Van Buren United Methodist Church Statement:

Mission of The United Methodist Church: Making disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world.

Our Mission: Growing Church of Growing Christians sharing Jesus Christ with Van Buren and the world.

Vision: As Christians we will share Jesus Christ through our prayers, presence, gifts, service, and witness.

Core Values: We will strive to accomplish our Mission and Vision by offering:

  1. Our Prayers
  2. Our Presence
  3. Our Gifts
  4. Our Service
  5. Our Witness
  1. Our Prayers: Communication with God and others the needs of our community and our church.
  2. Our Presence: Attending to the worship, study, and sharing of our service and resources with others in the church and community.
  3. Our Gifts: Supporting our church with our talents, our skills, and our resources.
  4. Our Service: Reaching out with fellowship, hope, help, love and encouragement to our church and our community.
  5. Our Witness: Sharing the Good News of Jesus Christ with lessons, stories, sermons, and other opportunities of learning about the transforming love, grace and mercy of Jesus Christ.