Profile: Metro United Methodist Urban Ministry

Mission Statement:

Overcoming Poverty, Strengthening Families, Building Communities

Metro is a faith based organization committed to empowering low income individuals, families and communities to overcome poverty and to achieve self sufficiency through employment, education, social services and leadership development.
 

History:

Metro United Methodist Urban Ministry was founded in 1966. Metro is the social service and community development arm of the forty-eight United Methodist Churches throughout San Diego and Imperial Counties. Since it was established, Metro has been a vehicle for churches to reach the least, the last, and the lost. Metro also works with community members to effectively live in society and assist them in becoming more knowledgeable regarding their rights and responsibilities as members of their neighborhood.

The focus of the agency has been on:

• Prevention.
• A responsiveness and attachment to local neighborhoods.
• A "systems" approach that included the youth, the family, the community, and local churches as part of the prevention efforts.
• A belief that our services must be transformative, moving individuals from positions of dependency and vulnerability to a position of strength and self-sufficiency.