Clergy Toolkit - Statements on the Economic Crisis and Economic Justice
The following is a list of denominations, religious bodies, and parachurch organizations' statements on the economic crisis and economic justice resources.
Evangelical and Parachurch Organizations
Jewish
Interfaith Organizations
Muslim
Mainline Protestant
Roman Catholic
Evangelical and Parachurch Organizations
World Vision - "U.S. economic crisis forcing families deeper into poverty"
Sojourners - "A Moral Economy: Faith, Values, and the Federal Budget"
Bread for the World - "Expanding the Circle of Protection," Offering of Letters 2012
Bread for the World Institute - A Just and Sustainable Recovery: Hunger Report 2010
Christian Community Development Association - "Future Profits: A Life Economics Curriculum"
Mennonite Central Committee - "Abundant Life: Economic Justice for All"
Jewish
Jewish - Reform
Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism - "Economic Justice Through a Jewish Lens"
Jewish - Reconstructionist
Jewish Reconstructionist Federation - "Political Activism as a Form of Prayer"
Jewish - Conservative
The United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism - "ARISE in Response to the Economic Crisis"
Jewish - Orthodox
Uri L'Tzedek, Orthodox Social Justice - Torah sources
Interfaith Organizations
Interfaith Worker Justice - Unemployment and the Economic Crisis toolkit
Faith in Public Life - "War on the Working Poor"
Muslim
Nation of Islam - "Goin’ Broke: Cities, states suffer as U.S. economic crisis creeps along", Jan. 29, 2011
Roman Catholic
U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops - Economic Justice Resources
Mainline Protestant
The United Methodist Church - "Prophet Driven Economy" Resources
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America - U.S. Hunger, Poverty and Economic Justice resources (includes ELCA social statement, "Sufficient, Sustainable Livelihood for All")
Presbyterian Church (USA) - Living Through Economic Crisis: The Church's Witness in Troubled Times"
United Church of Christ - Economic Crisis resources
Christian Church – Disciples of Christ - "We serve a God of abundance", Rev. Dr. Todd Adams
The Episcopal Church - Economic Justice Resources
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations - Economic Justice resources
AME-Zion - "In economic times like these, is there a word from the Lord?", a reflection by Bishop Kenneth Monroe
Church of God in Christ - "A Pastoral Statement on the Federal Debt Ceiling Debate", May 11, 2011, from Bishop Charles E Blake, Sr.