Global Mission Fellows

Mission:

Generation Transformation:Global Mission Fellows is a 24-month, faith and justice-centered leadership-development and mission-service program for adults ages 20-30, interested in partnering in solidarity with faith-based organizations, either in their home context or abroad. GMF Fellows are commissioned as UMC missionaries who integrate faith and justice by learning, walking, and working with communities in their struggles to address systemic injustice and human suffering.

Issues:

Global Mission Fellows boldly re-examine their roles and participation in society as they struggle with issues such as hunger, homelessness, HIV/AIDS, illiteracy, children at risk, substance abuse, racism, domestic violence, trafficking, financial justice/literacy, immigration/migration, food justice, sustainable agriculture, climate change, clean water, worker justice, inadequate healthcare and more.

Examples of roles volunteers might hold include:

HIV/AIDS Community Advisor
Social Enterprise Support Facilitator for Poverty Reduction
Manager of Volunteer Programs
Peace and Advocacy Associate
Food & Climate Change Advocacy Officer
Program and Community Development Officer
Watershed and Environmental Protection Advocacy Support
Homeless Ministry Coordinator
Community Relations Manager

Communications and Media Officer
Junior Consultant for Global Migration
Recruitment and Graduate Outreach Coordinator
Human Rights Research Officer
Women's and Children's Center Coordinator
Natural Resources Program Manager
Agriculture and Food Production Trainer/Adviser
Justpeace and Reconciliation Associate

Program Overview

Program Length

2 years

Application
Deadline

International: FEBRUARY 15

Domestic: MARCH 31

Start Date

Candidate Training, Comissioning: July/August
Service Start Date: August (may be extended for international)

Housing

Varies; some living communally, some in shared apartments, or occasionally alone in an apartment, but always relating/interacting with other Fellows in ‘intentional community’ by regular meetings, either in person or online.

Community

Where living arrangements make it possible, Fellows are expected to meet twice a month as a covenant group to share their experiences, both challenges and victories. Fellows will be accountable to one another to meet, share, pray and support one another as they build a covenant community.

Where distance makes regular in-person meetings impractical, regular meetings via Skype or a similar platform can substitute. In affiliate locations, local GMF Affiliate Coordinators make provision for periodic in-person gatherings of their Fellows. Fellows residing with others outside the GMF program may also participate in house meetings and other activities as invited. Additional support will be found through participation in the fellowship of a local church.

Spiritual mentors are also provided to Fellows who will support and accompany them during their term of service.

Spirituality

Affiliation: United Methodist Church

Training, Mid-terms and End-terms provide an opportunity to examine the role of one’s personal faith and the role of the church in addressing the root causes of injustice.

Finances

A base stipend of $300.00-per-month (adjusted in international sites as per local cost of living and exchange rate) is provided to the Fellow for the full 24 months of the Fellows’ participation in the program (this is the amount after all applicable withholdings are deducted), commencing with the first day of training. Fellows also receive health insurance, housing, paid travel and accommodations at training, and paid travel to and from place of service. Food and local travel stipends also included.

The End of Service award for Fellows is approximately two months of the full stipend (adjusted based on the cost of living for Fellow’s home country) and two months of extended health insurance.