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       UMNS Daily Digest - Produced by United Methodist News Service
                          Monday, January 30, 2012
                  [5]Will restructuring cut vital ministry?
                  [6]Sowing promise for developing countries
                 [7]Gates pledges $750M to global health fund
                      [8]Native leader finds new mission
                       [9]Turning problem into ministry

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âIdentify essential functions best provided by the general church system and
     support those functions through organizational structure, resource
  allocation and churchwide action.â â United Methodist General Secretaries
                  Table statement released Jan. 26, 2012.


Will restructuring cut vital ministry?

   NASHVILLE, Tenn. (UMNS) -- Plans to restructure The United Methodist
   Churchâs 13 general agencies could imperil ministries that local
   congregations need and value, say agency executives. The members of the
   United Methodist General Secretaries Table released a statement Jan. 26 to
   respond to proposals that would consolidate agencies, shrink their governing
   boards and potentially slash their funding. The General Secretaries Table
   consists of the chief executives of the 13 general agencies.

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Sowing promise for developing countries

   FAIRFAX, Mo. (UMNS) -- The Fairfax United Methodist Church growing project
   is one of more than 200 nationwide that collaborate with Foods Resource
   Bank, a Christian non-profit agency that helps farmers dedicate a share of
   their harvest to funding sustainable agriculture programs around the world.
   Farmers â supported by their churches â commit a small portion of their crop
   or livestock to Foods Resource Bank, which channels funds from the harvest
   sale to some 62 overseas programs run by partner agencies, such as the
   United Methodist Committee on Relief.

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Gates pledges $750M to global health fund

   DAVOS, Switzerland (UMNS) â [20]The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation pledged
   $750 million to The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
   while at the World Economic Forum last week. The contribution will go toward
   fighting diseases of poverty and serves as a vote of confidence for the
   Global Fund, an Imagine No Malaria partner in the fight against this killer
   disease. Imagine No Malaria is working to end preventable malaria deaths
   through improved health infrastructure, research and treatment, public
   policy advocacy and health education. The campaign, which is part of United
   Methodist Communications, has reached more than $19 million of its $75
   million fundraising goal.

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Native leader finds new mission

   NEW YORK (UMNS) â Gary Locklear, a 63-year-old church and community worker
   with the United Methodist Board of Global Ministries and leader of the
   Lumbee tribe in North Carolina, has found an inspiring second career serving
   rural Native American churches.




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Turning problem into ministry

   BATTLE CREEK, Mich. (UMNS) â A year ago, Trinity United Methodist Church
   found it had a problem. People were using the church dumpster as a way of
   getting rid of old junk and piling stuff all over the churchyard and parking
   lot. The trustees went into problem-solving mode. What they soon found was
   an opportunity instead of a problem.

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