General Board of Church and Society
It is one of four international general program boards of The United Methodist Church as set out the UMC Book of Discipline.The General Board has headquarters on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., and at the Interchurch Center in New York City.It shall seek to bring the whole of human life, activities, possessions, use of resources, and community and world relationships into conformity with the will of God.It shall show the members of the Church and the society that the reconciliation that God effected through Christ involves personal, social, and civic righteousness.[1] In 2008, this was affirmed by the General Conference, but, in 2016, it voted in favor of withdrawing the United Methodist Church from the pro-choice organization.