Justice Organization Sharing Hope & United for Action (JOSHUA) is an interfaith coalition of faith communities joined together to bridge differences and focus on common values to address community concerns. Visit their website at www.joshua4justice.org.
JOSHUA dedicates itself to:
- Celebrating and respecting our diversity and our varied faith traditions, while being guided by our common faith values of justice.
- Stimulating creative efforts to improve our community through dialogue both in the public and private sector, and through education and action.
JOSHUA helps translate our concerns and issues into action that can bring about positive change. Through quarterly training meetings, clergy caucuses, board meetings, and leadership training opportunities, JOSHUA helps member congregations stay connected. Through this on-going networking and training, JOSHUA empowers and equips congregations with tools and techniques to bring together the relationships they have built and be a voice and participant in the public arena.
The First United Methodist Church JOSHUA Core Team currently meets on the fourth Wednesday of each month.
JOSHUA is an affiliate of the national Gamaliel Foundation. At the state level, JOSHUA is part of an umbrella organization called WISDOM, which includes the following congregation-based organizations:
- CUSH in Kenosha
- MICAH in Milwaukee
- ESTHER in the Fox Valley
- RIC in Racine
- JOB in Rock County
- SOPHIA in Waukesha
- JOSHUA in Brown County