Through 1,555 locations across the nation, 354,000 employees serve more than 32 million persons annually. Services are provided regardless of race, color, creed, national origin, gender, disability, veteran status or religious affiliation.
The UMA family provides more than $2 billion in charitable care each year.
Theology Statement
“Feed my sheep,” Jesus of Nazareth
“The world is my parish,” John Wesley
We, the United Methodist Association (UMA), are a people of God who are called to care for others and are formed into a community of faith. We are inheritors of Judeo-Christian traditions emphasizing wholeness of mind, body and Spirit; worldwide inclusiveness, and; authentic discipleship.
Mutually encouraged by each other’s faith (Romans 1:12), we are graced by the Spirit of God with a wide variety of gifts. Called to embody the love of God, we express our high calling through ministries with individuals, United Methodist related organizations and other faith communities.
We celebrate God’s presence. We seek to follow the commands of God’s Son, Jesus Christ. We wonder at the mystery of God’s Holy Spirit. Thus empowered, we become the UMA, a Spirit-Centered, faith-based and Wesleyan-focused healing and caring ministry.
UMA Vision Statement
UMA members are thriving, Spirit-centered ministries passionately committed to excellence.
UMA Mission Statement
The United Methodist Association promotes, inspires, empowers and recognizes excellence in healing and caring ministries.
UMA Values Statement (Long Version)
Respect
Humankind, created in God’s image, has intrinsic value and dignity and is worthy of respect. This respect is demonstrated through caring concern for all of God’s creatures, examples of which include:
- Ensuring a safe working environment for its employees;
- Responding to the needs of its members in a timely fashion;
- Treating its employees and members in a just, considerate manner;
- Showing kindness to those whose lives touch the Association; and,
- Lifting-up diversity as part of God’s gift and intention for humankind.
Excellence
God has called us to continued growth and to excellence in all that we do. To that end the Association provides quality services and programs that are valued by its members. Examples include:
- A high quality, cost-efficient National Convention;
- “Keep the Fires Burning” conferences; and,
- Publications such as “Assisted Dying” and Organizational Ethics.”
Responsibility and Accountability
All that is, belongs to God who has called us to be responsible stewards of all creation. Part of this calling involves being accountable for decisions we make. The Association fulfills its stewardship role by:
- Respecting the time and talents of its employees and members;
- Operating in a fiscally responsible manner; and,
- Being accountable through its governing structure to its members, and ultimately to God.
Relationship
God has called us into relationship with God’s self and with one another. The Association takes this call to relationship seriously by promoting the connection among diverse faith-based organizations, individuals, and all appropriate entities of The United Methodist Church.
Empowerment
God has empowered believers to live a spirit-centered, discerning life, seeking God’s will and purpose. Part of God’s intention is lived out within individual and corporate levels of the workplace. The Association empowers its member organizations by providing services, programs, and products that enable organizations to fulfill their Vision and Mission in a manner consistent with our Wesleyan heritage.
Spirituality
God has created us as physical, emotional, and spiritual beings. When we struggle spiritually, the physical and emotional aspects of our lives suffer as well, making our ability to discern God’s will more difficult. Thus the Association values spiritual health for itself and others and to that end
- Respects the spiritual diversity of its employees and provides sufficient time for their spiritual renewal;
- Provides faith-based, spirit-centered programs and services to its members; and,
- Challenges its member organizations to live out a spirit-filled life.
UMA Values Statement (Short Version)
Respect
Humankind, created in God’s image, has intrinsic value and dignity and is worthy of respect. This respect is demonstrated through caring concern for all of God’s creatures.
Excellence
God has called us to continued growth and to excellence in all that we do. To that end the Association provides quality services and programs that are valued by its members.
Responsibility and Accountability
All that is, belongs to God who has called us to be responsible stewards of all creation. Part of this calling involves being accountable for decisions we make.
Relationship
God has called us into relationship with God’s self and with one another. The Association takes this call to relationship seriously by promoting the connection among diverse faith-based organizations, individuals, and all appropriate entities of The United Methodist Church.
Empowerment
God has empowered believers to live a spirit-centered, discerning life, seeking God’s will and purpose. Part of God’s intention is lived out within individual and corporate levels of the workplace. The Association empowers its member organizations by providing services, programs, and products that enable organizations to fulfill their Vision and Mission in a manner consistent with our Wesleyan heritage.
Spirituality
God has created us as physical, emotional, and spiritual beings. When we struggle spiritually, the physical and emotional aspects of our lives suffer as well, making our ability to discern God’s will more difficult. Thus the Association values spiritual health for itself and others.
Code of Ethics
The United Methodist Association of Health and Welfare Ministries, inspired by and created from the traditions, theology and social conscience of the United Methodist heritage, seeks to promote God’s kingdom on earth. Grounded in Scripture, and balanced by reason, tradition and experience, we accept God’s covenant, as expressed by Christ’s example, to love our neighbors as ourselves. By this covenant, we are called to express our faith through active ministries of healing and caring for God’s children.
To these ends, a member organization of the United Methodist Association of Health and Welfare Ministries will:
- maintain a safe, secure and accessible environment
- provide services in an atmosphere of holistic caring
- treat all individuals with dignity and respect, guarding against abuse, neglect, invasion of privacy and economic exploitation
- provide spiritual growth opportunities for those receiving and providing services
- respect the personal and professional ethics of all persons providing services
- expect all persons providing services to perform within the standards set by this Code of Ethics
- ensure that all financial policies are based on sound economic principles and are public and non-discriminatory and in keeping with the standards set by this Code of Ethics
- undertake or support actions which will enhance health care and human services
- continuously review and improve the delivery of our services, sharing collective wisdom and experience with Association member organizations
