United Methodists and Social Justice

The United Methodist Church has a long history of social justice activism, starting with our founder John Wesley's work on behalf of the poor, his advocacy of prison reform, his opposition to war, and other social justice issues of his day.

Similarly, The United Methodist Church has identified and articulated a number of Social Principles relating to the Natural World, The Nurturing Community, The Social Community, The Economic Community, The Political Community, and the World Community. The Principles can be found online at http://www.umc-gbcs.org/

The AU United Methodist/Protestant Community seeks to follow in this tradition. In the Spring of 2004 we launched a social justice ministry in concert with our other ministries of Worship, Devotion, Compassion, and Hospitality. This ministry is under the guidance of a Social Justice Coordinator.

In addition, Social Justice concerns play a large part of our "The Other Six Days" program.

For more information on our Social Justice Ministry, contact Social Justice Coordinators Kurt Karandy at justice (at) aumethodists.org and Kristen Walling at sixdays (at) aumethodists.org