Partner Churches, Universities and Organizations

The following United Methodist Churches have partnered with GCORR to Drop the I-Word. Is your church on the list? If not, ask church leaders to take the pledge and join the campaign.

Partner Churches

• Covenant UMC; Springfield, Pennsylvania
• Echo Park UMC; Los Angeles, California
• Grace Calvary UMC; Chicago, Illinois
• New Milford UMC; New Milford, Connecticut
• Oak Forest UMC; Little Rock, Arkansas
• Pico Union Shalom Hispanic Ministry; Los Angeles, California
• PlumbLine Fellowship at Narberth UMC; Narberth, Pennsylvania
• Christ’s Foundry Fellowship; Dallas, Texas
• Las Americas Comunidad de Fe/Trinity UMC; Des Moines, Iowa
• St. Philips UMC; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• Thressa Hoover UMC; Little Rock, Arkansas
• Westhampton Beach UMC; Westhampton Beach, New York
• Church in Ocean Park; Santa Monica, California
• Summerfield UMC; Bridgeport, Connecticut
• St. Luke’s UMC; Orlando, Florida
• Holy Covenant UMC; Carrollton, Texas
• FUMC-Dallas; Dallas, Texas
• First UMC of Duluth; Duluth, Minnesota

Partner Conferences

• East Africa Annual Conference of The United Methodist Church

Partner Organizations at United Methodist Seminaries

• Plumbline; Wesley Theological Seminary, Washington, DC 
• Beatitudes Society; Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary, Chicago, Illinois 
• Social Concerns Network; Candler School of Theology, Atlanta, Georgia
• CAUSE; Boston University School of Theology, Boston, Massachusetts
• Social Action Committee of the Iliff School of Theology; Denver, Colorado
• Claremont School of Theology; Claremont, California

Partner Universities

• Wesley Foundation at University of Arkansas, Little Rock; Little Rock, Arkansas
• Wesley Foundation at University of California, Los Angeles; Los Angeles, California
• United Methodist-Protestant Community at American University; Washington, DC
• Philander Smith University; Little Rock, Arkansas
• Gammon Theological Seminary; Atlanta, Georgia

Partner Justice for Our Neighbors Regions

• Justice for Our Neighbors, Tennessee
• Justice for Our Neighbors, Florida
• Justice for Our Neighbors, Iowa

Partner Racial-Ethnic Minority Caucuses

• BMCR (Black Methodists for Church Renewal)
• MARCHA (Metodistas Asociados Representando la Causa de los Hispano-Americanos)

Ecumenical Partner

• California Council of Churches
• Another Pebble, the antiracism ministry of the Metropolitan Chicago Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America

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