The Baltic Mission is a special project of The United Methodist Church. The original church building was destroyed in 1944. A new church is to be located on a three acre plot in downtown Tallin, Estonia. The Advance number for this special project is #010923-5AN. (1995)

Series profiles real people whose lives have been profoundly affected by recent social and political changes in five Eastern European nations: Romania, the Soviet Union, Czechoslovakia, Poland, and East Germany. Good for a Lenten study series.

This video magazine shows the work of the General Board of Global Ministries. Update concerns the Russian people after the fall of the Iron Curtain and the children of Brazil and UM helping to find and free young women the prison has forgotten.

Featured are: Update to Hurricane Andrew, the church at work in Los Angeles, the UMC in Russia.

This mission magazine focuses on the studies of the school of missions. Themes:Europe, United Nations and the Spiritual Growth Study, Ecclesiastes: The Meaning of Your Life.

This edition includes: In Elgin,Il, spirituality is being used as a weapon to combat gang violence; rebuilding efforts in Bosnea; dedication of a new church in Uvira, Zaire; Shay Blackwell, a community worker, delivering child services in St. Louis.

1. Zambia witnesses the historic commissioning of 53 Missioners of Hope - a new mission composed primarily of Africans brings hope to the children.
2.The rebounding church in Eastern Europe reaches out to gypsies and addicted youth - Conferences in Eastern Europe use their new found strength to help minorities and recovering substance abusers.
3. In San Francisco, the Mary Elizabeth Inn realized that abused women needed more help, they expanded their ongoing mission.
4. In Arkansas the Native American Family Camp takes action against the growth of gangs.
General Board of Global Ministries, 1999.

Church World Service presents the story of the English Speaking United Methodist Church in Frankfurt, Germany.

Based on the book by Robert P. Ericksen, this video introduces the viewer to three of the greatest Christian scholars of the twentieth century: Paul Althaus, Emanuel Hirsch, and Gerhard Kittel, men who were also outspoken supporters of Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party. This provocative film asks: how could something like this happen in the heart of Christian Europe? Could it happen again? How does the scholarship of this period affect the church today? Does the church of today retain the ability to recognize profound evil?

Everyday citizens of Bosnia take the opportunity to tell the rest of the world about their lives. UMCOR has constructed a community center that has united Croats and Muslims in an effort to rebuild relationships. "There is still hope here," said Lelja Diaferovid, director of a Youth House in Zenica.