Board resolutions and statements

Annual Conference statements can be found on the Annual Conference site.

Mission and Ministry Board statements and resolutions

• Resolution on Weapons Transfers
  (The Mission and Ministry Board at its meeting on Saturday, March 8, 2025, had consensus and adopted the Resolution on Weapons Transfers and recommends it to the 2026 Annual Conference for adoption.)
• Church of the Brethren leadership shares concern for immigrant, migrant, refugee church member
  (The Mission and Ministry Board via email action on January 24, 2025, adopted this statement by unanimous consent.)
• With Actions and in Truth: A Lament of the Doctrine of Discovery
  With Actions and in Truth: A Lament of the Doctrine of Discovery (web page)
  (adopted March 12, 2023 by the Mission and Ministry Board and forwarded to the 2023 Annual Conference for adoption.)
• 2018 Lukewarm no more: A call for repentance and action on gun violence
• 2015 Resolution on Christian Minority Communities
• 2013 Resolution against Drones (46 kb )
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• 2011 Resolution on the War in Afghanistan (47 kb )
• 2010 Resolution against Gun Violence (57 kb )
• 2009 Resolution against Torture ( 13 kb )
• 2008 Resolution Responsibility to Protect ( 40 kb )

General Board statements and resolutions

• 2008 Resolution on 50 Years of Women’s Ordination in the Church of the Brethren ( 27 kb )
• 2008 Resolution Urging Forbearance ( 40 kb ) (Una resolution urgiendo tolerancia, 2008) ( 37 kb )
• 2007 Resolution against the Use of Depleted Uranium in Weaponry ( 32 kb )
• 2007 Resolution on Ministers’ Medical Insurance Crisis ( 35 kb )
• 2007 Resolution on Modern-Day Slavery: A Call to Awareness, Education, and Action ( 29 kb )
• 2005 Resolution on Sudan ( 21 kb )
• 2002 Statement on the Threat of War Between the United States and Iraq ( 32 kb ) (Declaración de la Junta nacional sobre Irak, 2002) ( 37 kb )
• 2001 Resolution on the Events and Aftermath of September 11, 2001 ( 46 kb )
• 2001 Resolution on Global Warming/Climate Change ( 34 kb )
• 2000 Resolution on Clean Air Principles ( 41 kb )
• 2000 Resolution on Ethnic Representation in the life of the Church of the Brethren ( 20 kb )
• 1999 Resolution on the Jubilee 2000 Campaign ( 25 kb )
• 1999 Resolution on Women in Ministry ( 21 kb )
• 1998 Statement on the Conflict with Iraq ( 23 kb )
• 1997 Resolution Calling for the Close of the School of the Americas ( 36 kb )
• 1996 Resolution on a Dioxin-Free Future (33 kb )
• 1996 Statement on Jerusalem ( 28 kb )
• 1994 Statement Regarding the Hebron Massacre ( 22 kb )
• 1994 Resolution on Haiti ( 29 kb here )
• 1993 Resolution on the Conflict and Humanitarian Crisis in Sudan ( 27 kb )
• 1992 Resolution on Recycled Paper ( 33 kb )
• 1992 Resolution on Health Care in the United States (25 kb )
• 1992 Emergency Resolution on the Destruction of the Ozone Layer ( 28 kb )
• 1992 Resolution on Conflict in the Balkans ( 28 kb )
• 1992 Resolution on Humanitarian Aid To Cuba ( 22 kb )
• 1991 Resolution on Global Warming and Atmospheric Degradation ( 33 kb )
• 1988 Resolution on South Africa and Resolution on Palestinian/Israeli Affairs (325 kb)
• 1988 Resolution on Statehood for the District of Columbia ( 22 kb )
• 1988 Resolution For a Just Minimum Wage ( 36 kb )
• 1985 Resolution on the Farm Crisis ( 32 kb )
• 1984 Resolution, In this Time of Terrible Belligerence ( 44 kb )
• 1984 Statement Declaring General Board Property to be Nuclear Free Zones ( 22 kb )
• 1983 Resolution on Infant Formula – Nestlé Boycott ( 57 kb )
• 1983 Resolution on Oaths or Pledges of Allegiance and Loyalty to the State ( 35 kb )
• 1981 Resolution on Infant Formula Concerns ( 39 kb )
• 1981 Resolution on Justice for Japanese-American World War II Internees ( 27 kb )
• 1980 Resolution on the Use of Food in Foreign Policy ( 28 kb )
• 1980 Affirmation of Faith and Purpose ( 23 kb )
• 1979 Resolution on Infant Formula Concerns ( 42 kb )
• 1978 Resolution on Middle East Peace Efforts (572 kb)
• 1975 Resolution on Concern for Peace in the Middle East (583 kb)
• 1973 Resolution, Welfare Reform ( 40 kb )