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Methodist Federation for Social Action, a network of United Methodist Church clergy and laity working on social justice issues; Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice, an interfaith abortion rights organization founded in 1973 after Roe v. Wade; United Methodist Women, the only official organization for women within the United Methodist Church
United Women in Faith (formerly known as United Methodist Women) is the only official organization for women within The United Methodist Church (UMC). In 2022, United Methodist Women began doing business as United Women in Faith [1] (UWFaith). Founded in 1869, the organization now has nearly half a million members. [2]
Mary Fletcher Benton Scranton (December 9, 1832 – October 8, 1909) was an American Methodist Episcopal Church missionary.She was the first Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church representative to Korea [1] and the founder of the Ewha Girls School (Pear Blossom Academy) under Emperor Gojong.
The United Methodist Church (UMC) is a worldwide mainline Protestant [8] denomination based in the United States, and a major part of Methodism.In the 19th century, its main predecessor, the Methodist Episcopal Church, was a leader in evangelicalism.
Oct. 30—Operation Christmas Child will soon begin its National Collection Week, with more than 4,500 drop-off sites open Nov. 13 to 20. The program is run by Samaritan's Purse, an international ...
The United Methodist Church supports persons who wish to enhance medical research by donating their early embryos remaining after in vitro fertilization procedures have ended, and urges national governments to pass legislation that would authorize funding for derivation of and medical research on human embryonic stem cells that were generated ...
Founded in 1987, Lifewatch, Taskforce of United Methodists on Abortion and Sexuality (TUMAS) is a 501(c)(3) organization that serves as the unofficial anti-abortion group within the United Methodist Church (UMC). [1] The organization publishes a quarterly newsletter titled Lifewatch and is a member of the National Pro-Life Religious Council. [2]
One UMCOR program supplies pastor care to children affected by disasters. UMCOR's disaster response efforts helped hurricane disasters in the United States, the December 26, 2004, tsunami in South East Asia, earthquakes in Turkey and Pakistan , political upheaval in Kosovo , famines in Southern and Eastern Africa, and a volcano in the ...