Resources in Reports and study guides

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.

Becoming the Beloved Community excerpt

Learn more about antiracism in this excerpt of the Becoming the Beloved Community Antiracism Resource Packet. This download includes tools for understanding racism, a glossary and worship resources. The Thoughtful… Read more »

PW Structural Review Task Group Report

Voting delegates at PW’s 2012 Business Meeting will consider a resolution to commend the 2003 Structural Review Task Group’s Report to PW groups. The task group worked from 2001 to… Read more »