In The United Methodist Church, a number of
caucuses have been formed both denomination-wide and in the Annual Conference.
These are unofficial bodies in that they have not been established through
action by the General Conference or the Annual Conference and are not
accountable to those bodies. Among the oldest and most prominent caucuses are
the four which have formed to relate to the issues and concerns of four racial
and ethnic groups in America:
Black Methodists for Church Renewal (BMCR) - Methodists Associated Representing the Cause of Hispanic Americans (MARCHA)- Native American International Caucus (NAIC) - National Federation of Asian American United Methodists (NFAAUM)
Source:
A Dictionary for United Methodists, Alan K. Waltz, Copyright 1991, Abingdon
Press. Used by permission.
The groups shown below are groups of United Methodists who come together to support various
causes. These groups are unofficial and do not represent official United
Methodist positions or policies.
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Other Ethnic Caucuses Cambodian National Caucus - Chinese National Caucus - Formosan National Caucus - Japanese National Caucus - Korean National Caucus - Laotian National Caucus - National Assoc. of Filipino-American - National Hmong Caucus - South Asian National Caucus - Tongan-American Caucus - UM Congress of the Deaf - Vietnamese National Caucus Other caucus groups: Affirmation, Good News, Methodist Federation for Social Action (MFSA), Methodists in New Directions, Order of St. Luke, Reconciling Ministries Network, Wesleyan Covenant Association, Western Methodist Justice Movement |
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