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About the UMC MISSION: The mission of the United Methodist Church is to make disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world. (Adopted by General Conference 2008)
Following this Uniting Conference, the many annual conferences of the two denominations began the process of unification on a local level. Kansas West United Methodist Conference was one of the first to do so on July 30, 1968, at First United Methodist Church in Wichita. Bishops W. McFerrin Stowe and Paul W. Milhouse presided over the uniting conference. Headquartered in Wichita, today’s Kansas West United Methodist Conference is comprised of 387 churches, 376 clergy members and more than 88,000 lay members. Through making disciples, discovering spiritual gifts and developing leaders, the Kansas West United Methodist Conference has a vision for the future of a spiritually alive network of faith communities that live out the call of Jesus Christ through ministries of education, witness and compassion. Click HERE to learn more about The United Methodist Church.
‘Four Areas of Focus’ video “Four Areas of Focus,” a nine-minute video, features: 1. Developing principled Christian leaders for the church and the world Affirmed by the 2008 General Conference, the Four Areas of Focus offer a clear path for United Methodists to fulfill their mission of making disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world. View the video online at www.umc.org/site/apps/nlnet/content3.aspx?c=lwL4KnN1LtH&b=4485119&ct=5878381.
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The United Methodist Church was formed in 1968 through the unification of the Evangelical United Brethren and Methodist denominations April 23 through May 6, 1968.