Statements & Resolutions – Pennsylvania Council of Churches

Statements & Resolutions

Read comments from the Pennsylvania Council of Churches on current topics below.

Statements

October 10, 2023

Pennsylvania Council of Churches Statement on Escalating Violence in Israel – Palestine

January 30, 2023

Tyre’s Life Mattered

A Statement Concerning the Racially-Motivated Mass Shooting in Buffalo, NY on May 14, 2022

A Statement Following the Derek Chauvin Conviction

A Statement on Hate Crimes Against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders; A Response by the Pennsylvania Council of Churches

October 28, 2020

A Statement Calling for a Peaceful 2020 Election

Pennsylvania Council of Churches’ Statement on 6/18/20 Supreme Court DACA Decision

A Pastoral Call to Dismantle Racism & End Violence Against People of Color

A Pastoral Statement at a Time of Global Pandemic

October 31, 2018

A Statement in Solidarity with the Tree of Life Congregations, Our Jewish Sisters and Brothers, and Our Neighbors Who Stand Against Hatred and Fear

A Statement on Separation of Families at the Border

September 13, 2017

Call for Solidarity with Our Neighbors Impacted by Hurricane Irma

August 31, 2017

A Call for Solidarity with Our Neighbors Impacted by Hurricane Harvey and Flooding

August 16, 2017

A Statement on the Events in Charlottesville, VA and Addressing Ideologies of Hate

February 28, 2017

Pennsylvania Council of Churches Condemns Violence and Vandalism Against Jewish and Muslim Communities

January 20, 2017

A Statement of Action on the Berks County Residential Center

August 24, 2016

A Statement and Lament on Racism and Violence

Resolutions

September 30, 2022

A Resolution Supporting Reparations for Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church of Pittsburgh

Living Wage Resolution

Fair Districting Reform

October 10, 2016

Climate Change Resolution

October 3, 2016

Fair Education Funding Resolution

October 23, 2012

Marcellus Shale Natural Gas Extraction: Moratorium on New Well Development

October 26, 2010

Marcellus Shale Natural Gas Extraction Resolution

Handgun Violence Resolution