Applications are now being received by the GNJAC Board of Church and Society for the 2009 Peace with Justice Grants. Applications for the coming year are due on February 28, 2009  Applications may be submitted by any group related to the Annual Conference - a local church; an agency of the conference, a district, or by two or more such groups in cooperation.  Programs that wish to receive grants must work toward at least one of the following objectives:
Assist United Methodists in understanding and responding to violence and militarism.

• Involve United Methodists in efforts to end conflicts and violent aggression around the world.
• Promote just local, national and international policies and actions (governmental and non-governmental) which seek to restore communities and respond to the disproportionate effect of injustices on racial and ethnic persons.
• Support policies that promote systematic economic justice and the self-development of peoples.

In addition, we wish to support the Four Areas of Focus named by the Council of Bishops, the Connectional Table, and the Table of General Secretaries.  To that end, the board will also consider applications that show evidence of one of the following:

• Developing principled Christian leaders for the church and the world.
• Creating new places for new people and renewing existing congregations.
• Engaging in ministry with the poor.
• Stamping out killer diseases of poverty by improving health globally.

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