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The General Commission on Religion and Race is funded by the faithful giving of United Methodists through the denomination’s World Service Fund. That support enables GCORR to pursue its mandated mission to help the church overcome racism and create a more inclusive denomination that calls, equips and sends forth disciples of Jesus Christ to transform the world. The General Commission is also a source of funding for jurisdictional commissions and racial/ethnic churches, caucuses and community projects through the historic Minority Group Self-Determination Fund, established by the General Conference in 1979. The need for such support is critical to their work and survival.
General Board of Church and Society Grants Program The General Board of Church and Society helps local churches and organizations advocate and establish social justice ministries. General Board of Church and Society.
General Board of Discipleship, Racial/Ethnic Local Church Concerns Grants The Racial Ethnic Local Church Concerns Office reviews funding proposals and makes grants to fund ministries that strengthen and support racial ethnic local church concerns.
Communications Scholarship for Ethnic Minority Students The Leonard M. Perryman Communications Scholarship for Racial Ethnic Minority Students awards a $2,500 scholarship for undergraduate study of religion journalism or mass communications. It recognizes of the work of Leonard M. Perryman, a journalist for The United Methodist Church for nearly 30 years. |
