IMPORTANT: To sign the Declaration, it
is necessary to first go to the website LINK.
We proclaim with one voice as national
spiritual and religious leaders that violence
against women exists in all communities,
including our own, and is morally, spiritually
and universally intolerable.
We acknowledge that our sacred texts,
traditions and values have too often been
misused to perpetuate and condone
abuse.
We commit ourselves to working toward the
day when all women will be safe and abuse will
be no more.
We draw upon our healing texts and
practices to help make our families and
societies whole.
Our religious and spiritual traditions
compel us to work for justice and the
eradication of violence against
women.
We call upon people of all religious and
spiritual traditions to join
us.
Winnie
Bartel National Association of
Evangelicals
Commissioner Carol A.
Basset National President of Women's
Ministries, The Salvation Army
Tillie Black
Bear Executive Director, White
Buffalo Calf Woman Society, Lakota
Traditionalist
His Eminence Metropolitan
Christopher Serbian Orthodox
Church
Mr. Kirit C.
Daftary President, Federation of
Jain Associations in North America
Rabbi Elliot N. Dorff,
Ph.D. The Rabbinical
Assembly, The Worldwide Association
of Conservative Rabbis
Rabbi Daniel
Ehrenkrantz President, Reconstructionist
Rabbinical College
Rev. Dr. Bob
Edgar General Secretary, National
Council of Churches
Rev. Dr. Marie M.
Fortune Founder and Senior
Analyst, FaithTrust Institute
Senior Bishop Marshall
Gilmore Christian Methodist
Episcopal Church
Dr. Raymond B.
Goldstein International
President, The United Synagogue of
Conservative Judaism
The Most Rev. Frank T.
Griswold Presiding Bishop and
Primate, The Episcopal Church
Imam Mohamed Hag-Magid
Ali Islamic Society of North
America
Rev. Mark S.
Hanson Presiding
Bishop, Evangelical Lutheran Church in
America
Bishop Roger W. Haskins,
Jr. Western Area, Free Methodist
Church
Rev. Stan
Hastey Executive
Director, Alliance of Baptists
Rev. Dr. Bernice Powell
Jackson North America
President, World Council of Churches
Bishop Joseph F.
James Central Area, Free
Methodist Church
Archbishop Mor Cyril
Aphrem Karim Syrians Orthodox
Church
Bishop David W.
Kendall Heartland Area, Free
Methodist Church
Rev. Dr. Clifton
Kirkpatrick Stated Clerk of the
General Assembly, Presbyterian Church
(U.S.A.)
Christine M.
Laitner President, The
Swedenborgian Church of North America
Rabbi Norman
Lamm Chancellor and Rosh HaYeshiva,
Yeshiva University
Rev. Michael E.
Livingston International Council of
Community Churches
Rev. Brian D.
McLaren Emergent
Rev. Dr. A. Roy
Medley General
Secretary, American Baptist Churches in the
USA
Most Rev. Robert M.
Nemkovich Prime Bishop, Polish
National Catholic Church
Socho Koshin
Ogui Bishop, Buddhist Churches of
America
Rev. Glenn R.
Palmberg President, Evangelical
Covenant Church
Imam Hassan
Qazwini Religious
Director, Islamic Center of America
Rev. Kathryn Goering
Reid Association of Brethren
Caregivers Church of the Brethren
Skip Sandman Traditional
Healer, Ojibwe Nation
Rabbi Zalman
Schachter-Shalomi ALEPH: Alliance
for Jewish Renewal
Tinker Schuman Ojibwe
Elder, Ojibwe Nation
Dr. Muzammil H.
Siddiqi President, The Fiqh
Council of North America
Rev. William G.
Sinkford President, Unitarian
Universalist Association of Congregations
Bishop Richard D.
Snyder Eastern Area, Free
Methodist Church
Dr. Sayyid M.
Syeed Secretary General, Islamic
Society of North America
Rev. John H.
Thomas General Minister and
President United Church of Christ
President Stephen M.
Veazey Community of Christ
Archbishop Vsevolod of
Scopelos Ukrainian Orthodox Church
of U.S.A.
Rev. Dr. Sharon E.
Watkins General Minister and
President Christian Church (Disciples of
Christ)
Bishop Peter D.
Weaver President, Council of
Bishops United Methodist Church
Rev. David L.
Wickmann President, Moravian
Church, Northern Province
Rev. Elder Nancy
Wilson Moderator, Metropolitan
Community Church
Rabbi Eric H.
Yoffie President, Union for
Reform Judaism
On April 5, 2006 forty-two national religious leaders
from around the country declared violence against women as
intolerable and pledged their commitment to its eradication.
The National Declaration by Religious Leaders to Address
Violence Against Women will be distributed to every battered
women's program in the U.S. Women will see this list and
determine whether their faith community supports them in
seeking safety for themselves and their children. When people
of faith join with other community leaders to address domestic
violence, we will see ancient roadblocks turn into resources
that save lives and bring healing. Please join other people of
faith in signing the Declaration.
Faith Community (Roman Catholic,
United Methodist, Reform Judaism, Muslim, Buddhist, etc)
By signing on, I understand that I am agreeing to my name
being used with the Declaration in the public release, press
materials, brochures, advertisements, and other public
formats.
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