The Peace and Justice Committee serves as a clearing house and work group on many of the social issues confronting the church. It also develops task forces to carry them out. Over the past year, the committee has addressed issues concerning peace with justice between Palestinians and Israelis, persecution of Christians in the Sudan, the war in Iraq, the conditions in Iraq and opposition to the death penalty.

It is now developing a program on alternatives to violence and is working on advocacy for the homeless. It also supported the campaign to ban land mines. The group has also developed and sponsored resolutions for Diocesan Convention and is responsible for implementing the resolutions that were adopted.

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