The
American Friends Service Committee carries out service, development,
social justice, and peace programs throughout the world. Founded by
Quakers in 1917 to provide conscientious objectors with an opportunity
to aid civilian war victims, AFSC's work attracts the support and
partnership of people of many races, religions, and cultures.
The Baptist Peace Fellowship
of North America gathers, equips and mobilizes Baptists to build a
culture of peace rooted in justice. We labour with a wonderful array of
peacemakers to change the world.
We are called by God to the Gospel of Peace. This calling is rooted in
our faith in Jesus Christ, who is our Peace, in whom God is reconciling
the world and through whom God calls us to the ministry of peacemaking.
Peace is not only our goal, but our means. The foundation of peace is
justice. The force of peace is love.
Bread for the World is a
nationwide Christian citizens movement seeking justice for the world's
hungry people by lobbying our nation's decision makers. BFW Institute
seeks justice for hungry people by engaging in research and education
on policies related to hunger and development
The Brethren Witness/Washington Office of the Church of the Brethren seeks to resource and call to action the larger church in relation to issues of peace, justice and the global community. Staff persons are available for services to local congregations, districts, and other regional and national activities of the church.
The Bruderhof Peacemakers
Guide is a website about peacemakers, by peacemakers, for peacemakers
(or would-be peacemakers). It’s a work in progress; we’ll regularly be
adding new profiles of peacemakers and writings on nonviolence. We
welcome your comments and suggestions for improving this resource. And
we want to thank the over 100 Bruderhof members and others around the
world who have already contributed artwork or essays. more
The Episcopal Public Policy
Network (EPPN) is a nationwide grassroots network of Episcopalians who
call and write their members of Congress and the Administration to
advocate positions of the Church. Members of the EPPN receive policy
alerts updating them on what is happening in Washington, the Church's
position on public policies, and techniques and information on
contacting their government leaders. EPPN members also receive a
congressional directory and action guide, legislative updates and
newsletters, training in advocacy methods, online resources and sample
letters. more
The
Peace and Justice Ministries Office of the Episcopal Church equips
Episcopalians to carry out the promise made in their Baptismal Covenant
to "strive for peace and justice and respect the dignity of every human
being."
The programs seek to support justice ministries at the local level by
supporting networks - domestic and international, by providing
resources, by sustaining committees and networks, and by advocating the
social policies of the church to government
To challenge and equip the church to be agents of God's redemption and transformation in the world.
ESA pursues this mission through:
• Reflection on church and society from a biblical perspective
• Training in holistic ministry
• Linking people together for mutual learning & action. more
Our
GOAL and MISSION is to invite churches to make this AFFIRMATION and to
act upon it: "Following Jesus in nonviolent struggle for justice
and peace, we love our neighbors and enemies as God loves us all,
becoming a peace church to share in God’s work to save the world."
You know us - we’re people
like you, as diverse as our nation, a tapestry of passionate, can-do
persons whose beliefs find expression everywhere from cathedrals to
coffeehouses. Together we are a progressive, inclusive, and responsive
interfaith electronic advocacy community dedicated to providing a
powerful collective voice to help advance the cause of compassion and
justice in public policy.
Faithful Americans include Christians, Jews, Buddhists, Hindus,
Muslims, Baha’is, to name a few. Many express their faiths in
individual ways. Yet all of us share a common bond - when it
comes to government, we believe our faith does matter. Our voices
are needed. Our values must be reflected in our nation’s public
policies
A program of the National Council of Churches, USA, FaithfulAmerica.org
is made up of persons who believe that one’s faith - however
broadly or uniquely expressed - has a word to say about our nation’s
government and its priorities.
FOR
seeks to replace violence, war, racism, and economic injustice with
nonviolence, peace, and justice. We are an interfaith organization
committed to active nonviolence as a transforming way of life and as a
means of radical change. We educate, train, build coalitions, and
engage in nonviolent and compassionate actions locally, nationally, and
globally.
The
Friends Committee on National Legislation (FCNL) is a public interest
lobby founded in 1943 by members of the Religious Society of Friends.
FCNL seeks to bring the concerns, experiences and testimonies of
Friends (called Quakers) to bear on policy decisions in the nation's
capital. People of many religious backgrounds participate in this
work. FCNL’s staff and volunteers work with a nationwide network
of thousands of people to advocate social and economic justice, peace,
and good government.
The M.K. Gandhi Institute for
Nonviolence was founded in 1991 by the grandson of Mahatma Gandhi, Arun
Gandhi, and his wife, Sunanda. The Gandhis provided seed money for the
Institute through the sale of Gandhiji’s letters to his son and
daughter-in-law (Arun’s parents), Manilal and Sushila. Sustaining funds
come from contributions, publications, program fees, and grants. The
Institute is hosted by Christian Brothers University, which graciously
provides an office for our work on nonviolence. more
The
Iowa Peace Network builds spiritual community among people working for
peace. IPN encourages the study and action of peaceful pursuits and
demonstrates the effectiveness of an active peace witness. Based on a
faith perspective, the IPN poses life-affirming alternatives to the
prevailing trust in armaments for security and peace. more
The National Campaign for a Peace
Tax Fund , a national non-profit organization located in Washington,
D.C., advocates for US federal legislation enabling conscientious
objectors to war to have their federal income taxes directed to a
special fund which could be used for non-military purposes only. This
fund would be called the Peace Tax Fund and the bill we seek to pass is
called the Religious Freedom Peace Tax Fund Act.
NETWORK, A National Catholic
Social Justice Lobby, is a progressive voice within the Catholic
community that has been influencing Congress in favor of peace and
justice for more than 30 years.
Through lobbying and legislative advocacy, we strive to close the gap
between rich and poor and to dismantle policies rooted in racism, greed
and violence.
The DOV Office of the World Council of Churches serves as a catalyst for the Decade. Its role is not in operating programs but rather in
• Awareness building
• Information sharing
• Network building
Pax Christi USA strives to
create a world that reflects the Peace of Christ by exploring,
articulating, and witnessing to the call of Christian nonviolence. This
work begins in personal life and extends to communities of reflection
and action to transform structures of society. Pax Christi USA rejects
war, preparations for war, and every form of violence and domination.
It advocates primacy of conscience, economic and social justice, and
respect for creation. more
The Presbyterian Peacemaking
Program was created in 1980 by action of the General Assembly of the
former United Presbyterian Church in the United States of America
adopted Peacemaking: The Believers' Calling. more
Welcome to the United Church
of Christ—a community of faith that seeks to respond to the Gospel of
Jesus Christ in word and deed. The UCC was founded in 1957 as the union
of several different Christian traditions: from the beginning of our
history, we were a church that affirmed the ideal that Christians did
not always have to agree to live together in communion. Our motto—"that
they may all be one"—is Jesus' prayer for the unity of the church. The
UCC is one of the most diverse Christian churches in the United States.
Use the directory on the left of this page to read stories about the
history and future of our community.
Purpose - The purpose of the
board shall be to relate the gospel of Jesus Christ to the members of
the Church and to the persons and structures of the communities and
world in which they live. It shall seek to bring the whole of human
life, activities, possessions, use of resources, and community and
world relationships into conformity with the will of God. It shall show
the members of the Church and the society that the reconciliation that
God effected through Christ involves personal, social, and civic
righteousness.
Witness for Peace is a
politically independent, grassroots organization. We are people
committed to nonviolence and led by faith and conscience. Our mission
is to support peace, justice and sustainable economies in the Americas
by changing US policies and corporate practices which contribute to
poverty and oppression in Latin America and the Caribbean. We stand
with people who seek justice.
