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On June 25, Canadian Baptists of Western Canada became part of a coalition of 23 churches to sign a letter to Prime Minister Stephen Harper urging him to take action towards global nuclear disarmament to ensure we live in a world without nuclear weapons. This marks the first time the churches belonging to the Canadian Council of Churches have acted as a collective body on the nuclear disarmament issue.

The letter was signed by our Executive Minister Jeremy Bell, with the approval of the CBWC Board of Directors. It was brought forward to the Board by the CBWC’s new Justice and Mercy Task Force. It was also signed by Tim McCoy, Executive Minister of our sister denomination, the Canadian Baptists of Ontario and Quebec, as well as by representatives of the Reformed, Mennonite, Anglican, Lutheran and other churches.

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To read more the letter sent to Stephen Harper, click here
To read the cover letter, click here

Canadian Baptists have signed this letter because we are committed to the shalom of God and believe that we must act to usher in God’s kingdom of mercy and justice through many methods. Not only are we called to personal, practical action to usher in God’s kingdom of mercy and justice, we are called to address the root and systemic causes of injustice and to take collective action collective action to right systemic injustices as well as personal and practical action that provides immediate relief.