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The World Mission Fund

 

 

The World Mission Fund (WMF) supports projects and individuals around the world.
You can give to the fund with Just Giving, or send cheques to:
The Methodist Church World Mission Fund, Methodist Church House, 25 Marylebone Road, London NW1 5JR. Please make cheques payable to ‘Methodist Church World Mission Fund’

 

READ THE LATEST BULLETIN WITH NEWS OF HOW YOUR DONATIONS HAVE BEEN SPENT and read the latest Annual Methodist Missionary Society Report

The World Mission Fund supports the following programmes which are currently administered through World Church Relationships:

Nationals in Mission Appointments (NMAs): These appointments encourage and support local people in key mission projects in their own countries. Salaries are paid by the Fund for World Mission and enable new work to be developed.

Mission Partners: Mission Partners are initially trained in this country and invited to serve for periods of at least one year by partner churches in the Caribbean, South & Central America, Africa, The Pacific, Asia and Europe. Find out more about mission partners.

Fund for Mission in Europe: Read the latest project report

Scholarship and Leadership Training (SALT) Programme: This programme funds men and women to study advanced/post-graduate courses in a cross-cultural setting. Find out more about SALT.

Grants for World Church Partners: These are general grants given to partner churches enabling the partner church to decide its own priorities for the work of the Kingdom.

Formation in World Mission (FiWM): Formation in World Mission (FiWM) is an educational initiative which supports formative cross-cultural encounters and cross-border movement as part of continuing training in discipleship and mission. You can find out more about FiWM by going to the website.

Special Projects: These are grants given on a regular basis for specific project requests from partner churches. These may range from conferences and educational projects to emergency relief and mission work in general.
 
Note: Your church or circuit can, in effect, ‘adopt’ one of these projects and fundraise for it, however it must be emphasised that the grant has already been allocated by the World Church Office and therefore any subsequent funds raised will replace the grant, enabling further grants to be made to fund new projects. We will do our best to let you know as much as possible about the project or projects you select, however such information may be limited in detail.
 

Applying for a grant from the World Mission Fund

Most grants are given to partner churches to develop their own mission priorities. Money is applied for through, and in full consultation with, the relevant Partnership Coordinator in the World Church Relationships Office (WCR) of the British Methodist Church. Grants are sought to cover partner church budget deficits, unexpected mission opportunities, movement of personnel, leadership training, and Nationals in Mission Appointments (NMAs).

In all cases, grant requests are scrutinised by a committee before being approved.

Supporting the World Mission Fund

Prayer: We encourage you to pray for the work of the World Mission Fund and to use the Methodist Prayer Book (available from www.methodistpublishing.org.uk), which contains daily suggestions for prayer including our partner churches and Mission Partners.
 
Organise a Mission Event: Suggestions for prayer and worship for Mission Sunday which can be viewed on the Special Sundays webpage.
 
Links With Churches in Other Parts of the World: Our booklet, International Partnership Development for Local Churches (Click here for the Spanish version), provides guidelines to support congregational, circuit and district partnerships with churches in other parts of the world. 
 
Collecting Boxes and Gift Aid Envelopes: World Mission Fund collecting boxes, made mostly from recycled materials, are available from Methodist Publishing. 
 
The World Mission Fund, Mission in Britain Fund and general Gift Aid envelopes are also available from Methodist Publishing – both have Gift Aid declarations on them.
 
An all-purpose donation form for the Methodist Church Funds is available for download here (PDF)

Leaving a Legacy

Finding a World Church Speaker: Please request our Windows on the World list of world church speakers, by area availability.

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