Ten ethnic church projects receive grants
8/26/2003 News media contact: Linda Green · (615) 742-5470 · Nashville, Tenn The following article may be used as a sidebar to UMNS #417.
NASHVILLE,
Tenn. (UMNS) - A United Methodist agency has awarded 10 grants totaling
$131,000 to projects and organizations serving racial-ethnic groups.
Meeting Aug. 20-24, governing members of the Board of Discipleship approved funding these United Methodist projects:
Church Vitalization by Outreach and Evangelism Program, Nashville, Tenn. - $20,000
(Ethnic group served: Asian)
The
Korean Church of Nashville will use the money to establish an
Asian-American Community Service Center and to assist in increasing
membership through evangelism and leadership training programs.
Ebony Bishops Summit on the Black Church, Washington - $20,000
(Ethnic group served: African America)
The
Ebony Bishops of the United Methodist Council of Bishops are hosting
this Nov. 7-9 event to focus on strengthening local church ministry for
and with African Americans. A hundred clergy and lay leaders will be
invited to two days of prayer, worship, discussion and training around
vital ministry issues confronting the black local church.
Racial Ethnic Leadership Development, Los Angeles - $20,000
(Ethnic group served: multiethnic)
The
Inter-Ethnic Strategy Development Group of the United Methodist Church
will send 10 people from each of the five national racial ethnic
caucuses to the 2004 General Conference in Pittsburgh. They will serve
as monitors and observers in the legislative and plenary sessions, with a
goal of becoming more effective witnesses and participants at all
levels of the church.
Fiesta 2004: Celebrando el Evangelio, Dallas - $15,000
(Ethnic group served: multiethnic)
The
Perkins School of Theology, through its Mexican-American program, will
conduct a National Convocation on Evangelization among Hispanics Oct.
2-4 in Dallas, and people of various denominations are expected to
attend.
NC BMCR Focus on Youth, Raleigh, N.C. -- $15,000
(Ethnic group served: African American)
The
North Carolina Chapter of Black Methodists for Church Renewal seeks to
educate and empower youth in Christian discipleship through mentoring,
spiritual disciplines, cultural immersion experiences and advocacy work.
NEJ Multicultural Leadership Project, Columbia, Md. - $15,000
(Ethnic group served: multiethnic)
The
program will include working with more than 7,000 United Methodist
ministries in the Northeast Jurisdiction on an ongoing process of
identifying, nurturing and developing multicultural leadership for
Christian service.
BMCR Spiritual Growth and Empowerment, Atlantic City, N.J. - $10,000
(Ethnic group served: African American)
The
Northeastern Jurisdiction of Black Methodists for Church Renewal will
use the money to support an annual meeting of 150 lay and clergy
leaders, set for Oct. 24-25 in Hartford, Conn.
Nueva Comunidad and El Arca de Noe, El Paso, Texas - $8,000
(Ethnic group served: Hispanic)
The
Vista Ysleta United Methodist Church will initiate a Saturday night
worship experience called "Nueva Comunidad" to focus on young Hispanic
households with children. The grant will also support a bilingual
worship service in both English and Spanish and a vacation Bible
school-like experience on Saturday nights called "El Arca de Noe" or
Noah's Ark.
Prison Ministry/Aftercare, Glasgow, Pa. - $5,000
(Ethnic group served: multiethnic)
The
Prison Outreach of the Western Pennsylvania Annual Conference will
address the needs of racial and ethnic minorities in prison and assist
in the care of inmates after release.
Church of the Living God, Columbus, Ohio - $3,000
(Ethnic group served: Hispanics)
The
Church of the Living God will use the money for bilingual tutoring
classes in English and Spanish, for Christian education to conduct
teacher training and Sunday school, and to sponsor and host a three-day
evangelism crusade in September and a Hispanic music concert in October.
Priority
for grants is given to new programs or pilot projects. All grants are
awarded on a one-year basis, and project-funding proposals are due July 1
and Nov. 1. More information is available by contacting Soozung Sa,
director of ministries with families and singles, at (615) 340-7169 or
toll-free (877) 899-2780, Ext. 7169, or by e-mail at ssa@gbod.org.
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