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Our Mission

Welcome to the mission pages of the Methodist Church website. You will find all you need to know about the mission of the Methodist Church in Britain and abroad on these pages. You can also order or download our resources, find out more about the various Methodist Church Funds and how you can support them from these pages.

In 2004, the Methodist Conference agreed the following Priorities for the Methodist Church:

To proclaim and affirm its conviction of God’s love in Christ, for us and for all the world; and renew confidence in God’s presence and action in the world and in the Church.

1. Underpinning everything we do with God-centred worship and prayer
   
    
2. Supporting community development and action for justice, especially among the most deprived and poor - in Britain and worldwide 
   
    
3. Developing confidence in evangelism and in the capacity to speak of God and faith in ways that make sense to all involved
   
    
4. Encouraging fresh ways of being Church 
   
    
5. Nurturing a culture in the Church which is people-centred and flexible

Whenever and wherever the Church participates in these Priorities, it is engaging in the mission of God.

"Mission is the participation of Christians in the liberating mission of Jesus. It is the good news of God’s love, incarnated in the witness of a community for the sake of the world."

"Mission is quite simply, though profoundly, what the Christian community is called to do, beginning right where it is."

From Transforming Mission, David Bosch (2000)

Interested in mission?

You can find out how the Methodist Church is engaging in mission around the world and in Britain.

Thinking of serving the church overseas? Then go to the Overseas Service page.

Find out how you can support the Methodist Church Funds, including the World Mission Fund

Watch Shared Lives, our 5-minute DVD detailing the work of the Fund for World Mission in action

Need resources or ideas for your mission event? Have a look at our resources page.

Want to know more about mission? Read Reflections on Mission.