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 "A Social Statement on" (Evangelical Lutheran Church in America)  |
Last Update: 2005/11/10 14:23 |
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A statement on peace, adopted by more than a two-thirds majority vote (803-30) as a social statement of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America by the fourth Churchwide Assembly on August 20, 1995, at Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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| American Friends Service Committee |
Last Update: 2005/11/10 14:25 |
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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.
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| Interfaith Communities United for Peace and Justice – Los Angeles |
Last Update: 2005/11/10 14:24 |
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Interfaith Communities United for Peace and Justice (ICUJP) was founded in Los Angeles after 9.11 to support the work of Faith leaders from Buddhist, Christian, Islamic, Jewish and other spiritual faiths and traditions who say "Religious Communities Must Stop Blessing War and Violence..."
ICUJP's activities promote critical examination of the costs of violence and war at home and in the world from the Faith perspective. We insist on respect for human rights, international law and the use of peaceful means in the resolution of conflicts.
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| Pax Christi International |
Last Update: 2005/11/10 14:22 |
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Pax Christi International is a non-profit, non-governmental Catholic peace movement working on a global scale on a wide variety of issues in the fields of human rights, security and disarmament, economic justice and ecology.
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| Pax Christi USA |
Last Update: 2005/11/10 14:22 |
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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.
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| Sojourners |
Last Update: 2005/10/29 13:32 |
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Sojourners, www.sojo.net, is a Christian ministry whose mission is to proclaim and practice the biblical call to integrate spiritual renewal and social justice.
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