Organizational Structure
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- Christianity
- Protestantism
- Pietism
- Anglicanism
- Arminianism
- Wesleyanism
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| Doctrines |
- Articles of Religion
- Prevenient Grace
- Governmental Atonement
- New Birth
- Imparted righteousness
- Christian perfection
- Assurance
- Conditional preservation of the saints
- Works of Piety
- Works of Mercy
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| Key people |
- John Wesley
- Richard Allen
- Francis Asbury
- Thomas Coke
- William Law
- William Williams Pantycelyn
- Howell Harris
- Albert Outler
- James Varick
- Charles Wesley
- George Whitefield
- Countess of Huntingdon
- Bishops · Theologians
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| Largest groups |
- World Methodist Council
- AME Church
- AME Zion Church
- Church of the Nazarene
- CME Church
- Free Methodist Church
- Methodist Church of Southern Africa
- Methodist Church of Great Britain
- Methodist Church in Ireland
- Methodist Church in India
- United Methodist Church
- Wesleyan Church
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| Organization |
- Connexionalism
- Methodist Circuit
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| Related groups |
- Holiness movement
- Moravian Church
- Salvation Army
- United Church of Canada
- Uniting Church in Australia
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| Other topics |
- Saints in Methodism
- Homosexuality and Methodism
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UMCOR’s unique structure encourages quick, significant responses. UMCOR represents a branch of the General Board of Global Ministries’ Health and Relief Unit. Under this unit, UMCOR enjoys financial stability, organizational accountability, and bureaucratic protection. The organization is led by a board of 18 directors from around the world who oversee operations, develop strategies, and search out opportunities for providing aid. Offices in New York, Washington DC, and Vienna, Austria monitor world situations and evaluate how relief can be best distributed. Programs are organized according to their geographical regions: Africa, Europe and Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean, and the United States.
What makes UMCOR unique is its structure for receiving donations. UMCOR is organized so that when a need arises the committee sends all pertinent information to local churches and organizations worldwide. These churches and organizations then collect donations and send them to distribution centers. By doing this UMCOR is able to receive large donations very quickly and very efficiently, thus reducing overhead and operational costs. UMCOR acts as an information relay point between needs and donations.