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    A Call to Action in Response to the Plight of Migrants

    July 9, 2019

    General Secretary Susan Henry-Crowe joined Bishop Minerva Carcaño, chair of the United Methodist Immigration Task Force, Thomas Kemper, general secretary of the United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR), and Harriet Olson, general secretary of United Methodist Women in this call to action in response to the plight of migrants. 

  • faith in action

    UMC Delegation at COP27 in Egypt November 6 - 18, 2022

    November 3, 2022

    Representing nearly every country, world leaders and civil society will arrive in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt next week for the United Nation’s annual climate summit.

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  • faith in action

    Today, We Celebrate Motherhood

    May 13, 2017

    In recognition of the sacredness of motherhood and the tragic stories of maternal mortality, we call on local congregations to advocate with policy makers at all levels to improve maternal health through increased access to maternal health and family planning services and to support United Methodist projects around the world working on maternal health and family planning. (2016 Book of Resolutions, “Maternal Health: The Church’s Role”)

  • statement

    The travel ban and sowing love

    June 29, 2018

    Church and Society's general secretary, the Rev. Dr. Susan Henry-Crowe, responds the the Supreme Court's decision to allow the president's Muslim travel ban to stand.

  • faith in action

    Learnings and Hope in Building Community

    October 19, 2022

    Our field education intern, Jackie, is finding hope in her developing work in economic justice.

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  • action

    Take Action: United Methodist Call to End Gun Violence

    “Blessed are the peacemakers”. – Jesus, Matthew 5:9

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  • action

    Tell the United States Senate to Act Now for Climate Justice

    February 23, 2021

    Together, we can help shape the climate agenda in Congress so that it reflects our shared vision of justice for God’s people and God’s planet.

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  • faith in action

    Shaping a just and peaceful world by 2040

    October 17, 2022

    The past few years have been troubling and anxiety producing. Pandemics, racism, wars, climate change, the rise of nationalism in many countries, migration and tentative economies. All the while the church has focused itself on internal struggles believed to threaten its very survival.

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  • action

    Tell U.S. Congress to Support Racial Equity in Health Care

    May 10, 2020

    It is a moral imperative that every mother has access to resources and care that they need to thrive.

    Hospital Room in Purple
  • faith in action

    People’s Justice March in Austria

    October 7, 2019

    The Rev. Martin Obermeir-Siegrist serves as the pastor the Linz and Ried/Innkreis United Methodist congregations and as director of children and youth ministry in the Austria Conference. He recently attended the People’s Justice March in Linz, Austria. We asked him about the experience.

    A panoramic shot of people protesting. One sign reads, "Save our planet."