Pan-Methodist Commission

Welcome to the Pan-Methodist Campaign for Children in Poverty. Reading the Campaign booklet is a first step for becoming familiar with this Pan-Methodist initiative. It offers information and resources to encourage your activism in this Campaign. The Campaigns booklet can be downloaded from this website. You can influence the Campaigns effectivenes... s. Be involved. Offer your ideas. Encourage others to be involved. Methodists are a connectional people of faith who confer (i.e. conference) and cooperate to enact their Christian discipleship. Trusting in God, we dare to envision a world in which every child experiences love, care, and hope. Together we can be the difference in the lives of children in poverty. The Pan-Methodist Commission came into existence in 1985. Its primary objective is to foster meaningful cooperation among the African Methodist Episcopal, African Methodist Episcopal Zion, African Union Methodist Protestant, Christian Methodist Episcopal, United Methodist, and Union American Methodist Episcopal Churches. Through this cooperation, the Commission strives to bear witness to Methodist principles of Christian formation, service, and social justice. Do you love children? Do you want to see children reach their fullest potential? Do you want to become involved by helping children, especially those who are suffering and living in poverty? If the answer to these questions is yes, then the challenge is to get involved. One suggestion is to become a part of the Pan-Methodist Campaign for Children in Poverty. The Pan-Methodist Campaign began in 1998 after the bishops of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, African Episcopal Zion Church, Christian Methodist Episcopal Church and United Methodist Church voted to launch a dramatic demonstration of their solidarity in commitment to children in poverty. When the African Union Methodist Protestant and Union American Methodist Episcopal Churches joined the Commission, they also joined the Campaign. Two primary Campaign objectives are: (1) to renew and ...Read More