partners of Global Ministries, the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in Puerto Rico and the United Evangelical Church in Puerto Rico, are working together with the Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) to provide humanitarian assistance and disaster relief in the Bahamas. Both churches in Puerto Rico are collecting funds and gathering professional and pastoral resource persons to travel to the Bahamas as allowed by the condition at the airports there.
Thousands of fires are ravaging the Amazon rainforest in Brazil - the most intense blazes for almost a decade. The northern states of Roraima, Acre, Rondônia, and Amazonas have been particularly badly affected....
Dear Church – My heart is still singing from the holy time we shared in Des Moines last month. The Spirit was present and real in worship. The discussions were deep in the workshops. The joy was tangible at the meal events. Our programming for youth and young adults included education about the governance of the church, and we saw how important multi-generational worship is when we gather....
