On Jan 17, 2022, UNJPPI wrote a letter to The Right Rev. Dr. Richard Bott, Moderator of the United Church of Canada and to Rev. Michael Blair, General Secretary of the United Church of Canada with UNJPPI’s responses to the Just Peace Task Force Report.

Excerpt:

…UNJPPI strongly endorses these recommendations.
The Task Group made the decision to “present a number of principles, rooted in the church’s historical theological understandings and its commitments to becoming an anti-racist church, which would guide the response of the church as specific questions and new situations appear.”

While many of us might have hoped for “prescriptive statements on particular issues,” the approach taken by the task force will challenge the church to reflect on and address the issues that have been raised.

We have been shown the direction; we must now walk that path.

Over the coming months UNJPPI calls on all United Church members, alongside partners and friends, to study in detail this report, and the background materials prepared by our Network, the churches of the Middle East and our partners working for peace…