Missions
About DUMC Missional Impact.
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Our Vision.
We will be a congregation committed to and sent out to engage in sustainable and transformational missions so that all God’s children can live life to the fullest.
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Our Mission.
We will initiate and implement a culture which encourages this Body of Christ to engage in missions which balance short-term relief with long-term sustainable transformation.
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Our Core Values
Empowerment: Doing all we can to help make people and their communities stronger and more confident in controlling their lives and making their own decisions and choices.
Sustainability: Choosing approaches that can be implemented by helpers and recipients together and continued for the long term after helpers go home.
Focus on both Justice and Compassion: Compassion: helping to alleviate the pain and suffering of others. Justice: examining the systemic causes of pain and suffering and working to eradicate them.
Relational: Provide opportunities to build long-term relationships.
Help not Hurt: Ensure that human dignity is preserved above all else. Create no dependencies. Safeguard local economies.
Mission Partners.
Through our Mission Partners, Davidson UMC shares God's love through service, generosity, and relationship building in our community and around the world. Explore opportunities to serve, support, and make a difference alongside our ministry partners.
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Our Internal Mission Partners are ministries led and supported by members of Davidson UMC that serve our neighbors locally through hands-on outreach, compassion ministries, and community engagement. From feeding families and supporting those experiencing homelessness to disaster response and creation care, these ministries offer meaningful ways to put faith into action.
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Our External Mission Partners are local, regional, and global organizations that extend the reach of Davidson UMC beyond our campus. Through these partnerships, we support programs focused on education, housing, healthcare, food security, community development, and spiritual growth for people of all ages and backgrounds.