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Showing posts with label health care justice. Show all posts
Showing posts with label health care justice. Show all posts
Friday, November 7, 2014

Urge Congress to Extend Children's Health Insurance

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Congress will be back in Washington for their “lame duck” session soon and they have a LOT to do before the end of the year. First things...
Tuesday, July 15, 2014

Response to Criticism of J. Herbert Nelson's Hobby Lobby Statement

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The PC(USA) Office of Public Witness (OPW) is encouraged by the diverse dialogue that is occurring in response to the Reverend J. H...
Wednesday, July 2, 2014

J. Herbert Nelson Reacts to the Hobby Lobby Decision

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The Reverend J. Herbert Nelson this week expressed dismay at the Supreme Court’s (SCOTUS) decision in the case of Burwell v. Hobby Lobb...
Friday, February 21, 2014

Giving Health Reform a Chance to Work: An Unbound Publication

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Giving Health Reform a Chance to Work:  Increasing Access to Health and Wellness By Leslie Woods This article was published by ...
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Office of Public Witness PC(USA)
Washington, DC, United States
The Presbyterian Office of Public Witness is the public policy information and advocacy office of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Its task is to advocate, and help the church to advocate, the social witness perspectives and policies of the Presbyterian General Assembly. The church has a long history of applying these biblically and theologically-based insights to issues that affect the public — maintaining a public policy ministry in the nation's capital since 1946. Reformed theology teaches that because a sovereign God is at work in all the world, the church and Christian citizens should be concerned about public policy. In addition, Presbyterian forefather John Calvin wrote, "Civil magistry is a calling not only holy and legitimate, but by far the most sacred and honorable in human life."
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