Economic Justice

Faith United Church of Christ became an Economic Justice covenanted church on June 1, 2014. Since then the church has actively supported the Eastern Iowa Center for Worker Justice in the cause for dignity and respect for all labor. Our covenant reads, in part:

Christians are called to do. To be a Christian is to be a part of creation that necessitates the extension of God’s embrace. Embracing is doing: It is the acceptance of and the extension of the ongoing resurrection; it is the acceptance of ongoing crucifixion. In enacting an Economic Justice Covenant, we are following Faith United Church of Christ’s Statement of Purpose by acknowledging “God’s presence in human affairs of today, as God has been involved throughout history…. We, as Christians, accept this calling to carry out the vision of Jesus Christ for our age.

Although God has provided the world with abundance, poverty and want persist…. Therefore, in keeping with Jesus’ proclamation of his ministry, the constant summoning of the scriptures and Faith United Church of Christ’s own history, we, the congregation of Faith United Church of Christ of Iowa City do hereby enter into a covenant with each other and with the world at large, to strive toward a more equitable distribution of God’s abundance in this world.”

- Adopted June 1, 2014