Missionary Conferences of The United Methodist Church in the United States : Geographic Mission Study 2017

by J. Ann Craig, Deborah E. Bass

The aim of the study is to give an overview of the three missionary conferences in The United Methodist Church, the contexts out of which they grew and their current The Alaska United Methodist Conference, Red Bird Missionary Conference, and the Oklahoma Indian Missionary Conference are a hybrid of home and international missionary work.

What does the future look like for these conferences? Broad-ranging conversations are taking place around this question. The General Board of Global Ministries and the missionary conferences are exploring best operational and structural options for maximizing mission and ministry going forward in these unique locations. These dialogues, different in each case, have begun and will take place across the 2017– 2020 quadrennium. The objective is mutuality in mission partnership and collaboration, which provides the heartbeat of all productive mission within the United Methodist connection.

Study guide by J. Ann Craig with special contributions by Deborah Bass.
Leaders guide by Judith Pierre-Okerson.

175 pages, Kindle Edition

Published March 9, 2017

Reviews

[Tomi Alger · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is a United Methodist Women Mission U study book. It focuses on the Alaska Missionary Conference, the Red Bird (Appalachia) Mission Conference, and the Oklahoma Indian Missionary Conference. Geography, politics, churches, and racism have all influenced the presence and ministry of the Methodist Church in these areas of the United States. Sadly, these conferences and others are still dealing with the same issues in various ways. It certainly gives the reader something on which to think and take action to improve.