Resolutions
Resolutions
The statements and convictions expressed through resolutions help define who we are as the United Church of Christ in the particular setting that adopts a resolution.
We are gathering resolutions passed by the historic Conferences here. More are being added as we research files. You can browse the resolutions or click on one of the topics or one of the historic Conferences to narrow the list:
A Resolution Of Affirmation Regarding Citizenship Of Certain Foreign-Born Children Adopted By American Citizens
Year: 2019
Conference:
Connecticut
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Resolution Of Implementation: End The Practice Of Prolonged Solitary Confinement In Connecticut Prisons And Jails
Year: 2019
Conference:
Connecticut
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Calling for Anti-Racism And Racial Justice Training for Clergy
Year: 2018
Conference:
Connecticut
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Condemning Our Government's Abhorrent Policy of Separating Immigrant Children from Their Parents at Our Southern Border
Year: 2018
Conference:
Connecticut
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Denouncing Acts of Violence, Hatred, Racism Carried Out in the Name of Neo-Nazi And White Supremacist Ideologies
Year: 2018
Conference:
Connecticut
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Resolution on Becoming an Immigrant Welcoming Conference
Year: 2018
Conference:
Massachusetts
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Transparency of Information about Infrastructure Development
Year: 2018
Conference:
Connecticut
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Anti-Racism and Racial Justice Training for Authorized Ministers
Year: 2018
Conference:
Rhode Island
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Calling For The Conference to Become An Accessible to All Conference
Year: 2017
Conference:
Connecticut
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Invitation to Create a New Conference with Massachusetts and Rhode Island
Year: 2017
Conference:
Connecticut
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Recommendation that Conference Churches Mark Transgender Remembrance Sunday
Year: 2017
Conference:
Connecticut
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Resolution: Expression of Opposition to Massachusetts Sentences of Life Imprisonment Without Opportunity for Parole
Year: 2017
Conference:
Massachusetts
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The Earth is the Lord's - Not Ours to Wreck ~ Imperatives for a New Moral Era (Co-Sponsorship of General Synod Resolution)
Year: 2017
Conference:
Rhode Island
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A Resolution Declaring the Rhode Island Conference of the UCC to be an Open and Affirming Conference
Year: 2016
Conference:
Rhode Island
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Resolution Calling on the Thirty-First General Synod of the UCC and its Members, Congregations, Associations, and Conferences to Covenant as Immigrant-Welcoming Congregations
Year: 2016
Conference:
Massachusetts
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Calling for Support for Enactment of a Minimum Wage of $15
Year: 2016
Conference:
Connecticut
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Gender Neutral Restrooms In Churches And At Annual Meeting Sites
Year: 2016
Conference:
Connecticut
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To Help Achieve State Mandated Reduction in Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Support the Increase in Renewable Energy Resources in Connecticut
Year: 2016
Conference:
Connecticut
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A Call for the United Church of Christ to Take Actions Toward a Just Peace in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
Year: 2015
Conference:
Massachusetts
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Resolution Dismantling Discriminatory Systems of Mass Incarceration in Massachusetts
Year: 2015
Conference:
Massachusetts
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Resolution of Witness Condemning Violence Committed in the Name of Religion
Year: 2015
Conference:
Massachusetts
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For the Right of All Adult Adoptees to Access their Original Birth Certificates and True and Accurate Information about their Origins
Year: 2015
Conference:
Connecticut
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Resolution Urging Divestment from Fossil Fuel Companies
Year: 2013
Conference:
Massachusetts
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For the Connecticut Conference to Support Legislation Requiring All Genetically Engineered Foods to be Labeled on Food Packaging
Year: 2013
Conference:
Connecticut
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Resolution to Update the Massachusetts Conference's 1984 Open and Affirming (ONA) Resolution to Include Gender Identity and Gender Expression
Year: 2012
Conference:
Massachusetts
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For the Connecticut Conference to Support State Legislation Requiring All Genetically Modified Foods to be Labeled on Food Packaging
Year: 2012
Conference:
Connecticut
On Continuing Support of Women as Equal Partners in Church and Society
Year: 2012
Conference:
Connecticut
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A Resolution to Call for Action to Restore the Dream of Democracy (A Response to the U.S. Supreme Court Decision Citizens United vs. Federal Elections Commission
Year: 2011
Conference:
Massachusetts
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Resolution Calling Churches to Commit to Pro-Active Anti-Racism
Year: 2011
Conference:
Massachusetts
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Resolution to End Homelessness Among Youth and Young Adults in Massachusetts
Year: 2011
Conference:
Massachusetts
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Resolution to Reverse Climate Change and Save God's Creation
Year: 2009
Conference:
Massachusetts
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Seeking Support for Universal Health Care/Universal Health Care Coverage in CT
Year: 2007
Conference:
Connecticut
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Resolution in Support of the Connecticut Commission for United Ministry in Higher Education
Year: 2006
Conference:
Connecticut
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Resolution: To Abolish Torture Now -- Without Exceptions
Year: 2006
Conference:
Connecticut
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Encouraging Civil Dialogue Regarding Opposing Views on Issues concerning Sexuality and Marriage
Year: 2004
Conference:
Connecticut
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In Support of the Civil Right of Marriage for Same-Sex Couples
Year: 2004
Conference:
Connecticut
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On the Essential Role of the Professional Christian Educators and Youth Minister
Year: 2003
Conference:
Connecticut
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Advocating Peace and Reconciliation in the Korean Peninsula
Year: 2002
Conference:
Connecticut
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The Connecticut Conference, UCC, Our Churches and Their Relationships with the Boy Scouts of America
Year: 2002
Conference:
Connecticut
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Safeguarding of Civil Liberties in the Wake of September 11th
Year: 2001
Conference:
Connecticut
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On Columbia, to Come Before the Central Atlantic and the Connecticut Conference
Year: 2000
Conference:
Connecticut
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Training for the Prevention of Sexual Misconduct in Churches
Year: 2000
Conference:
Connecticut
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Justice and Civil Rights for Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual Persons
Year: 1997
Conference:
Connecticut
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Increasing the Availability of Home Health Care for the Elderly and the Disabled
Year: 1996
Conference:
Connecticut
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Innovative and Constructive Christian Ministries for Youth as Alternatives to Gang Membership
Year: 1995
Conference:
Connecticut
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For the Study of the Issue of Decriminalization of Drugs
Year: 1994
Conference:
Connecticut
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In Support of Prayer and Fasting for God's Direction in the Connecticut Conference
Year: 1994
Conference:
Connecticut
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The Connecticut Conference Endorsing Regional Community Building
Year: 1994
Conference:
Connecticut
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Training for Those in Authorized Ministries in the Nature and Consequences of Clergy Sexual Misconduct
Year: 1994
Conference:
Connecticut
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Freedom from Conflicting Secular Activities on the Sabbath
Year: 1993
Conference:
Connecticut
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Ecumenical Decade 1988-98 Churches in Solidarity with Women
Year: 1991
Conference:
Connecticut
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In Support of the Participation of Children at the Lord's Supper
Year: 1991
Conference:
Connecticut
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Advocacy for Those Imprisoned Unjustly throughout the World
Year: 1990
Conference:
Connecticut
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In Response to the Needs of Teenaged Parents and Their Children
Year: 1990
Conference:
Connecticut
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Native Americans and the Columbus Semi-Millennial Anniversary
Year: 1990
Conference:
Connecticut
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Affirming and Reclaiming our Biblical Heritage for Evangelism, Justice, and Peace
Year: 1989
Conference:
Connecticut
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Affirming Persons with Physical and Developmental Challenges as Full Partners in Ministry
Year: 1989
Conference:
Connecticut
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Pronouncement In Support of the Plaintiffs in Sheff vs. O'Neill
Year: 1989
Conference:
Connecticut
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Spiritual Renewal for Clergy, Church Educators, and Lay Leaders
Year: 1988
Conference:
Connecticut
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Connecticut Conference Response to Economic Injustice in Connecticut
Year: 1987
Conference:
Connecticut
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Pronouncement on Christian Civic Responsibility and Voting
Year: 1987
Conference:
Connecticut
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Support of Deborah Home, Inc., An Orphanage in Puerto Rico
Year: 1987
Conference:
Connecticut
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Christian Witness to the Presence of Hunger in the State of Connecticut
Year: 1986
Conference:
Connecticut
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Inequality in Sentencing in the Connecticut Judicial System
Year: 1986
Conference:
Connecticut
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In Opposition to the Deployment of Cruise and Pershing II Missiles in Western Europe
Year: 1983
Conference:
Connecticut
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In Support of the United States Academy for Peace and Conflict Resolution
Year: 1981
Conference:
Connecticut
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Effective Educational and Job Training Programs for Minority Youth
Year: 1979
Conference:
Connecticut
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In Support of a Feasibility Study Concerning Christian Psychiatry Halfway Houses
Year: 1979
Conference:
Connecticut
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Affirmation of the XIth General Synod Resolution on Disarmament
Year: 1978
Conference:
Connecticut
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Support of the Connecticut Religious Coalition for Abortion Rights
Year: 1978
Conference:
Connecticut
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