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June 20, 2018
JOIN WORLD REFUGEE DAY NATIONAL CALL-IN DAY JUNE 20 TELL CONGRESS TO WELCOME REFUGEES: CLICK HERE OR CALL 1-866-961-4293* *PLEASE CALL THREE TIMES TO BE CONNECTED WITH YOUR REPRESENTATIVE AND BOTH OF YOUR SENATORS. Right now, it is more important than ever for all of our elected officials to hear that their communities welcome refugees. More than… Read more »
June 11, 2018
With the historic summit between President Donald Trump of the U.S. and North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un nearing, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) General Assembly Stated Clerk the Rev. J. Herbert Nelson, II has issued a statement reiterating the denomination’s persistent calls for a lasting peace on the Korean Peninsula. “We lift our hearts in prayer for the… Read more »
May 31, 2018
Our Prayer for the Successful US-DPRK Summit and Peace on the Korean Peninsula Lord of Life, please join us in this time as we bow our heads praying for the peace of the Korean Peninsula. Please hear our prayers so that we may become one in the love and peace of Jesus Christ. We… Read more »
April 12, 2018
Right of Refugees, Right to Demonstrate Peacefully, Right to Dignity A Statement of US Churches and Christian Agencies on Gaza April 12, 2018 Friday, March 30, thousands of Palestinians participated in the first of several weeks of planned nonviolent demonstrations in Gaza near the fence with Israel. These demonstrations are expected to continue until May… Read more »
March 28, 2018
TELL CONGRESS to Hold the Administration Accountable to Resettling at Least 45,000 Refugees in FY 2018 Background: We live in a time with an unprecedented 65 million people displaced around the world, including 22.5 million refugees – the highest number in recorded history. With global need at its highest, the Trump administration has reversed our… Read more »
March 15, 2018
March 14, 2018 Members of Congress, As Christian denominations and faith-based organizations working in and concerned about the Middle East, we write to express our serious concern regarding increasing U.S. arms sales and military aid to the Middle East. In Fiscal Year 2017 the amount of U.S. arms sales approved worldwide was a record-high $75.9… Read more »
March 15, 2018
Click here for more information and to register! Dear Friends, There has never been a more urgent time to be present in Washington DC. Beloved members of our communities are being rounded up by ICE and sent back to countries they have not seen in decades. Young people who have only known this country… Read more »
March 6, 2018
March 1, 2018 Dear Member of Congress, We represent faith-based organizations, religious institutions, and investors working to alleviate poverty in countries across Africa, Asia, and Latin America. We have witnessed first-hand how proper stewardship of financial revenues and of God’s creation are critical drivers of development. Too often, mismanagement and corruption disenfranchise impoverished communities by… Read more »
February 27, 2018
The Stated Clerk Invites Presbyterians to Attend A World Uprooted: Responding to Migrants, Refugees, and Displaced People Advocacy Training Weekend April 20-23 Washington, DC As we face a worldwide crisis of 65 million displaced peoples, we need to come together to learn about the issue and how to talk about the issue. And most importantly, we… Read more »
February 7, 2018
February 6, 2018 President Donald J. Trump The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, DC 20500 Dear President Trump: As Christian denominations and organizations concerned about and working in the Middle East, we are writing to express our dismay at the recent decision to withhold $65 million in U.S. funding for the United Nations… Read more »
