Houston, TX – 2013 WHEREAS, For more than a century, the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) has been a values-based boys organization designed to “prepare young people for a lifetime of character and leadership,” equipping them “to make ethical and moral choices over their lifetimes by instilling in them the values of the Scout Oath […]
Resolved: To receive with gratitude the memorials of the Eastern North Dakota, Northern TexasNorthern Louisiana, Eastern Washington-Idaho, South-Central Synod of Wisconsin, Southwestern Texas, Saint Paul Area, Sierra Pacific, Northwest Washington, Greater Milwaukee, Southwest California, Minneapolis Area, Metropolitan New York, Northwestern Minnesota, Upstate New York, Northeastern Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Southwestern Minnesota, Southwestern Pennsylvania, Metropolitan Washington, D.C., […]
WHEREAS, For more than a century, the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) has been a values-based boys organization designed to “prepare young people for a lifetime of character and leadership,” equipping them “to make ethical and moral choices over their lifetimes by instilling in them the values of the Scout Oath and Law”; and WHEREAS, […]
WHEREAS, Human trafficking is criminal activity in which human beings are treated as possessions to be controlled and exploited through the use of force, threats of force, fraud, or coercion for the purpose of involuntary subjection to labor or commercial sex acts (see Trafficking Victims Protection Acts of 2000 and 2013); and WHEREAS, The form […]
WHEREAS, The Bible is clear in its affirmation that children are a gift from the Lord (Psalm 127:3–5); and WHEREAS, The Lord Jesus demonstrated His love for children by encouraging them to follow Him, correcting those who hindered them, and condemning those who harmed them (Matthew 18:3–6; Mark 10:13–14); and WHEREAS, The sexual abuse of […]
WHEREAS, The United Methodist Church has long been committed to creating an AIDS‐free world, and beginning in 2005 started the United Methodist Global AIDS Fund as a global health initiative to raise funds to support church‐oriented and Christ‐centered HIV and AIDS ministries, and
View statement online For nearly 30 years, GCSRW has led the UMC in advocating for complainants, conducting pastor training, urging policy development in annual conferences, and training Response Team and Cabinets re: ministerial misconduct of a sexual nature [see <http://umsexualethics.org/Education/UMCTimeline1972present.aspx> ]. This new legislation codifies what has long been an essential function in practice. Add new […]
Sexual assault is insidious. It is inexcusable for our Church to avoid condemning it. The FBI estimates a woman is raped in the US every two minutes. Rape is used as a political and social engineering tool by governments and religions. It is time to condemn this vicious crime unequivocally.
Resolved, the House of Deputies concurring, That the 77th General Convention of The Episcopal Church adopt the following statements: The Episcopal Church rejects and condemns all use of violent rhetoric against sexual minorities. We stand in solidarity with lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender persons, and all other sexual minorities who are threatened or persecuted in the name of Christ. We oppose calls for execution, imprisonment, and for any official or unofficial violence against sexual minorities as contrary to the word and spirit of the Gospel of Christ.