| Resolution Number: | 2000-D022 | |
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| Title: | Support the UN's "Decade for a Culture of Peace and Nonviolence" | |
| Legislative Action Taken: | Concurred as Amended | |
| Final Text: | ||
Resolved, That the Episcopal Church promote a culture of nonviolence which values love, compassion, and justice, and rejects violence as a means of solving problems, and joins with other faith communities in observing the United Nations' Decade for a Culture of Peace and Nonviolence for the World (2001-2010) by prayer, action, and study of "the things that make for peace;" (Luke 19:42); and be it further
Resolved, That the Episcopal Church at national, provincial, diocesan, and congregational levels, with the assistance of Church staff and peace, justice, and education networks, provide worship, study, and action resources and opportunities throughout the Decade which promote the development of a culture of peace and nonviolence at all levels of society, with special attention to the unique gifts for peace and justice of the faith community in its history, theology, and practice; and be it further
Resolved, That the Secretary of General Convention send this resolution with letters of encouragement in their work for peace and justice to the Secretary-General of the United Nations, the General Secretary of the World Council of Churches, the President of the United States, and Episcopal Members of Congress.
| Citation: | General Convention, Journal of the General Convention of...The Episcopal Church, Denver, 2000 (New York: General Convention, 2001), p. 653. |
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