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Rev. Nelson and Rev. Hawkins Sign on to letter Urging Congress to Act on Top Priorities

Dear Senator/Representative: As leaders representing a broad array of religious beliefs and faith traditions, we write to urge you to enact four urgent priorities that Congress must address before the continuing resolution expires on January 19, 2018. We come from a variety of faith perspectives, but our moral principles and scriptural teachings all affirm the… Read more »

The Faithful Budget

PREAMBLE   Our Message to Political Leaders   As communities of faith, we respect and care for one another as a sacred imperative that expresses our endeavor to “love our neighbor as ourselves.” But American society as a whole is called to be a place where we delight in the value of each and every… Read more »

PCUSA signs on to Letter Calling for aid to People living with HIV/AIDS in Disaster Zones

October 4, 2017 The Honorable Don Wright, Acting Secretary U.S. Department of Health and Human Services 200 Independence Avenue, SW Washington, DC 20201 Dear Acting Secretary Wright, Disasters are public health emergencies that affect entire communities. They disrupt the entire public health infrastructure. Our thoughts are with everyone affected by the tragedies of the hurricanes… Read more »

PCUSA Signs on to letter Opposing Tax Bill

November 27, 2017 The Honorable Mitch McConnell                                                   The Honorable Charles Schumer Senate Majority Leader                                                                                         Senate Minority Leader United States Senate                                                                     … Read more »

Communities of Faith Sign Letter to Protect Poultry Processing Workers

Dear Members of Congress and Acting Deputy Under Secretary Rottenberg,   We are writing on behalf of some of the most vulnerable people in our country: poultry processing workers. Every day, the health and safety of these hard-working people is in jeopardy due to ever-increasing line speeds, the hiring of unskilled workers without proper training,… Read more »

Religious Organizations Call for Passage of Just Transition Legislation

Religious Organizations Call for Passage of Just Transition Legislation 40 denominations and faith-based organizations urge U.S. House leadership to pass RECLAIM Act of 2017  (Washington, DC) — Today, religious communities sent a letter to U.S. House leadership expressing support for a bipartisan bill that could jump-start economies in coal communities: the RECLAIM Act of 2017…. Read more »

Announcing PCUSA Commitments in the Poor Peoples Campaign- A National Call for a Moral Revival

December 4, 2017- Washington, D.C.— Today, on the fiftieth anniversary of the announcement of the first Poor People’s Campaign of 1967-68, a growing and diverse leadership has come together in Washington, D.C., to announce the launch of the Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival. This broad and deep national moral fusion movement, co-chaired by… Read more »

Why the PC(USA) General Assemblies Favor Keeping the Johnson Amendment to the Tax Code

By Rev. Christian Iosso, Ph.D., Coordinator, Advisory Committee on Social Witness Policy, Presbyterian Mission Agency, Louisville, KY The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) has, since its formal organization in 1789, supported the separation of church and state and the free exercise of religious faith. As a Reformed Protestant body tracing its origins to Reformers in Switzerland and… Read more »

Read Rev. Hawkins Full Remarks from the Faithful Budget Congressional Briefing

Washington DC The Presbyterian Church (USA) has a long history of commitment to the establishment of “Faithful Budget” as it calls Presbyterians to the understanding that a budget does indeed reflect our values. We are committed to working with interfaith and ecumenical partners to advocate for budget priorities which protect the poor and vulnerable, rebuild… Read more »