The following organizations, coalitions and networks share a common commitment to many of the issues that are of primary importance to MFSA in the struggle for justice, peace and liberation. MFSA seeks to give particular support to many of the initiatives taken by these groups.

Official United Methodist Links

General Board of Church and Society (GBCS)
http://www.umc-gbcs.org
Located in Washington, DC, theGBSC is one of four general program boards of The United Methodist Church. The prime responsibility of the board is to seek the implementation of the Social Principles and other policy statements of the General Conference on Christian social concerns. The major issues addressed by the board include: environmental justice; social and economic justice concerns; peace with justice; women’s issues; civil and human rights; health care; and children, youth and family concerns.

General Commission on Christian Unity and Interreligious
Concerns (GCCUIC) of The United Methodist Church.
http://www.gccuic-umc.org
The GCCUIC advocates and works for the full reception of the gift of Christian unity in every aspect of the Church's life and to foster approaches to ministry and mission that more fully reflect the oneness of Christ's church in the human community. It seeks to establish and strengthen relationships with other living faith communities, and to further dialogue with persons of other faiths, cultures, and ideologies.

The General Commission on Religion and Race (GCORR)
http://www.gcrr.org
GCORR challenges 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 and monitoring the practices of the entire Church so as to further ensure racial inclusiveness.

The General Commission on the Status and Role of
Women (GCSRW) of the United Methodist Church
http://www.gcsrw.org
GCSRW works to achieve the full and equal participation and responsibility of women in the church. They serve as an advocate, catalyst, and monitor to empower women and to transform the church so that an inclusive people of God might be in ministry and mission to a hungering and hurting world.

The Women’s Division of the General Board of Global Ministries
http://gbgm-umc.org/Womens-Division
The Women’s Division of the General Board of Global Ministriesof the United Methodist Church is actively engaged in fulfilling the mission of Christ and the Church and interprets the purpose of United Methodist Women. The division advocates for the oppressed and dispossessed with special needs of women, children and youth works to build a supportive community among women, and helps foster growth in the Christian faith, mission education, and Christian social involvement.

Unofficial United Methodist Links

On Fire
http://www.umonfire.org
On Fire! is a group of United Methodist young adults reclaiming our Wesleyan heritage of spiritual and social transformation. This a group of young people within the United Methodist Church giving voice to progressive members of our generation. The United Methodist Church has a strong tradition of inclusiveness and justice seeking. OnFire is proud of our Wesleyan heritage but are deeply concerned about the ways in which our church has strayed from its roots of social justice. OnFire has focused efforts on three program areas: Influencing Church and Theology, Inclusivity and Equality, and Economic Justice and Human Rights. All progressive young adult United Methodists are invited to join this call to transform our church! Whether you are in college, seminary bound, serving in mission, or a lay person in the workforce, we invite you to follow in Wesley’s footsteps and become On Fire!

Affirmation
http://www.umaffirm.org
Affirmation is an activist caucus of lesbian, gay, bisexual and tansgendered people that pursues policies and processes that support full participation of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered people in all areas and levels of the United Methodist Church. Affirmation seeks to overcome the barriers that diminish our common humanity by excluding or judging people because of their race, gender, class, or physical abilities and to empower people to undertake works of inclusion and justice where they are.

The Reconciling Ministries Network (RMN)
http://www.rmnetwork.org
The Reconciling Ministries Network is a growing movement of United Methodist individuals, congregations, campus ministries, and other groups working for the full participation of all people in the United Methodist Church. This grassroots organization strives to enable full participation of people of all sexual orientations and gender identities in the life of the United Methodist Church, both in policy and practice. With a national office located in Chicago, RMN is an independent, not-for-profit organization.

Additional Links

Protestants for Justice Action

Protestants for Justice Action is a national network of Christian grassroots justice action groups from mainstream Protestant denominations. As many as eight denominations have been represented at gatherings of this network. The following groups have web pages:

Disciples Justice Action Network, Christian Church, Disciples of Christ: http://www.djan.net
Witherspoon Society, Presbyterian Church: http://www.witherspoonsociety.org
Baptist Peace Fellowship: http://www.bpfna.org
Lutheran Human Relations Association: http://www.lhra.org

Americans United for Separation of Church and State
http://www.au.org
Americans United for Separation of Church and State has worked for decades to protect the constitutional principle of church-sate separation, a vital cornerstone of religious liberty. With national offices in the Washington, DC area and a network of 60,000 members and volunteers in all 50 states, Americans United is a respected and trusted organization working to preserve our nation’s heritage of freedom.

Citizens United for Alternatives to the Death Penalty
http://www.cuadp.org
Citizens United for Alternatives to the Death Penalty promotes viable alternatives to the death penalty and news of death penalty related events. The web site contains excellent links to state and other organizational sites and other resources.

Corporate Accountability International (CAI)
www.stopcorporateabuse.org

Corporate Accountability International (formerly Infact) is a membership organization that protects people by waging and winning campaigns that challenge irresponsible and dangerous corporate actions around the world. For 30 years, Corporate Accountability International and our members have scored major victories that protect people's lives by forcing corporations like Nestlé, General Electric and Philip Morris/Altria to stop abusive practices.

Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR)
http://www.iccr.org
For thirty years the ICCR has been a leader of the corporate social responsibility movement. ICCR's membership is an association of 275 Protestant, Roman Catholic and Jewish institutional investors, including national denominations, religious communities, pension funds, endowments, hospital corporations, economic development funds and publishing companies. ICCR and its members press companies to be socially and environmentally responsible.

The National Jobs for All Coalition
http://www.njfac.org
The National Jobs for All Coalition is a movement committed to building a new movement for full employment at livable wages to help create a good and just society. This goal unites a diverse group of otherwise divided, single-issue constituencies.

The Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice (RCRC)
http://www.rcrc.org
The Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice works to ensure reproductive choice through the moral power of religious communities. The Coalition seeks to give clear voice to the reproductive issues of people of color, those living in poverty, and other underserved populations.

Soulforce
http://www.soulforce.org
Soulforce is an interfaith movement committed to ending spiritual violence perpetuated by religious policies and teachings against gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender (GLBT) people. Local chapters have formed across the nation to support and carry out the struggle for justice and equality that Soulforce volunteers are doing nationally, and at the same time, take that struggle for justice to the local level.

Sabeel Ecumenical Liberation Theology Center
http://www.sabeel.org
Sabeel Ecumenical Liberation Theology Center is an ecumenical grassroots liberation theology movement among Palestinian Christians. Sabeel works to promote a more accurate international awareness regarding the identity, presence, and witness of Palestinian Christians as well as their contemporary concerns. It encourages individuals and groups from around the world to work for a just, comprehensive, and enduring peace informed by truth and empowered by prayer and action.

United Methodists of Color for a Fully Inclusive Church (UMOC)
http://www.umoc.org
UMOC is a progressive, multiracial and multiethnic caucus for full diversity in the United Methodist Church rooted in the experiences of people of color in the United Methodist church. With an office located in Washington, DC, UMOC works to build a church that is anti-racist, anti-classist, anti-heterosexist, and anti-colonialist.