GLEN ALLEN, Va. (April 4, 2025) – The Virginia United Methodist Foundation (VAUMF) announces the appointment of a new president to lead the Foundation and its affiliate, Virginia United Methodist Development Company (DEVCO). The Rev. Dr. Steven J. Summers will begin his term as president of both organizations on July 1, 2025. Dr. Summers is […]
February 27, 2024 (Glen Allen, VA) – The Virginia United Methodist Foundation (VAUMF) is pleased to announce two staffing changes to their team. The Rev. Chris Allen of Tampa, Fla., will start March 31, 2025, in the new role of vice president of lending and investments. Mr. Allen has a Master of Divinity degree from […]
4th Annual Golf Classic Brickshire Golf Club Providence Forge, VA October 22, 2024 On October 22, 2024, 13 teams of enthusiastic golfers arrived at the Brickshire Golf Club in Providence Forge, Virginia, for the Foundation’s fourth annual Golf Classic. The tournament was held to raise awareness for the Foundation’s grants ministry and to support one […]
Each year, the Virginia United Methodist Foundation awards a limited number of grants to Virginia United Methodist Churches and affiliated agencies of the Virginia United Methodist Conference. The Virginia United Methodist Foundation (VAUMF) is pleased to announce we are awarding a total of $61,128 in grants to 25 organizations. Since the grants program was launched […]
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Saving Grace is a program designed to teach about financial well-being and provide tools to help with managing, giving, saving, spending and debt. The Christian-based program incorporating Wesleyan values consists of six lessons, with three special sections specifically written for clergy. The clergy sections cover the unique rules that apply to pastor compensation, clergy […]
The Virginia United Methodist Foundation (VAUMF) was launched in 1971 to provide stewardship education and manage assets for local churches, districts and agencies of the Virginia United Methodist Conference (VAUMC). Our mission is to offer support with financial management to the United Methodist churches and organizations within the conference. We offer two types of investment […]
Partnership with DevCo Contributes to New Facility On Sunday, September 29, 2024, New Life International UMC held its dedication of a new church building. After six years, with the launch of New Life International at Fairfax (now New Life International at St. Andrews UMC), Pastor John Obeng and his congregation have a new building […]
In the past five weeks, I got a strong taste of the United Methodist requirements and process to become a clergy member through being commissioned as a provisional deacon on the last day of Annual Conference, held this year in Hampton, Virginia. The touching and moving ceremony culminated in two bishops laying hands on me […]
DevCo and Central UMC’s Partnership in Bringing Dreams to Reality On April 15th, several DevCo representatives attended the APAH and Central United Methodist Church’s celebration of the grand opening of Unity Homes at Ballston. The completion of this innovative construction project consisted of a ground floor church (Central UMC) and affordable housing on […]