Statements and Resolutions

 

Interested in what your church or denomination has said about the farm worker movement? Denominational Statements, Resolutions, and more are linked below.

NFWM is proud over its long history to be associated with a wide variety of faith groups.

 

Statements and Resolutions

 

Alliance of Baptists – 2014 – A Statement on Justice for Farmworkers

Alliance of Baptists – 2013 – A Statement on Food Justice

Alliance of Baptists – 2012 – Just and Humane Immigration Reform

 

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Catholic Church – 1965 – Vatican II

Catholic Church – Pope Francis Urges Respect for Farm Workers’ Rights (video)

 

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Church of the Brethren – 1974 – Denominational Statement

Church of the Brethren – 1982 – Refugees

Church of the Brethren – 1991 – Creation: Called to Care

Church of the Brethren – 2018- Creation Care

 

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Church Women United – 2011 – Farm Worker Resolution

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Disciples of Christ – Statements on Immigration

Disciples of Christ – 1973 – Resolution in Support of Farm Workers

Disciples of Christ – Renewing Support for National Farm Worker Ministry

Disciples of Christ – Environmental Program and Advocacy (Green Chalice) 

 

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Episcopal Church – 2006 – Fundamental Principles Included in “The ‘Alien Among You’” Policy

Episcopal Church – Feb. 2013 – Testimony at General Convention

Episcopal Church – April 2013 – Testimony at Senate Judiciary Committee

 

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National Council of Churches of Christ – 2003 – A Resolution of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S.A. Mount Olive Pickle Boycott

National Council of Churches of Christ – 2008 – Connecting to the Creed: A Social Creed for the 21st Century

 

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Presbyterian Church USA – 2006 – Denominational Statement

Presbyterian Church USA: Social Witness Policy by Topic

Presbyterian Church USA – 2002 – We Are What We Eat

Presbyterian Church USA: Root Causes, Hunger and Poverty

Presbyterian Church USA – 2008 – Selected Social Witness Policies on Work as Vocation, Unions and Collective Bargaining

Presbyterian Church US – 2004 –  Resolution Calling for a Comprehensive Legalization Program for Immigrants Living and Working in the United States

 

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Province Statement on Immigration – October 2017

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United Methodist Church – 1908 – Social Creed

United Methodist Church – 2012 – Social Principles

United Methodist Church – 2016 – Rights of Farm Workers in the United States

The United Methodist Church: Climate Justice

The United Methodist Church: Immigration in the U.S. 

The United Methodist Church: Worker Justice

 

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Unitarian Universalist Church – 1976 – General Resolution on Farm Worker Initiatives

 

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 Supporting Organizations’ Documents:

North Carolina Council of Churches – 2000 – Resolution in Support of Farm Workers Organizing in North Carolina

 

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 Labor Day Documents:

US Catholic Conference of Bishops, Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development – 2014 – Labor Day Statement