Documents and Resources
Documents & Resources
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Comfort My People: A Policy Statement on Serious Mental Illness
Issued July 1, 2009
The biblical theme of “exile” guides this policy statement. After offering a working definition and an account of the historical context, the report focuses on two major themes. The first ...
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Commendation of the Coalition of Immokalee Workers and the Florida Tomato Growers Exchange on their Historic Fair Food Agreement
Issued Nov. 18, 2010
A Commendation of the Coalition of Immokalee Workers and the Florida Tomato Growers Exchange on their Historic Fair Food Agreement. Written November, 2010, by The Rev. Gradye Parsons, Stated Clerk ...
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Companion to the Constitution
Issued Feb. 22, 2012
Throughout our history, we Presbyterians have needed and wanted a companion to the Constitution. This volume is an attempt to provide that companion. It is a tool whose use, it ...
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Comprehensive Immigration Reform
Issued July 17, 2009
Current US immigration policy is complicated and governmental departments face a backlog of applications upwards of 5 to 7 years. If a foreign born person wishes to come to the ...
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Comprehensive Legalization Program for Immigrants Living and Working in the United States
Issued Dec. 1, 2004
The resolution reaffirms the General Assembly policy on “Transformation of Churches and Society Through Encounter with New Neighbors.” It also reminds the church that “a Christian perspective on immigration challenges ...
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Conscientious Objection - Q&A
Issued May 3, 2010
In general terms, conscientious objection is a sincere conviction, motivated by conscience, that forbids someone from taking part in organized killing. This objection may apply to all forms or to ...