A promise to pray:
Honoring our United Methodist vow.
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Better Together:
Why church membership matters.
See it in action
Concerned about social justice:
The Church and its predecessor bodies have expressed concern for God’s children everywhere — the poor, the orphaned, the aging, the sick, the oppressed and the imprisoned.
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Better Together:
Why church membership matters.
See it in action
As part of The United Methodist Church’s Baptismal Covenant, new members promise to faithfully participate in a local congregation through their prayers, presence, gifts, service and witness. But, how can they go beyond the words they profess to actually living into these vows? In a special five-part series, we’ll look at each aspect of this membership vow, beginning with prayer, and how United Methodists can answer the call to serve Christ through the local church.
The United Methodist Church is committed to ending the horror of domestic violence. We recognize that family violence and abuse in all its forms—verbal, psychological, physical, sexual—is detrimental to the covenant of the human community. We encourage the Church to provide a safe environment, counsel, and support for the victim. While we deplore the actions of the abuser, we affirm that person to be in need of God’s redeeming love .