Faiths United Supports Nomination of David Chipman for ATF Director
May 17, 2021 United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary 224 Dirksen Senate Office Building...Read More
On Martin Luther King Day, January 17, 2011, 24 national faith groups announced the formation of “Faiths United to Prevent Gun Violence,” a diverse coalition of denominations and faith-based organizations united by the call of our faiths to confront America’s gun violence epidemic and to rally support for policies that reduce death and injury from gunfire.
We have grown to more than 50 groups representing tens of millions of Americans in faith communities across the nation – and our call to confront this epidemic has grown ever more urgent and imperative.
In light of the tragedy in Newtown — and in Aurora, Tucson, Fort Hood, Virginia Tech, Columbine, Oak Creek, and so many more — we know that no more time can be wasted. Gun violence is taking an unacceptable toll on our society, in mass killings and in the constant day-to-day of senseless death. While we continue to pray for the families and friends of those who have perished, we must also support our prayers with action.
We support immediate legislative action to accomplish the following:
1 – Every person who buys a gun should pass a criminal background check;
2 – High-capacity weapons and ammunition magazines should not be available to civilians; and
3 – Gun trafficking should be a federal crime.
Faiths United to Prevent Gun violence supports a common-sense agenda that will make it harder for people with criminal intentions to buy guns and easier for police and prosecutors to stop them. Our coalition of over 50 denominations and faith-based organizations is calling on Congress to pass legislation that will:
African American Ministers In Action
African Methodist Episcopal Church – Social Action Commission
Alliance of Baptists
Alliance of Baptists
American Baptist Home Mission Societies
Bend the Arc Jewish Action
Bishops United Against Gun Violence
Bon Secours Health System, Inc.
Bon Secours Kentucky Health System
BPFNA ~ Bautistas Por la Paz
Catholic Health Association of the United States
Catholic Health Initiatives
Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good
CHURCH WOMEN UNITED, INC.
Conference of Major Superiors of Men
Disciples Justice Action Network
Dominican Sisters of Peace
Episcopal Peace Fellowship
Faith in Public Life
Family and Children’s Ministries, Disciples Home Missions, Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)
Fellowship of Reconciliation
Franciscan Action Network
Friends Committee on National Legislation
Global Justice Institute
God Before Guns
Heeding God’s Call to End Gun Violence
Jewish Women International
Leadership Conference of Women Religious
Mennonite Central Committee U.S. Washington Office
Methodist Federation for Social Action
Metropolitan Community Churches
National Advocacy Center of the Sisters of the Good Shepherd
National Council of Churches
NETWORK Lobby for Catholic Social Justice
Pace e Bene Nonviolence Service and Campaign Nonviolence
Pax Christi USA
Progressive National Baptist Convention, Inc
Rabbinical Assembly
Rabbis Against Gun Violence
Reconstructionist Rabbinical Association
Reconstructionist Rabbinical Association
Sikh Council on Religion and Education
Sisters of Mercy of the Americas Institute Leadership Team
The Episcopal Church
Union for Reform Judaism
Unitarian Universalist Association
United Church of Christ, Justice and Witness Ministries
United Methodist Church General Board of Church and Society of the
United Methodist Women
Washington National Cathedral
Women of Reform Judaism