DISCIPLES CENTER for PUBLIC WITNESS
DISCIPLES ADVOCACY and PUBLIC WITNESS RESOLUTIONS

Official Resolutions of the General Assemblies of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)
on Issues of Peace, Justice, Inclusion and Social Witness in the Church, in Society, and in the World.

2009 RESOLUTIONS

Axis of Friendship - REVISED and ADOPTED

Be A Global Mission Church

Christian Unity and War - REFERRED

Renewing Disciples Support for Farmworker Ministry

Statement on Global Climate Change

A Call for Action - NOT ADOPTED






2007 RESOLUTIONS

Anti-Racism/Pro-Reconciliation Goal for Proportionate Representation of People Of Color In Church-Wide Leadership Positions

Concerning a Movement to Reconnect with our Food and the Natural World

Elimination of Torture

A Call for Funding of General Assembly Processes of Discernment

Children's Health Care

Proactive Prevention: Seeking Common Ground on the Issue of Abortion

Faith United Against Tobacco Use

The Church's Response to the War in Iraq

Faith and Our New Neighbors

Concerning the Ethical Provision of Health Care in a Religiously Pluralistic Society

Recommendations Concerning Reconciliation Mission

2005 RESOLUTIONS

Denouncing hateful speech and action aimed at gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender persons, and renewing our commitment to the process of discernment

Our relationship to the people of Haiti and Haitians in North America

The living wage

Peace for all in the Sudan

Just trade [referred]

Tear Down the Wall

An equitable ratio of ethnic representation on general unit boards of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)

Ministry to and with undocumented workers

The future of churchwide healthcare

Protecting the arctic national wildlife refuge

Support for Bolenge Hospital and Doctors" [referred]

Suicide Bombing and Our Commitment to Peace Making


2003 RESOLUTIONS

Ending Violence Against Women

An Apology for the Sin of Slavery

The Taco Bell Boycott

Ending Nuclear Dangers

Non-Violent Resolution of Conflict

Civil Liberties for Immigrant Groups

Immigration, Ministry and Hispanic Pastors

U S Policy in the Middle East

Resolution on the Death Penalty

2001 RESOLUTIONS

Gay and Lesbian Persons in the Church

The Antiracism, Proreconciliation Initiative

Apology for Americans of African Descent

Reparations for Slavery

Bringing Justice and Reconciliation to Comfort Women

Call for the Release of Lori Berenson from Prison in Peru

Conflict Diamonds in Sierra Leone

Farm Workers, Social Justice and the Church

The Pandemic of HIV/AIDS in Africa

1999 RESOLUTIONS

Closure of the School of the Americas

Jubilee 2000

Health Care in the United States

The Land Mine Treaty

Religious Freedom

Participation of Gay and Lesbian Persons in the Ministry of the Church

Report on the Discernment on Racism

The Safety and Nurture of Children

Naval Operations in Vieques, Puerto Rico

East Timor

1973 - 1997 RESOLUTIONS

Humanitarian Action for the People of Cuba (1997)

Jerusalem (1997)

Police Accountability (1997)

Unemployment and African-American Men (1997)

U S Bases in Okinawa (1997)

Welfare Reform (1997)

Christian Social Witness (1995)

Affirmative Action (1995)

The Injustice of Budget Cuts in Necessary Programs (1995)

The Social Witness of the Church.

Civil Rights for Gay and Lesbian Persons (1993).

Moratorium on Capital Punishment (1991)

Abortion (1987) [Not Approved].

Participation of Gay and Lesbian Persons in the Ministry of the Church (1979)

Homosexuality as an Alternative Lifestyle (1977) [Disapproved].

The Civil Liberties of Homosexual Persons (1977)

Abortion (1975) [Disapproved]

Opposition to Capital Punishment (1975)

The Supreme Court Decision on Abortion (1973) [Disapproved]

Opposition to Capital Punishment (1973)