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Disciples General Assembly Resolutions and Actions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Related to the Middle East<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

2025 General Assembly: Affirmation of the World Council of Churches call to \u201cEnd Apartheid, Occupation, and Impunity in Palestine and Israel,\u201d and of solidarity with Palestinian people as we struggle for an end to Genocide<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

2023 Compelled to Witness: Answering the Cry of Our Palestinian Siblings<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

2019 General Assembly: Addressing the State of Global Forced Migration<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

2017 General Assembly: A Call for the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) to Advocate for the Rights of Children Living Under Israeli Military Occupation<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

2015 General Assembly: Commemorating 100 Years Since the Armenian Genocide<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

2015 General Assembly: Support for the Agreement with Iran to Halt Nuclear Weapons Development<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

2013 General Assembly: Encouraging a Fuller Experience of Israel-Palestine<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

2011 General Assembly: Addressing Anti-Muslim Action in the United States and Canada<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

2007 General Assembly: The Church’s Response to the War in Iraq<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

2005 General Assembly: Breaking Down the Dividing Wall<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

2005 General Assembly: Suicide Bombing and Our Commitment to Peacemaking<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

2003 General Assembly: On U.S. Policy in the Middle East<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

1997 General Assembly: Jerusalem: City of Life<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

1993 General Assembly: Urging Reopening East Jerusalem<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

1983 General Assembly: Concerning the Middle East Arms Race<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

1981 General Assembly: Concerning the a Policy Statement on the Middle East<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

1980 National Council of Churches Middle East Policy Statement<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

2007 National Council of Churches Reaffirmation of Commitments to Peace in the Middle East in Light of the 1980 Middle East Policy Statemen<\/a>t<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

1973 General Assembly: Concerning the United Nations’ Peacekeeping Role in the Middle East<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Interfaith Relations:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

2011 Addressing Anti-Muslim Actions in the United States and Canada<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

1993 A Statement on Relations Between Jews and Christians<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n

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UCC General Synod Resolutions and Actions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Related to the Middle East & Regional Partners<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

2019 General Synod Resolution: Addressing the State of Global Forced Migration<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

2007 National Council of Churches Reaffirmation of Commitments to Peace in the Middle East in Light of the 1980 Middle East Policy Statement<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

2003 U.S Policy in the Middle East<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

1997 General Synod Resolution: Affirmation of the Union of Armenian Evangelical Churches in the Near East as a Partner in Mission<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

1989 General Synod Resolution: Reaffirming the Middle East Council of Churches as a Partner in Mission<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

1983 General Synod Resolution on Middle East Arms Race<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

1981 General Synod Middle East Resolution<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

1980 National Council of Churches Middle East Policy Statement<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Related to Israel-Palestine<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Timeline of General Synod Resolutions<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

2025 General Synod: Declaration for an End to Genocide in Palestine<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

2021 General Synod: Declaration for a Just Peace between Palestine and Israel<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

2017 General Synod: A Call for the United Church of Christ to Advocate for the Rights of Children Living Under Israeli Military Occupation<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

2015 General Synod: A Call for the United Church of Christ to Take Actions Toward a Just Peace in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Related to Iraq<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

2009 General Synod Resolution: On the Situation of Iraqi Refugees and Internally Displaced<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

2007 General Synod: A Pastoral Letter on the Iraq War From the Collegium of Officers of the United Church of Christ<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

2003 A Message to the Church from the Executive Council<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

1991 General Synod Resolution: Consequences of the Persian Gulf War for a Just Peace Church<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

1991 Executive Council: Gulf War Resolution<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

1990 Executive Council Statement Concerning First Strike Offensive, Arms Sales, and Transfers of Weapons and United Nations Authority in the Middle East<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Related to Iran<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

2009 General Synod: Solidarity and Friendship with Iran<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Related to the Armenian Question<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

1983 UCC Executive Council Resolution Regarding the Armenian Question<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

2015 General Synod Resolution: Commemorating 100 Years Since the Armenian Genocide<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Statements from UCC pastors of Armenian Heritage in support of the resolution<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rev. Michelle Torigian<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rev. Nishan Bakalian<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Related to Interfaith Relations<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

2019 General Synod: Reaffirming the UCC’s Commitment to Interreligious Relations, and Deploring Religious Bigotry<\/a>
-> Report: \u201cA Just World for All: Engaging with All God\u2019s Creation<\/a>\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2011 General Synod: On Actions of Hostility Against Islam and the Muslim Community<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

2001 General Synod Resolution: Anti-Semitism<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

1989 General Synod Resolution: The Relationship Between the United Church of Christ and the Muslim Community<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

1987 General Synod Resolution: Relationship Between the UCC and the Jewish Community<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Additional Resources for Interfaith Relations<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

A Study Resource on<\/a> Interr<\/a>eligious Relations for the United Church of Christ<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Disciples of Christ and Interreligious Engagement<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Discples of Christ and Interreligious Engagement Study Guide<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

1999 National Council of Churches Policy Statement, “Interfaith Relations and the Churches<\/a>“<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2019 National Council of Churches Policy Statement, “Interreligious Relations with a Focus on Peace<\/a>“<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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