Faith Trust Institute | National Declaration by Religious and Spiritual Leaders to address Violence against Women

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.

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SIGN THE DECLARATION BELOW

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.

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Number	Name	Location	Faith Community
3241	Mr. saad idrees	phonix, AZ	Muslim
3240	Ms. Lois Tate	Mount Vernon, IL	United Methodist Church
3237	Dr. Tim Cranfill	San Antonio, TX	Church of God
3236	Rev. Salina E. Wilcox	Alpharetta, GA	United Methodist Church
3235	Ms. Cheryl Greenwald	Statesville, NC	Jewish
3234	Dr. Dianna Hill-Green	fairfield, CA	Church of God in Christ
3232	Friend tracey bartholomew	watertown, NY	Christian
3231	Ms. Daisha Huling	Concord, CA	Christian
3230	The Rev. Dr, Deborah Silver	Decatur, GA	The Episcopal Church
3228	Ms. M\'Liss Heller Dematatis	Silver Spring, MD	United Methodist Church
3227	Ms. Sandra Stilling Seehausen	Cary, IL	Roman Catholic
3225	Ms. Elisabeth Shelby	Phoenix, AZ	United Church of Christ
3221	Ms. Sharron Bader	St. Petersburg, FL	Metaphysical
3218	Pastor John Montoya	Moreno Valley, CA	Christian
3215	Dr. Gali Tealakh	Richmond, VA	Muslim
3214	Ms. gladys rustay	Atlanta, GA	Presbyterian Church (USA)
3213	Friend Cheryl lee Buchanan	Rome, ot	Baha\'i International Community
3212	Ms. Katie Clark	Burbank, CA	Non-Denominational Christian
3211	Rev. Susan Poole Solomon	Remsen, NY	Presbyterian Church (USA)
3210	Rev. Lisa R. Eye	Danville, KY	Presbyterian Church (USA)
3209	Rev. Rozellia Matthews	pleasantville, NJ	United Methodist Church
3208	Rev. Bill and Mrgaret P Power	Lanesville, IN	United Methodist Church
3207	Dr. Sandra Hansee	Brodnax, VA	Non-Denominational Christian
3206	Ms. LaCresha Mitchener	Bowie, MD	Seventh-day Adventist
3205	Ms. Angela Sargent	Rockville, MD	Christian
3203	Ms. MELANIE OBRIEN	SHAVERTOWN, PA	Christian
3202	Mrs. Eileen Smith	Oakdale, PA	Presbyterian Church (USA)
3200	Ms. Dale Sheffield	Wellington, OH	Non-Denominational Christian
3198	Ms. Michelle Smith	Thurmont, MD	Christian
3197	Rev. Myrna Thurmond-Malone	Riverdale, GA	Baptist
3196	Ms. Angela Rossi	Warwick, RI	Non-Denominational Christian
3195	Rev. Cynthia Olson	Sacramento, CA	Interfaith
3194	Elder Matthew Atkinson	Oklahoma City, OK	Community of Christ
3193	Chaplain Joe Bradley	Jeffersonville, IN	Church of Christ
3191	Mr. Michael Phipps	Seattle, WA	United Church of Christ
3190	Dr. Christine Hult	Logan, UT	Presbyterian Church (USA)
3189	Ms. Melek Zeynep Oyludag	Tulsa, OK	General Muslim Community of America
3188	Ms. Dervette Green	Plantation, FL	Seventh-day Adventist
3186	Bishop BENNIE LUSBY JR.	CARTERSVILLE, GA	Pentecostal
3185	Rev. MODHIS VINOTH MOHAN	madurai, ot	Pentecostal
3181	Deaconess Minnie Murrell	Alabaster, AL	United Methodist Church
3180	Friend Tammy Wells	Glennville, GA	Baptist
3179	Rev. Danny S. N. Giwlay	Gbarnga, GA	Baptist
3178	Dr. Cella Bernard	gadsden, SC	Christian
3177	Rev. Cat Bridges	Staten Island, NY	Humanistic and Naturalistic
3176	Ms. Jennie Fournier	Taunton, MA	Christian and Missionary Alliance
3175	Rev. Robbin Melchiorre	Silver Spring, MD	Interfaith/OCCA
3174	Rev. Carla Ivison	Westport, CT	Interfaith
3173	Sister deborah rogers	seattle, WA	Christian
3172	Rev. abiola Crown	Nairobi, ot	Christian
3171	Rev. Beverly Gray	Philadelphia, PA	Baptist
3170	Rev. Angela Smith	Desoto, TX	Christian
3169	Chaplain Samir Soulaiman	Providence, RI	Muslim
3167	Director Elena Meloni	Redondo Beach, CA	Muslim
3166	Imam Talal Eid	Quincy, MA	Muslim
3165	Ms. Laura WENCELBLAT	Buenos Aires, MS	Jewish
3164	Rev. Nelia Kimbrough	Atlanta, GA	United Methodist Church
3163	Ms. Anna Katherine Montgomery	Astoria, NY	Christian
3162	Ms. Tracy Ward	Dubai, ot	Born again Christian
3161	Sister Asha Hagi	Woburn, MA	Islamic Society of North America
3160	Sister Wanda Saeed	Woonsocket, RI	Muslim
3159	Ms. Fethiya Aboubaker	Quincy, MA	American Muslim Society
3158	Mrs. Leslie Hill-Ali	Columbus, OH	Muslim
3157	Rev. Denise Leopold	Sacramento, CA	Metropolitan Community Church
3156	Dr. eduard loring	atlanta, GA	Baptist
3154	Ms. Kae Eaton	Bellevue, WA	The Episcopal Church
3153	Rev. Joyce Crutchfield	Tolland, CT	United Church of Christ
3151	Rev. Joyce Duerr	Westerly, RI	American Baptist Churches in the USA
3149	Ms. Christy Strouss	seattle, WA	Non-Denominational Christian
3148	Pastor Rev. Patricia A. TATUM	SHARON, PA	Baptist
3147	Ms. Amy Roberts	Edmonds, WA	The Episcopal Church
3146	Ms. Laurie French	Bristol, CT	Christian
3145	Ms. Stacie Apple	Shoreline, WA	Christian
3144	Friend Corinne Vance	Kirkland, WA	Christian
3143	Rev. Margaret Beckman	Holden, ME	Unitarian Universalist
3142	Friend Lisa McBride	Coos Bay, OR	Unitarian Universalist
3141	Dr. Jacqueline Torres	Windsor, CT	Non-Denominational Christian
3139	Mrs. Amber Leibenguth	tamaqua, PA	Spiritual but not religious
3136	Bishop joseph mcneal	grove city, PA	Non-Denominational Christian
3133	Ms. Dixielynn Johnson	Molalla, OR	Christian
3132	Ms. Edwrina Wilford-Ancrum	Charlote, NC	Non-Denominational Christian
3128	Mr. Danny Woodall	Port Neches, TX	Baptist
3126	Rev. Susan Sprowls	Ann Arbor, MI	Lutheran
3125	Ms. LaKeesha Merchant	Lawrenceville, GA	Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)
3124	Dr. Gloria Zuurveen	Los Angeles, CA	American Baptist Churches in the USA
3122	Ms. anita mcleod	durham, NC	nature based spirituality
3121	Minister Alaenor London	Nashville, TN	Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)
3120	Ms. jessica ward	sylva, NC	The Free Episcopal Church
3117	Rev. Joyce Randall	Los Angeles, CA	African Methodist Episcopal Liberated Church
3116	Rev. Francine Brookins	Oakland, CA	African Methodist Episcopal Church
3112	Rev. Elizabeth Whitfield Sherrell	Westover, AL	Non-Denominational Christian
3110	Dr. Lakita Long	Antioch, CA	Non-Denominational Christian
3109	Ms. Connie Walkden	Columbia station, OH	United Methodist Church
3107	Ms. Mariah Keni	burien, WA	Christian
3106	Ms. Paula Kathleen (Kathy) Dawson	Seattle, WA	Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)
3105	Ms. Maria Thysell	Jamestown, ND	Episcopalian
3104	Pastor Alvina Olstead	Opheim, MT	Lutheran
3103	Rev. Nancy Newton Ratz	Cincinnati, OH	United Methodist Church
3102	Dr. Aleticia Kyle Silverwood Tijerina	Olympia, WA	Indigenous
3101	Ms. D. Iris Thor	Vestal,, NY	Unitarian Universalist

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