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Gift Planning Guide
Advocacy for Women (GCSRW) Endowment Fund
Bridges of Unity - Ecumenical & Interfaith (GCCUIC) Endowment Fund
General Board of Discipleship (GBOD) Endowment Fund
Hispanic/Latino Ministry (MARCHA) Endowment Fund
Hope for the Children of Africa (Council of Bishops) Endowment Fund
JUSTPEACE (JUSTPEACE) Endowment Fund
Legacy for Learning (CEF) Endowment Fund
Paglago (Nat'l Ass'n of Filipino American UM's) Endowment Fund
Pastoral Ministry (Council of Bishops) Endowment Fund
Social Justice Ministry (GBCS) Endowment Fund
The United Methodist Church Foundation (UMC Foundation) Endowment Fund
The Upper Room (GBOD) Endowment Fund
Touching Tomorrow Today (Prof'l Ass'n of UM Church Secretaries) Endowment Fund
United Methodist Archives & History (GCAH) Endowment Fund
Woodie W. White Endowment Fund for Racial Justice (GCORR)
Advocacy for Women (GCSRW) Endowment Fund
The newly created Advocacy for Women Endowment Fund was begun by the General Commission on the Status and Role of Women to bolster development and empowerment of women and girls with the funds needed to make such ministries a reality.
Gifts to fund will be used for:
- Scholarships for women considering the ordained ministry;
- Skill-building for laywomen and clergywomen in professional ministry;
- Research by and about women and girls in church leadership
- Chairs of theological studies focused on women's perspectives;
- Empowerment of women of color and salary support for underpaid clergywomen serving the United Methodist Church outside the United States
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Bridges of Unity - Ecumenical & Interfaith (GCCUIC) Endowment Fund
The General Commission on Christian Unity and Interreligious Concerns has now established this fund to support the ecumenical and interfaith ministry of The United Methodist Church. Our desire is to have the resources necessary to meet the emerging needs of the future. We are committed to having a clear vision and mission that will outlive us and thrive for generations to come.
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General Board of Discipleship (GBOD) Endowment Fund
Since its creation, the General Board of Discipleship has served the United Methodist Church and beyond by "making disciples and providing resources for Christian formation and leadership development."
The General Board of Discipleship serves people – all kinds of people - children of all ages, teens, adults, seniors, pastors, laity, every race and religion, every income level, male and female alike. This endowment will support the ongoing efforts to improve and expand our considerable array of programs, with our basic goal remaining ever-constant "Disciples made, Christians formed, leaders developed, the church renewed, the world transformed."
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Hispanic/Latino Ministry (MARCHA) Endowment Fund
The Hispanic/Latino Ministry Endowment Fund was established to secure the future ministry for those who value unity between the Hispanic/Latin cultures of the United States and Puerto Rico. The Hispanic/Latino Ministry Endowment Fund will also allow the Metodistas Associados Representando la Causa de Hispano-Americanos of The United Methodist Church ("MARCHA") to continue the fight for full inclusion of all Hispanic/Latin peoples, especially those who are marginalized by society and by the church.
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Hope for the Children of Africa (Council of Bishops) Endowment Fund
Africa today stands at a crossroads. The scale of poverty and suffering on the continent is daunting. Three hundred million people live on less than $1 per day. Life expectancy is 48 years and falling. More than one-third of all children are malnourished; more than 40 per cent have no access to education. Twenty-eight million people live with HIV/AIDS, and for over 100 million people, war is a part of daily life.
The crisis facing Africa today is a result of failures at all levels, both within and outside of Africa. Many countries in Africa need fair and accountable governance that works in the best interests of poor people, at national, regional, and international levels. Global trade, investment, and diplomatic engagement have too often worked against the interests of the poor.
The United Methodist Church Foundation in partnership with the Council of Bishops has established a permanent endowment fund to ensure a steady flow of resources for this important initiative. The Hope for the Children of Africa Endowment Fund will enable us to effect long-term change and prevent poverty in a region that so desperately needs support for decades to come.
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JUSTPEACE (JUSTPEACE) Endowment Fund
Recent studies have revealed that 26% of churches are highly conflicted and 1 out of every 50 churches is sued each year. We all bear the scars and pain of destructive conflict. We all know its cost to financial and human resources.
When we use adversarial tactics to gain victory in a conflict and when we avoid or ignore conflict altogether, tension and emotions rise and become more strained until something breaks. The first thing to break is communication; the next is the relationship itself. We need to discover better ways deal with conflict.
How do we do this?
By changing our attitudes to situations of conflict and difference, seeing them as opportunities for growth, learning and even God's revelation. By changing our processes to those that genuinely engage us such as mediation, circles and corporate discernment. By learning new skills or spiritual practices such as listening for understanding, speaking the truth in love, and using our imagination.
Ours is a ministry of reconciliation, a ministry of JUSTPEACE.
This is an invitation to join us as we build our future together by supporting the JUSTPEACE Endowment Fund.
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Legacy for Learning (CEF) Endowment Fund
The fund provides support for innovative and dynamic education strategies to the expanding field of Christian education in all formats and in all places. The Christian Educators Fellowship joins with the Foundation for this fund, the income from which will be used to fund future emerging trends and needs in preparing disciples and sending them forth.
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Paglago (Nat'l Ass'n of Filipino American UM's) Endowment Fund
The National Association of Filipino American United Methodists have challenged the United Methodist Church with its goal of new church development, congregational revitalization and programming excellence with congregations within and through Filipino American communities. The endowment fund will provide future income for ongoing support for this new Paglago program to build, restore and program ministry venues within Filipino American communities.
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Pastoral Ministry (Council of Bishops) Endowment Fund
This endowment effort was established to address emerging ministry needs within the Council of Bishops that are critical to episcopal leadership within the UMC. The ministry distributions from this fund’s income will provide cutting edge education and worship resources, as well as assist with unforeseen emergency needs not otherwise cared for in the UM connection.
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Social Justice Ministry (GBCS) Endowment Fund
The United Methodist Church Foundation and the General Board of Church & Society recently united in launching an endowment fund to ensure that the visionary ministry of the Board and its predecessors over the past 100 years continues for centuries to come. The Social Justice Ministries Endowment Fund will ensure a future in which a strong and prophetic United Methodist voice for the poor and oppressed will be heard in the corridors of power. This endowment will enable the Board to continue to educate, empower and equip new generations of United Methodists to live out their faith journey as witnesses for justice and to serve as the hands of Christ in transforming the world. Income earned from the Fund will be available to the Board to use for any purpose consistent with its ministries to respond to the Christian social concerns of the day.
As stewards of the Church's commitment to social holiness, the Social Justice Ministries Endowment Fund will help to ensure that work to halt social ills like gambling, nuclear weapons proliferation, and environmental degradation are not limited by church budget constraints. We must see to it that operational cutbacks never threaten to silence the voice in the wilderness calling humanity toward God’s righteousness for all of God’s creation. It is essential that as new moral and ethical issues arise – ones we cannot yet imagine – that the United Methodist Church have the ability to respond.
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The United Methodist Church Foundation (UMC Foundation) Endowment Fund
The United Methodist Church Foundation is seeking gifts from United Methodists who are looking to extend their ministry through supporting the operating expenses of The United Methodist Church Foundation. We invite you to become a partner with Foundation in this exciting venture.
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The Upper Room (GBOD) Endowment Fund
At Upper Room Ministries, our mission is to help people grow in their relationship with God.
Our vision is to help create a worldwide community of people who, through prayer and practice, seek each day to walk with Christ.
Our dream is to invite all persons -- young or old, alone or in a family -- to open their lives to God and to let the love of Christ rule their hearts.
Since 1935, Upper Room Ministries has answered God's call to provide resources that help people grow in their spiritual lives and in their relationships with God and others. Our resources help people recognize and use the gifts God has given them.
In Luke's story of the disciples on the road to Emmaus, we discover the nature and bounty of God's gifts to each one of us. We see that Christ is always present with us, seeking a deeper relationship with us each day. We come to understand that Christ can be experienced and known through prayer, meditation on scripture, hospitality to strangers, and breaking bread in Christ's name. We recognize in these gifts the grace by which we can seek Christ and know him through faith.
The Upper Room Endowment will support the various programs that draw people's attentiveness to God through a pattern of daily prayer, reflection on scripture, and response to God's call. In our view, engaging in this pattern of prayer, study, and action is central to spiritual development.
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Touching Tomorrow Today (Prof'l Ass'n of UM Church Secretaries) Endowment Fund
This endowment effort with the Professional Association of United Methodist Church Secretaries ensures the availability of education and innovation for local and connectional administrative staff at all levels. The certification processes of this important training and empowering organization within our connection give rise to emerging needs for scholarship assistance and technology to be addressed with income from the fund.
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United Methodist Archives & History (GCAH) Endowment Fund
This new effort supports the ministries of the General Commission on Archives & History for continuing innovations and technological advances in preservation of all that has gone before us to prepare today for emerging needs of future ministry.
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Woodie W. White Endowment Fund for Racial Justice (GCORR)
The General Commission on Religion and Race, in partnership with The United Methodist Church Foundation, proudly celebrates the establishment of the Woodie W. White Endowment Fund for Racial Justice. Now those who have a passion for the mission and ministry of the General Commission on Religion and Race can ensure its vital future through this permanent fund. The Woodie W. White Fund for Racial Justice will now give you the opportunity to support future racial justice ministries.
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