North Texas Conference Black Methodist for Church Renewal UMC

OUR PURPOSE
To empower Black Methodists for effective witness and service among pastors, laity in local churches, conferences, schools, and the larger community
To encourage and involve Black Methodists and others in the struggle for economic and social justice. To act as an agitating conscience on all boards and agencies of The United Methodist Church in order to keep them sensitive to the needs

and expressions of a “genuinely”inclusive and relevant Church. To keep before the Church the crucial issues facing us by initiating action and supporting Church agencies which realistically deal with the needs of Black people; i.e., issues spelled out in “The Findings of Black Methodists for Church Renewal”and the other occasional documents adopted by BMCR. To initiate, develop, and implement strategies and instruments for the development, maintenance, and growth of strong Black local churches. We, the people called Black Methodists for Church Renewal, Inc., created in the image of God, confess our Faith in a living and just God. We call ourselves and the entire United Methodist Church to repentance, to rebuild God's Church as a community of faith, to declare the traditions and stories of the Bible and Black culture, to reclaim the black community and to liberate all people from racism and injustice everywhere.