Affirmation is an independent voice of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer people and our supporters. We are an activist, all-volunteer, not-for-profit organization that challenges The United Methodist Church to be inclusive, and radically speaks out against injustice for LGBTQ people around the world.

Affirmation's Mission Statement is the following: As an independent voice of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer people, Affirmation radically reclaims the compassionate and transforming gospel of Jesus Christ by relentlessly pursuing full inclusion in the Church as we journey with the Spirit in creating God's beloved community. (Adopted January 2005)

Black Methodists for Church Revival (BMCR) is the organized Black caucus of the United Methodist Church. We are one of the United Methodist denomination’s five U.S.-based ethnic caucuses. BMCR represents and is dedicated to more than 2,400 Black United Methodist congregations and approximately 500,000 African American members across the denomination.

BMCR continues to be a necessary force for change and accountability in the United Methodist Church today. This change and accountability spills over and benefits the Church’s global body. The tremendous need for Black leadership at the Episcopal and General Conference levels remains. The Church must be encouraged to maintain a global perspective, especially toward developing, African and Caribbean nations. The local church must be empowered with capable lay and clergy leadership. So much is still to be done.

Fossil Free UMC is a movement of United Methodists who recognize that it is wrong for The United Methodist Church to profit from wrecking the planet. Indeed, profiting from fossil fuel companies undermines the very ministries that our investments are meant to support.

Fossil Free UMC’s mission is to convince UMC Annual Conferences and Wespath (the pension and health benefits agency of the United Methodist Church) to divest from fossil fuel companies and to reinvest in clean energy companies, and to add coal, petroleum and natural gas to the list of socially responsible investment screens in the Book of Discipline and Book of Resolutions.

Founded in December 2017, the U.S. Chapter of the International Coalition for Human Rights in the Philippines (ICHRP-US) has 40 member organizations and honorary individual members.

ICHRP-US aim to inform the international community about the grave human rights situation in the Philippines today.

Beyond information dissemination, it calls on freedom loving peoples, organizations, political parties and governments all over the world to express their concern about the deteriorating human rights situation in the Philippines and to join the Filipino people in their quest for just and lasting peace in the land.

The Love Your Neighbor Coalition is a partnership of 14 United Methodist Church related Caucus groups working for a just, inclusive and grace filled denomination. For generations, we have named God’s grace for all of God’s children and cried out for justice. We call the denomination to end harm in every place where the Gospel of love is preached. We commit to love each other and stay in relationship with the global Body of Christ.

MARCHA es el caucus nacional hispano/latino dentro de la Iglesia Metodista Unida y la Iglesia Metodista de Puerto Rico, cuyo propósito es:

• Abogar por el pueblo hispano/latino dentro y fuera de la iglesia.

• Afirmar el respeto a la dignidad del pueblo hispano/latino dentro y fuera de la iglesia.

• Ofrecer acompañamiento y apoyo mutuo al pueblo en la organización del mismo, y en las oportunidades de formación para responder a sus necesidades.

• Estimular la creación de espacios de reflexión sobre la pastoral hispana/latina.

• Promover el respeto a los derechos humanos, el compromiso con la paz y la justicia, la libertad y la igualdad.

• Solidarizarse con las iglesias y pueblos de América Latina y el Caribe y con otros pueblos.

• Trabajar solidariamente con otros grupos étnico-raciales y ecuménicos.La visión de MARCHA es la de ser un instrumento de abogacía del pueblo metodista hispano/latino que asegure que las contribuciones y valores culturales del pueblo hispano/latino sean recibidas y apreciadas en la iglesia y la sociedad.

The National Federation of Asian American United Methodists (NFAAUM) is a recognized racial ethnic caucus in The United Methodist Church.  Twelve sub-ethnic caucuses compose NFAAUM:  Cambodian, Chinese, Filipino, Formosan, Hmong, Japanese, Korean, Laotian, South Asian, Vietnamese, Middle Eastern, and Pakistani.

To form a National Federation of Asian American United Methodists with emphasis on the linkages and empowerment of Asian American local churches; to articulate the concerns, interest and needs of Asian American constituencies in all levels of the Church; to advocate for the causes of Asian Americans before appropriate boards and agencies of the Church; to coordinate Asian American programs and activities of annual conference, jurisdictional, ethnic and special interest caucuses in relationship with boards and agencies of the General Church; to promote relevant and meaningful Asian American ministries at all levels of the Church; and to encourage full participation of Asian American United Methodists in all aspects of the life of the Church.

The Native American International Caucus (the Caucus) is an advocate for Native peoples, ministries, communities within,  as well as outside of the United Methodist Church.  "International" in the context of this name means collaboration that occurs between indigenous nations of North America.  The Caucus Board is comprised of native people who come from the various parts of Indian Country.  We are aware of issues and concerns that affect the Native communities, and we know their gifts and talents.  The Caucus is divided into regions by geography and population of Native American United Methodist Churches.  There are five regions: North West (NW), South East (SE), South Central (SC), North West (NW) and South West (SW).  Each region has six representatives (four voting, two alternates).

We stand with Native people, ministries and communities in their work and supporting their vision.  In the past, there were not many places where this could happen, but visionary leaders of the Caucus worked to bring this VOICE to the people.  This was done by creating entities that are  beneficial to these communities such as the Native American Comprehensive Plan (NACP), National United Methodist Native American Center (NUMNAC) and the Southeast Jurisdictional Agency for Native American Ministries (SEJANAM). The Caucus is working with the Western Jurisdiction to organize a Western Jurisdiction Committee on Native American Ministries.

The National Farm Worker Ministry (NFWM) represents consumers, advocates and people of faith and conscience who want to support the Farm Worker Movement.

NFWM began in 1920 as a ministry of charity and service, providing food, clothing and day care to farm workers. When United Farm Workers co-founder Cesar Chavez began organizing in the 1960’s, he called on the religious community to change its emphasis from charity to justice. NFWM became the vehicle for people of faith to respond to that call.

NFWM continues that mission by educating and mobilizing our member and supporting organizations, other faith communities, groups, and individuals to support farm worker led campaigns that aim to improve farm workers’ working and living conditions.

In 1968, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and many others called for a “revolution of values” in America. They sought to build a broad, fusion movement that could unite poor and impacted communities across the country. Their name was a direct cry from the underside of history: The Poor People’s Campaign. 

Today, the Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival has picked up this unfinished work. From Alaska to Arkansas, the Bronx to the border, people are coming together to confront the interlocking evils of systemic racism, poverty, ecological devastation, militarism and the war economy, and the distorted moral narrative of religious nationalism. We understand that as a nation we are at a critical juncture — that we need a movement that will shift the moral narrative, impact policies and elections at every level of government, and build lasting power for poor and impacted people. 

The Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice (RCRC) is a broad-based, national, interfaith movement that brings the moral force of religion to protect and advance reproductive health, choice, rights and justice through education, prophetic witness, pastoral presence and advocacy.

RCRC values and promotes religious liberty which upholds the human and constitutional rights of all people to exercise their conscience to make their own reproductive health decisions without shame and stigma. RCRC challenges systems of oppression and seeks to remove the multiple barriers that impede individuals, especially those in marginalized communities, in accessing comprehensive reproductive health care with respect and dignity.

Living into our shared baptismal covenant, Reconciling Ministries Network equips and mobilizes United Methodists to resist evil, injustice, and oppression as we seek justice for people of all sexual orientations and gender identities.

Reconciling Ministries Network envisions a renewed and vibrant Wesleyan movement that is biblically and theologically centered. As committed disciples of Jesus Christ, we strive to transform ourselves and the world by living out the Gospel’s teachings of grace, love, justice, and celebration of all of God’s children.