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Service and Advocacy > Mission Focus Issues

Working for Global Justice

"Turn from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it." (Psalms 34:14)

2021-2024 Issue Priorities

Click Here. Overviews of Issue Priorities: 2021–2024

Racial and Gender Justice
Climate Justice
 

Past mission priority issues:

 
Human Trafficking
Global Migration
Domestic Violence
Peace
 
Gender Justice/ Women's Rights
Racial Justice
Economic Justice
Health Care
 
Food Justice
Maternal and Child Health
Economic Justice
 

Many issues are related in that they stem from similar causes; for instance the economic or political situation in a region creates a need for people to migrate. As a result, desperate individuals find themselves poor, hungry, homeless, without health care, in an abusive or even trafficked.

As members of God's family, we are all connected - and so are the issues that we must face together.

 

From the United Methodist Book of Discipline:

God's world is one world... We commit ourselves as a Church to the achievement of a world community that is a fellowship of persons who honestly love one another. We pledge ourselves to seek the meaning of the gospel in all issues that divide people and threaten the growth of world community. (Social Principles, ¶ 166)

Our Values:

Because United Methodist Women believes we are all a part of the beloved community, we keep a close watch on international governments and organizations through partnerships with the United Nations to ensure they support policies with the interests of women, children and youth in mind.

As Christians, we advocate for peace at home and abroad. Peacemaking is not just about ending conflict but about changing the way we respond to differences at all levels—from individuals and communities to nations.

We envision a world where might does not make right, where differences are not settled with violence, and where resources go to meet the human needs of all rather than for destruction.

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