OUR CHURCH’S WIDER MISSION (OCWM) FUND

25% of pledged Missions dollars are sent to this United Church of Christ (UCC) Fund for distribution by the UCC in the following . 

•        Through UCC conferences and local church ministries

•        Train and equip leaders for youth ministries

•        Teach best practices for pastors and congregations

•        Aid pastoral search committees in local churches

•        Provide financing for new churches

•        Support ordained and lay ministers in their vocation 

Through the Church’s Wider Ministries

•        Feed the hungry

•        Care for children in need

•        Respond to emergencies and disasters 

Through the Justice Ministries

•        Celebrate diversity

◦      Promote justice and peace

◦      Provide justice leadership training for church members 

Through the Office of General Ministries         

•        Manage the UCC publishing bodies

•        Plan the General Synod

•        Plan the future of the UCC Mission

•        Nurture ecumenical and interfaith relationships

•        Care for retired UCC clergy and spouses 

*for further OCWM information go to www.ucc.org