United Methodist Delegation Takes Medicine, Support to Indonesia

Top mission and communications leaders of the United Methodist Church leave on Jan. 10 to convey Christian love and medicine to people near the center of the earthquake that triggered devastating tidal waves Dec. 26 in the Indian Ocean area.
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United Methodists forge ties with Indonesian church for recovery work United Methodists forge ties with Indonesian church for recovery work

A United Methodist team’s visit to the island of Sumatra following the Dec. 26 tsunami has laid the foundation for a future partnership with the Gereja Methodist Indonesia (Methodist Church of Indonesia).

United Methodist Bishop Joel Martinez of San Antonio said he found Indonesian church leaders “genuinely pleased and appreciative” about the Jan. 12-16 visit. Martinez, who is president of the denomination’s Board of Global Ministries, co-led the delegation with the Rev. R. Randy Day, the board’s chief executive.
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