United Methodist Key Information

| Organizations | Churches | News | Doctrine & History | Ecumenical |

• United Methodist Church, official UMC Web Site

Boards and Agencies

• General Board of Church and Society (GBCS)
• General Board of Discipleship (GBOD)
• General Board of Global Ministries (GBGM) "Who We Are" Organizational Page
  • Administration • Community & Institutional Ministries • Evangelization & Church Growth • Health& Welfare • Mission Contexts & Relationships • Mission Education • Mission Personnel • Mission Volunteers • UMCOR • Women's Division •
• General Board of Higher Education and Ministry (GHEM)
• General Board of Pension and Health Benefits
  • Central Conference Pension Initiative
• General Commission on Archives and History (GCAH)
• General Commission on Christian Unity and Interreligious Concerns (GCCUIC)
• General Commission on Religion and Race
• General Commission on the Status and Role of Women (GCOSROW)
• General Commission on United Methodist Men (UMM)
• General Council on Finance and Administration (GCFA)
• United Methodist Communications (UMCOM)
• United Methodist Publishing House (UMPH)
  -Cokesbury
  -Abingdon Press

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Churches, Conferences, Jurisdictions

• Annual Conferences: Whom to Contact (UMC.ORG) (UMC.ORG)
• UM Groups Online: Search or Browse for UM churches, UM Women's Groups,
  UM Men's Groups, UM related organizations, Annual conferences and Jurisdictions (GBGM-UMC.ORG)
• GBGM's free webspace for UM churches and related organizations.

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Other Links

• United Methodist Volunteers in Mission, district, conference, jurisdiction Volunteers in Mission
• United Methodist Youth and Young Adults

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United Methodist News and Resources

• Circuit Rider for United Methodist Clergy from the United Methodist Publishing House
• GBGM Mission News, General Board of Global Ministries
• Interpreter Magazine, Program Ideas for United Methodists.
• el Intérprete, la revista oficial de la comunidad metodista hispana
• New World Outlook, Mission Magazine for United Methodists (complete stories too)
• Newscope, weekly United Methodist publication
• Response Magazine, program journal for United Methodist Women
• UMCOR Hotline, published weekly or more often by the United Methodist Committee on Relief
• United Methodist News Service, Daily News
• United Methodist Women Press Releases
• The Upper Room, popular devotional magazine for Christians around the world, including the Upper Room devotional for the day.
• United Methodist Reporter, Unofficial Weekly UM Newspaper

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United Methodist History, Theology and Doctrine

History

• Charles Wesley's Hymns, background, words, and sound
• History of the United Methodist Church
• John Wesley: Holiness of Heart and Life, spiritual growth study
• United Methodist History, links page
• The Wesleys and Their Times, lots of primary and secondary resources,

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Doctrine and Theology

• Doctrinal Standards and General Rules, including the Articles of Religion (from the United Methodist Book of Discipline)
• Our Social Creed (from the United Methodist Book of Discipline)
• The Quarterly Review, United Methodist theological journal
• The Social Principles (from the United Methodist Book of Discipline)
• Wesley's Sermons (mostly John's)

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Ecumenical Connections

• National Council of Churches of Christ the USA
• The World Council of Churches
• Church World Service
  

  News

• NCCC News Service (National Council of Churches of Christ)
• WCC News Releases (World Council of Churches)

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