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Brea United Methodist Church is a welcoming and caring congregation
that seeks to serve God, one another and others by growing in faith,
modeling compassion and connecting to the wider world with help,
hope and peace. We embrace an emerging Christianity that invites
questioning and contemplation, focuses less on dogma and doctrine
and more on compassion and love. We promote practices of faith and
service to transform both us and our community.
As a "Caring Church for Thinking People," we affirm that
our hearts, minds, and doors are always open. We welcome all ages,
races and nationalities, those of any physical or mental ability,
those of any sexual orientation or gender identity, those of any
family configuration, those of any theological or political |
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So
what's the United Methodist Church?
It's
a church where a warmhearted, personal experience of the message
and meaning of Jesus is central to all teaching, preaching and
outreach...
It's
a church where God's love for the world is an active and engaged
love, calling us to be more than observers, but to stand up and
make things better...
It's a church
that cares about people in need. It feeds a million children every
day. Within hours of a natural disaster anywhere in
the world, it's there through the United
Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR) to provide both
aid and love...
It's a church
with a social
creed that has been and still is both a marvel and a model
of social justice.
It's a church
that accepts responsibility for protecting God's creation, and
supports the caring use of Earth's resources...
It's a church
that believes in openness, and accepts the equality of all people
in God's sight. It has more Native American and Asian American
members than any other, is second in number of Hispanic American
members, and serves more African American members than all but
a very few...
It's a church
that shares more beyond the local church in giving per member
than any other...
It's a world-wide
church upon which the sun never sets, for it's in mission and
ministry in more than 90 countries...
It's a church
that started and operates hundreds of colleges, children's homes,
senior homes and hospitals, and that also began Goodwill Industries...
It's a church
that's widespread yet connected, with a structure that ties its
more than 38,000 congregations together in united ministry around
the world...
It's also
a church that's close to home - the only faith in the United States
that has a local church in every community with a population of
10,000 or more...
It's a church
that's ecumenical in outlook---committed to reaching out to all
people in understanding, good will and peace.
Visit the Official
website of the United Methodist Church
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