Advocacy and Justice Ministry
Ministries to build and expand capacity in local churches for social justice advocacy and missional commitment in the areas of global health and ministries with the poor and persons who are marginalized.
The members of the California-Nevada Conference Committees on Compassion and Justice and Mission Service are ready and willing to assist local congregations and individuals within our conference in fulfilling the purpose and responsibilities of the General Board of Church and Society as outlined in The Discipline Section IV Paragraphs 1002 - 1004.
Get Involved
Subscribe to Faith In Action to get a weekly email digest from the General Board of Church and Socity. Or subscribe to area specific email digests such as AIDS Network, Alcohol and Other Addictions, Child Advocacy, Civil and Human Rights, Economic Justice, Health and Wholeness, Peace with Justice, United Methodists Against the Death Penalty, United Nations, or Woman and Population.
Take Action
For information on upcoming events or ways that you can be involved in activism around our conference, check out the Cal-Nev BCS blog for the latest information at:http://calnevbcs.blogspot.com/
Resources
Check out these links for more information on the work of the Board of Church and Society:
Upcoming Links for Organization important to Board members
- UMCOR Disaster Relief
- Abolition Now (National Organization Against Death Penalty)
- Methodist Federation of Social Action
- Reconciling Ministries Network
- International Campaign for Tibet
- General Commission on Christian Unity & Interreligious Concerns
- Interfaith Worker Justice
- United Methodist Women / UMC Women's Division
- Sojourners
- moveon.org
- jointogether.org
- General Board of Global Ministries
- Death Penalty Focus