Mission / Purpose, Vision & Service Offering
BMC Misson / Purpose
To Transform the MCSA into a truly African Church by challenging the Eurocentric power structure, ethos and practices of the MCSA by equipping Black Methodists to contribute meaningfully and actively in the MCSA given the context of Africans.
BMC Vision
Transformed MCSA that is resourceful, inclusive, and Christ-Centered African Church.
BMC Service Offering
Develop in-depth consciousness of what it means to be black and blackness in the 21st century (theoretical handles/underpinnings)
Interpret Black aspirations for the church [having been previously disadvantaged – define what needs to happen];
- Create moments of thinking together;
Produce Cutting Edge Capacity Building Programmes [Development] to enable God’s people to effectively lead [irrespective of race, gender, age, tribe and ethnicity] in ways that are pleasing to God, serving them all equitably and meaningfully with justice and fairness:
- Offer Bursaries for Studies;
- Conduct in-depth training; In-service Trainings; Mentorship and Coaching Programmes; Systems Designs (Admin, Finance Controls, Strat Plans; etc)
Building a church that is truly nonracial, nonsexist, open to laity and with a clear bias for the poor and marginalized;
Eradicating practices that result in conflict, corruption, maladministration, oppression and discrimination especially within the black church; by cultivating culture of accountability and good governance;
Lead Research and Development
VALUES AND PRINCIPLES OF THE BMC
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African Theology
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Black Consciousness
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Black Theology
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Consultative
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Empowerment
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Excellence
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Fairness
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Inclusive
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Influential
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Integrity
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Intellectual
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Justice
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Proactive
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Prophetic
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Responsive
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Strategic
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Transformative
BMC Challenges and equips Black Methodists to contribute meaningfully, actively and intelligently in the MCSA given the context of Africans.
- To enable Black Methodist to b active agents of changes and transformation, leading successfully across all structures of the MCSA.
- To ensure that the resolutions and the programmes taken at the decision making level of the MCSA have an input of Black Methodists from an African Context.
- To encourage Black Methodists to fight for Social Justice and welfare of all people like Women and Children, Youth victims of abused power in the Church and Community, opening up the voice of the voiceless(being a voice of reason).
- Strengthening and developing Societies and Circuits to be models of effective, efficient Churches where Black people live (creating pockets of excellence with high accountability for performance).
- To empower and capacitate through skilling and education of Black Methodists in the MCSA(creating a knowledge society, a power house).
- To encourage and promote unity amongst the Black people across cutting ethnic groups, racial lines as well as amongst Black and White.
