Welcome to the United Methodist Missionary Association (UMMA) website designed to reach and strengthen the community of missionaries in service through the United Methodist Church. I am excited that you have chosen to share your gifts in this way. I hope that the opportunity to serve God both in your place of assignment and by sharing that ministry with the wider UMC connection will be a fulfilling experience for you and a blessing to the people with whom you interact.

As part of that journey, UMMA is a group of your fellow missionaries who have formed a volunteer association to develop and nurture a vital connectional network among active, alumni and retired missionaries of the General Board of Global Ministries of the United Methodist Church for the purpose of promoting Christian mission. We hope you will engage with us!

peace & blessings,
Katherine Parker
UMMA Chairperson & UMC Global Missionary in Nepal

2016 UMMA Gathering for Worship

In UMMA we understand that your calling to mission service extends beyond your employment status with Global Ministries, even as this relationship is an important part of the process. In UMMA, we are linked together by our commitment to mission as a vital component of the ministry of the church and by our shared Methodist connection.

We are not a formal part of Global Ministries, but a voluntary membership organization composed as above. While part of what we do as an Association is to advocate with Global Ministries’ leadership for more fair and equitable policies as related to missionaries currently and formerly employed by Global Ministries, we also see that our connections to one another go beyond this to include dialogue on the meaning and process of mission service.

We include among our members those missionaries who are currently active in all of GBGM categories of service (YAM/GMF, Global, Racial/Ethnic, Advocates, CCW, Volunteers etc.), missionary alumni (those actively serving in capacities other than employment through Global Ministries), retired missionaries, and associates who desire to help support this vision and connection.