Resources in Societal violence

2019 Gun Violence resources packet

Gun Violence packet cover The 2019 Gun Violence Resource packet provides congregations and mid-councils a robust package of material to help congregations put thoughts and prayers about gun violence into obedient action. The packet… Read more »

Study guide – Feminicide

Take action. Use the following study guide in conjunction with this video to learn how your congregation, community of worship, or prayer group can help women targeted by violence. Para… Read more »

Study guide – Machism

Take action. Use the following study guide in conjunction with this video to learn how your congregation, community of worship, or prayer group can help women targeted by violence. Para… Read more »

Study guide – What We Can Do

Take action. Use the following study guide in conjunction with this video to learn how your congregation, community of worship, or prayer group can help women targeted by violence. Para… Read more »

Justice and Peace Bookmark

Presbyterian Women has ongoing advocacy work in several areas, from food to language to gender justice. And there are multiple ways to stay connected to these topics. A bookmark lists… Read more »

Gun Violence, Gospel Values: Mobilizing in Response to God’s Call

Gun Violence, Gospel Values: Mobilizing in Response to God’s Call

This report, approved by the 219th General Assembly (2010), challenges our society’s fatalism and numbness in accepting the highest gun death rates in the world, reviews past church positions and proposes a new “spiritual awakening” approach: a church-related, community-based strategy inspired by “Heeding God’s Call” in Philadelphia, with similar groups in Richmond, Virginia and central New Jersey. The report looks at our culture of violence-acceptance, with its undercurrents of fear and desperation.

Terrorism Perceptions and Reflections

The May/June 1988 issue of Church & Society Magazine had as its title and theme, “Terrorism: Perceptions and Reflections.” Its Content Editor was Robert F. Smylie, Director of the United… Read more »