Global Ministries regularly spotlights projects on our international fields, and invites UB churches and individuals to support these projects.
We don't want to be haphazard in our missions efforts. And we
want to make sure that the needs we try to meet are the needs which
our leaders overseas see as important. Sometimes work crews come
home with new things THEY would like to see done, but which our
overseas people are not necessarily asking for. We need to be
more purposeful and strategic in how we use our funds and our time.
The
Global Ministries Leadership Team is asking leaders in our overseas
churches
to develop
well-defined
project
proposals. This forces them to spell out exactly what they would
like done, and it enables us to count the cost more effectively.
The GMLT reviews the project proposals, asking such questions
as these:
- Is this something the country or church could do for itself?
- Is this project something we are doing "for them" or "with
them"?
- Will this project allow our US churches to become personally
involved in missions, or will they just send a check?
Projects which the GMLT accepts are then passed on to the UB constituency.
In some cases, a single church or conference may take on the project.
In other cases, various churches or individuals may combine to
fund a project. Some projects will involve construction, but many
of them won't. But all of them will involve developing partnerships
with United Brethren people in other cultures, working with them
to extend God's Kingdom.
Use the links on the left to read about the projects for the
various fields.
At the completion of a project, excess funds may be redesignated by Global Ministries for similar purposes in the same country or region.