A Call to Action

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A Call to Action

• From the Council of Bishops
• and
• The Connectional Table

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A Call to Action

• Our Mission
• Making Disciples
• of Jesus Christ
• for the Transformation
• of the World

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A Call to Action

• 4 Calls to Action
• Live the United Methodist Way
• Start New Churches
• Reach the Children
• Stamp Out Poverty Diseases

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A Call to Action

• 1 Live the United
• Methodist Way
• Teaching the Wesleyan Model of discipleship
• Raising up a new generation of leaders

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A Call to Action

• General Rules
• Do no harm
• Do all the good you can
• Stay in love with God through the ordinances of
  the church

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A Call to Action

• 2 Start New Churches
• Goal 650 new churches in the US during
  2009-2012
• Move toward 350 new churches per year

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New Churches by Decade in NIC
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A Call to Action

• 3 Reach the Children
• Continue the emphasis of the Bishops Initiative
  on Children and Poverty
• Challenge our churches
• to reach all the children

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A Call to Action

• 4 Stamp Out the Poverty Diseases of Malaria
  and HIV/AIDs
• Nothing But Nets
• Global Health Initiative

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A Call to Action

• Our vision Bringing the entire UMC into
  alignment with these Actions, especially through
  the 2009-2012 General Church budget

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A Call to Action

• Live the United Methodist Way of discipleship
• Start new churches
• Reach the children
• Stamp out the poverty diseases