National MFSA Priorities

PEACE

Nonviolence: MFSA sponsors “Creating A Culture of Peace” nonviolence training and action seminars.

Palestine and Israel: MFSA promotes a just and lasting settlement to the conflict in the Middle East through nonviolent action.  MFSA is urging UM Agencies to selectively divest in companies that benefit from the occupation of Palestine. 

POVERTY

Workers’ Rights:  MFSA takes action to support the rights of workers to make a living wage.

Budget Priorities:  MFSA advocates for adequate funding for housing, healthcare and education in the belief that security cannot be gained through military might.

PEOPLES’ RIGHTS

Full inclusion: With the Reconciling Ministries Network, Affirmation, and Church Within a Church, MFSA is working for a church and society that are fully inclusive of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender persons.

Dismantling Racism: MFSA supports the work of the General Commission on Religion and Race, and has joined other progressive UM groups to explore the intersections of race, gender, sexual orientation and class.

PROGRESSIVE INITIATIVES

Coalition Building: MFSA is strengthening and building a progressive movement of UMs through Voices of Faith conferences and organizing at Annual, Jurisdictional, and General Conferences.    

Monitoring the Conservative Renewal Movements in the UMC:  MFSA raises awareness around activities of the conservative renewal movements within the UMC, some of which are actively pursuing the option of a schism within the UMC.

Throughout our nearly 100 year history, MFSA has worked on several justice issues that we continue to monitor today including: civil rights, restorative justice, the rights of women and workers, environmental stewardship and reproductive choice.