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Black Family Life

2016 Book of Resolutions, #3061

Our Social Principles state that “we believe the family to be the basic human community through which persons are nurtured and sustained in mutual love, responsibility, respect, and fidelity” (¶ 161B).

Families of all types in the United States are vulnerable to social and economic change.

Black families today face a myriad of challenges including violence within their geographical community, higher than average high school drop-out rates, single parent households, Black males serving jail and prison terms, health problems, higher than average unemployment rates, and economic stress that contribute to many of our families living without a future of hope.

We call upon GBOD (General Board of Discipleship) to identify resources and materials to assist local churches. These resources will be posted on the GBOD website and promoted at meetings, events, and conferences. We call upon local churches to develop programs of mentoring, counseling, conflict resolution or strategies to strengthen Black family life germane to the community in which it resides.

ADOPTED 1992
AMENDED AND READOPTED 2000, 2004, 2012
RESOLUTION #3061, 2008, 2012 BOOK OF RESOLUTIONS
RESOLUTION #57, 2004 BOOK OF RESOLUTIONS
RESOLUTION #51, 2000 BOOK OF RESOLUTIONS

See Social Principles, ¶ 162A.

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