Illinois South Conference

General Synod Resolution - Ready to Review

RESOLUTIONS GOING TO COMMITTEE FOR CONSIDERATION

• Committee #1 - A resolution to abolish the growth and existence of private prisons
• Committee #2 - A resolution on ecumenical relationship between the United Church of Christ and the Iglesia Evangelica Unida de Puerto Rico
• Committee #2 - Reaffirming the United Church of Christ's Commitment to Interreligious relations, and deploring religious bigotry
• Committee #3 - Addressing the state of global forced migration
• Committee #4- Establishing an action team to conduct a listening campaign and bring recommendations on the future of Christian witness at General Synod
• Committee #5 - Resolution regarding the use of plastic foam (i.e. styrofoam®)
• Committee #6 - Denouncing acts of violence, hatred, and racism carried out in the name of Neo-Nazi and White Supremacist ideologies
• Committee #7 - Designating the Mental Health Network of the United Church of Christ as a historically underrepresented group
• Committee #7 - The Colectivo de UCC Latinx Ministries requests to be recognized as a historically underrepresented group
• Committee #8 - Stewardship of exhibit space as a resource for a mission of justice
• Committee #9 - Supporting survivors of rape and sexual violence through an ongoing church-wide observance of Break the Silence Sunday (BTSS)
• Committee #10 - Resolution calling on the United States to pull "back from the brink" and prevent nuclear war
• Committee #11- Discerning, articulating, and resourcing the nature, purpose, composition, covenantal autonomy and definition of the basic unit of life and organization of the United Church of Christ for the twenty-first century
• Committee #11- Examining, articulating, and resourcing the nature, purpose, composition, covenantal autonomy and definition of the basic unit of life and organization of the United Church of Christ for the twenty-first century
• Committee #12 - Resolution calling upon the United Church of Christ Board to bring bylaws revisions that include non-binary gender language
• Committee #13 - Resolution on oversight of the local church and its covenantal relationship with the association in which it holds standing as a local church of the United Church of Christ
• Committee #14 - Jesus said, "Follow me

RESOLUTIONS DIRECT TO PLENARY

• Protection of Immigrant Children and their families
• On recognizing opioid addiction as a health epidemic, ensuring access to treatment and pharmaceutical corporate responsibility
• Nehemiah's Life: A call for Congressional hearings on violence in America
• A new conference in southern New England

RESOLUTIONS SUBMITTED AFTER THE JANUARY 2, 2019 DEADLINE

• On support for the Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act of 2019

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