Justice and Social Action (Church & Society)

Global AIDS

Committee Contact:
Donna Costa, chcomafterschool@verizon.net 

About the Global AIDS Committee:
The New England Annual Conference has adopted three resolutions that encouraged local churches to set aside one Sunday each year for “Global AIDS Awareness”, in order to educate our members and raise funds to support our denomination’s effort to halt the HIV/AIDS epidemic. They stated in part:
  • We seek to be disciples of the One who came to bring good news to the poor, and who sent his disciples out to witness and to heal;
  • Over 40 million persons globally are living with HIV and AIDS, and 9,000 people die from AIDS every day;
  • Every month the death toll from AIDS surpasses the total deaths from the terrible Asian tsunami;
  • The HIV pandemic causes 5 million persons to be infected and 3 million lives to be lost each year;
  • There are more than 15 million AIDS orphans in Africa alone;
  • We affirm that the world’s leading governments and the United Nations have contributed significant resources aimed at HIV prevention and treatment;
...and yet, as United Methodist Bishop Felton May has said,
“Churches cannot conquer AIDS alone, but it will not happen without us.”
 
The goal for our Conference is to raise $1 per member, or approximately $97,000, by the end of 2008. As of Sept. 30, New England United Methodists have raised $23,982 toward that goal. Click below for more information and resources to help your local church work toward meeting this important goal! World AIDS Day is December 1 - start a campaign in your church today!
 

 

Links and Resources:
For more information on the UMC Global AIDS Fund, visit www.umglobalaidsfund.org
      
2008 Global AIDS Fund Pledge Forms: