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You Can Join the District Superintendent in Thailand Our RM District Mission Team is again planning a trip to Thailand in the month of November, 2007, for the purpose of chartering the First United Methodist Church of Thailand, God's Purpose Church. We will again be working with the God Purpose Church in Chon Buri. LastNovember we had a marvelous teach-in. You may see pictrues and the story by clicking on the appropriate logo on the main page. The trip will cost approximately $1,800. If you are interested in joining with the team, contact the district office at rmdistumc@suddenlink.net. Dr. Simpson traveled to Southeast Asia the last of August in 2005 with a team from the General Board of Global Ministries, including Dr. David Wu, The Rev. Jong Sung Kim, Dr. Ann Cheng and Dr. Sam Dixon from the General Board. In the summer, he was in China and Tibet after attending the World Methodist Conference in Seoul. The Rocky
Mount District ministers and the Connectional Table endorsed a
relationship with a growing United Methodist in Southeast Asia. Dr.
Simpson will preach twice. One congregation of some six hundred
members near Bangkok wishes to explore being a part
Dr. Simpson preached one Sunday at a small UMC overlooking a rice paddy in Cambodia. One day was spent with Clara Biswas, UMC missionary known as "the dump lady, " because of her work educating children who rummage through the land fill looking for food or anything of value. Another day was spent
with Dr. Jim Gulley, a Virginia
While there, Dr. Simpson
was part of the Second Annual Meeting of the Cambodia Methodist Mission,
sponsored by four denominations: the United Methodist Church, the The last Sunday, Dr.
Simpson preached at a growing, independent congregation in a developed
area of Thailand known as Chon Buri. Following a two hour song
service, Dr. Simpson preached f Discussions with the
church centered on the meaning
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of the United
Methodist connection. 
minister
with a Ph.D. in agriculture, who supervises a project that take pig waste
and converts it into cooking gas (methane). This work is done
through a grant arranged by Methodists in Finland. 
Chinese Methodist Fellowship, the Korean Methodist Church, and the
Singapore Methodist Church. Two UMC bishops (William Dew of
California and Patrick Streiff of Switzerland) joined bishops of the other
churches to ordain the first elders to be ordained in that nation, two
men- and a woman-pastor.
or
over an hour. When he gave an invitation, many came forward.
Six made first professions of faith in Christ.
of
Methodism. The brother of Ann Cheng, a member of the Board of
Directors of the Board of Global Ministries of the United Methodist
Church, who is a medical doctor in Thailand, along with his wife, also a
physician, have been instrumental in the founding of God's Purpose
Church.
She serves as worship leader for this growing congregation.