About Us
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Our Vision
We believe that God’s vision is for a fully inclusive Church that is accountable for and proactive in addressing all forms of racial/ethnic oppression, and where all members strive, as disciples of Jesus Christ, to build God’s beloved community. Read more about GCORR's CORR Values. Our Mission Thus, our mission is to empower people and transform institutions to create inclusive, multicultural relationships and ministries. Our Purpose The General Conference has established GCORR to challenge and equip the general agencies, institutions, and connectional structures of The United Methodist Church to a full and equal participation of the racial and ethnic constituency in the total life and mission of the Church through advocacy and by reviewing, teaching and monitoring the practices of the entire Church so as to further ensure racial inclusiveness as we make disciples for Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world. Our Ministry GCORR is one of six general commissions of the United Methodist Church charged with addressing specific, focused areas of concern. Religion and Race was established in 1968 to challenge and help the denomination's agencies, institutions, annual (regional) conferences and congregations to achieve full, equal participation of its racial and ethnic minority constituencies in the total life and mission of the Church. GCORR strives to accomplish this task through education and advocacy and by reviewing, monitoring and supporting the United Methodist Church's efforts to ensure racial inclusiveness and foster racial justice and reconciliation. Our Focus Areas GCORR’s Action Plan is an outgrowth of the agency’s vision and mission statements and reflects a new perspective on the Agency’s work: to sharpen our focus on achieving measurable results. While we understand that the spiritual nature of anti-racism and inclusiveness work is something that cannot always be easily measured, we feel that it is imperative to set clear expectations for the changes we would like to see in the life of the institutional Church as well as in the lives of its members, and to measure our progress in being both a catalytic and transformational force for achieving those changes. The plan incorporates the four areas of focus adopted by the General Conference in 2008:1. Leadership development. 2. New Places for New people. 3. Eradicating Poverty. 4. Global Health. Read about GCORR's work in the Four Focus Areas |
