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About United Methodist Women

United Methodist Women is the largest denominational faith organization for women with approximately 800,000 members whose mission is fostering spiritual growth, developing leaders and advocating for justice.

Members raise up to $20 million each year for programs and projects related to women, children and youth in the United States and in more than 100 countries around the world.

The Women's Division is the national policy-making body of this group.

*2010 Annual Report.

*Read how United Methodist Women is shaping the next ten years with the Women's Division Strategic Plan.

 


United Methodist Women inherits the vision and toil of women's missionary societies of eight denominations since 1869.

Its 140-year legacy started when the Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society organized in Boston in response to women's health in India.

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