Whether it’s your first mission trip outside the United States, or your fifth, you have choices about how you witness, and how you understand the realities of what you encounter…. Read more »
In a time of continuing, deep economic recession, our faith gives us strength to face unemployment, poverty, and anxiety – not simply as individuals, but as a community with an… Read more »
The 220th GA (2012) adopted this resolution in response to economic crisis and the underlying distorted value system that has taken hold, spreading reckless consumerism, deep insecurity and extreme inequalities… Read more »
This report contains an ethical and economic case for a fairer tax code. Using data sets on poverty, inequality, and the effects of taxation, and using criteria derived from long-standing… Read more »
A public policy statement on energy, its production and use, written at a time when it was understood that the era of cheap and abundant energy was over. This policy… Read more »
The 202nd General Assembly (1990) adopted the document entitled “Restoring Creation for Ecology and Justice” along with its recommendations. It not only provides a thoughtful review of the deteriorating ecology… Read more »
This policy concludes that poor communities and communities of color are bearing a disproportionate burden of the nation’s hazardous waste sites. Typically, local residents are unaware and rarely are involved… Read more »
Based on a report by the GA in 2002, this essay summarizes the church’s position on matters of food production. It provides an overview of policy for the church concerning… Read more »
The focus of this paper is environmental degradation, in particular the attitudes toward nature that are still assumed in economic and political decisions and hence in the process of globalization…. Read more »
This resolution affirms that the “issues of water rights and regulatory takings are exceedingly complex.” It also affirms that the “spirit of love and justice and the creation of humans… Read more »
