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United Methodist Women Focus Areas

Office of the General Secretary

The Office of the General Secretary works on:

The Reading Program
Schools of Christian Mission
Spiritual & theological growth
Communications & resource development
The Seminar Program

Finance & Administrative Services

United Methodist Women's Finance & Administrative Services office:

Appropriates Mission Giving funds for ministries, programs and services
Works with and trains United Methodist Women conference treasurers
Manages United Methodist Women-owned properties (link to Properties page below)
Facilitates funding of grants
Maintains the United Methodist Women budget

Christian Social Action

The Christian Social Action section works on:

Advocacy on United Methodist Women issues
Community organizing for advocacy and legislative events
Training for United Methodist Women social action coordinators
Action Alerts on key congressional legislation and policy
Collaboration with coalition partners and other faith-based, non-profit or justice organizations

Membership & Leadership Development

The Membership & Leadership Development section works on:

Leadership training for officers and members
Membership growth, relationship building & enrichment
Language ministries
Conference outreach, recruitment & advocacy

National & International Ministries

National Ministries of United Methodist Women relates to programs such as:

Give to National Ministries

International Ministries relates to programs such as:

International Ministries also funds many international projects and programs in over 100 countries for women, children and youth. The projects focus on issues including: