DFMS: Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society
EC: Executive Council
GC: General Convention
IMF: International Monetary Fund
NCCC-USA: National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA
PJM: Peace and Justice Ministries
OGR: Office of GOvernment Relations
UN: United Nations
MGDs: Millenium Development Goals
- Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
- Achieve unversal primary education
- Promote gender equality and empower women
- Reduce child mortality
- Improve maternal health
- Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases
- Ensure environmental sustainability
- Create a global partnership for development, with targets for aid, trade and debt relief
