The Board of Advocacy oversees the ministries related to the divisions of the Status and Role of Women (COSROW), Disability Concerns, Religion and Race, Christian Unity and Interreligious Concerns, Strengthening of the Black Church, Hispanic ministries, Native American Ministries, and Asian Ministries. The board’s core mission is to work alongside, and to assist with resources and programs for churches as they minister with and to ethnic constituencies, and keeps the vision of ethnic local concerns before the annual conference.  (See ¶632, the Book of Discipline of the United Methodist Church 2008 pg410.)  The Board of Advocacy is committed in doing its part, to help build up the kingdom.

For further information abotu the Board of Advocacy and Ethnic Ministries, please contact Susan Hunt susan@awfumc.org 
 

Chairperson:  Rev. Dunford Cole
Members
Reda Brooks (10), Division of Religion and Race)
Ruth Ann Powers (09), Division of Status and Role of Women
Carolyn Davis (05), Division of Disability Concerns
Nexton Marshall (10) Division of Christian Unity and Interreligious Concerns
Rev. Robert Spicer (10), Division of Strengthening the Black Church
TBD, Division of Hispanic-Latino Ministries
Rev. Dunford Cole (09), Division of Native American Ministries
TBD, Division of Asian Ministries
Rev. Charles Fail (10)
 

Ex-Officio Members
Coordinator, Hispanic-Latino Ministries:  Martha Rovira
Director of Missions and Advocacy:  Susan Hunt
Director of Discipleship and Ethnic Ministries:  Rev. Frederick Outlaw
General Commission on Christian Unity and Interreligious Concerns:  Edna Williams