On March 21-22, 2010, the Truth Commission on Conscience and War explored the concept of “selective Conscientious Objection,” the objection to participation in a particular war based on just war principles. The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) has supported selective Conscientious Objection…
Read more »The Truth Commission on Conscience in War, a national gathering of community and religious leaders, advocacy groups, and artists, heard testimony from veterans and parents of veterans as well as presentations from expert witnesses about: moral and religious questions facing…
Read more »By request of the 218th General Assembly (2008), Stated Clerk Gradye Parsons has written a letter to “every congregation and presbytery in the denomination” in response to referral 11-22, “On Supporting Those Who Feel Called to Seek Status as Conscientious…
Read more »Today is the day for the public hearing of the Truth Commission on Conscience and War. If you are in New York, you can attend the public hearing from 4:00 to 8:00 p.m. at Riverside Church. Reports are that the…
Read more »The 181st General Assembly (1969) of the United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. stated, “The United Presbyterian Church does not teach a single response to war which all members must accept, for God alone is Lord of the conscience and…
Read more »Date: Sunday, March 21, 2010 Time: 4:00pm – 8:00pmLocation: The Riverside Church Address: 490 Riverside Drive, New York, NYMap The mission of the Truth Commission on Conscience in War is to “honor and protect freedom of conscience for our nation’s…
Read more »The 218th General Assembly (2008) encouraged “the Peacemaking Program to produce and identify study guides and discernment materials for individuals, congregations, and presbyteries to help church members and their friends be able to articulate God’s calling on their lives in…
Read more »I showed the video Soldiers of Conscience yesterday at Ghost Ranch. This award-winning full-length documentary film focuses on our soldiers, serving in Iraq as the face the most difficult moral decision of their lives: to kill or not to kill….
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