Co-signatures on the Martin Statement will continue to be collected until justice becomes apparent.
Other religious statements include:
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
Making It Past 17 - Director's Blog
Florida Council of Churches
Promoting Unity . . . Celebrating Diversity
The Martin Statement
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Statement of Support for the Martin Family and Call for Just Prosecution
On behalf of our churches, we wish to convey our deepest condolences to the family of Trayvon Martin. The promise of his young life in no way deserved to be ended by a gunshot within sight of his father’s front door on February 26, 2012. We pray for the family’s peace of mind in knowing of the love of God which surpasses death and for justice to be pursued in this tragic mishap so that it does not happen to another family anywhere in Florida.
Christian Churches Together Meets in Memphis
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Christian Churches Together in the USA has completed its sixth annual meeting (February 14-17, 2012) in Memphis, Tennessee. Some 85 church and organizational leaders (representing 36 African American, Catholic, Historic Protestant, Evangelical/Pentecostal and Orthodox churches and 6 Christian organizations: American Bible Society, Bread for the World, Evangelicals for Social Action, Habitat For Humanity, Sojourners and World Vision) met to discern together how CCT should respond to racism and poverty now. This theme began in last year’s annual meeting (which was held in Birmingham) and it was decided to continue the theme this year drawing on the historical resources of Memphis.
That All May Be One
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Welcome to the Florida Council of Churches web site ... Promoting Unity ... Celebrating Diversity!
The Florida Council is dedicated to realizing the unity which Christ has given the Church toward solidarity with all of humanity. Early in recorded history, God calls Abraham to become a blessing for all families upon the earth. The Apostle Paul says that Christ dies once for all. Peter declares that all who are just are acceptable to God. Jesus prays that his disciples might be one so that the world may believe that God sent him. He teaches us even as the Hebrew scriptures do that we are to love God with all of our heart, mind, soul and will, and each other as we do ourselves.
The unity of faithful Christians and the well-being of the human race go together. The Florida Council of Churches seeks both one and the other -- to the glory of God and the honor of Christ Jesus.
