The Charter of Compassion is a cooperative effort to restore not only compassionate thinking but, more importantly, compassionate action to the center of religious, moral and political life. Compassion is the principled determination to put ourselves in the shoes of the other, and lies at the heart of all religious and ethical systems. One of the most urgent tasks of our generation is to build a global community where men and women of all races, nations and ideologies can live together in peace. In our globalized world, everybody has become our neighbor, and the Golden Rule has become an urgent necessity.

Charter for Compassion

This compiles HIV-related resolutions from General Convention 2009 into one pdf document for ease of reference.

2009 HIV Resolutions

In response to the 75th General Convention's mandate, the Committee focused its work in four areas: (1) mechanisms for increasing awareness of HIV/AIDS in our church; (2) reduction of the effects of stigmatization; (3) identification of those whom we are called to serve but may overlook; and (4) identification of ministries and resources at all levels of the church.

2009 Executive Council Committee on HIV/AIDS Blue Book Report