Religious denominations, faith groups, and other organizations have issued dozens of resolutions and position statements addressing why and how faith communities should be inclusive of people with disabilities or why service systems should attend more fully to the spiritual dimensions of the lives of people with disabilities whom they serve. These position statements will be archived here.
Living Fully 2016 Statement
Organization: Pontifical Council for Culture
Link: https://faithanddisability.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/LF-2016-Statement-and-Charter.pdf
A Christian Approach to Inclusion Education for People with Disabilities
Organization: Church of the Nazarene
Resolution on Mental Illness
Organization: American Baptist Churches, USA
Link: http://www.abc-usa.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/mentill.pdf
The Body of Christ and Mental Illness
Organization: Evangelical Lutheran Church
Link: http://www.elca.org/Faith/Faith-and-Society/Social-Messages/Mental-Illness
Disability in Handbook 2: Administrating the Church
Organization: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
Link: https://www.lds.org/topics/disability/helps/disability-in-handbook-2?lang=eng
People Living with Disabilities
Organization: Evangelical Lutheran Church
Link: http://www.elca.org/Faith/Faith-and-Society/Social-Messages/People-Living-with-Disabilities
Personas Que Viven Con Discapacidades
Organization: Evangelical Lutheran Church
Link: http://www.elca.org/Faith/Faith-and-Society/Social-Messages/People-Living-with-Disabilities
Disability and Communion
Organization: Orthodox Church in America
Link: http://oca.org/parish-ministry/parishdevelopment/disability-and-communion
Living Into the Body of Christ: Towards Full Inclusion of People with Disabilities
Organization: Presbyterian Church (USA)
Link: http://www.bahaistudies.net/neurelitism/library/presbyterian_disabilities.pdf
Ministering to Youth with Special Needs
Organization: Association of Unity Churches
Link: https://www.unityworldwideministries.org/ed-links-special-needs
Commitment of Accessibility and Inclusion
Organization: Church of the Brethren
Link: http://www.brethren.org/ac/statements/2006adaresolution.html
Called to Wholeness in Christ: Becoming a Church Accessible to All
Organization: United Church of Christ
Link: http://www.ucc.org/education/polity/pdf-folder/gs-25-called-to-wholeness-in-christ.pdf
The Church’s Care for the Mentally Impaired
Organization: Free Reformed Churches of North America
Link: http://frcna.org/component/k2/item/7229-
Statement on Passage of S.1248, Reauthorization of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
Organization: Orthodox Union
Link: http://advocacy.ou.org/2004/ou_welcomes_senate_passage_of_s1248/
United Methodist Implementation of Americans with Disabilities Act
Organization: United Methodist Church
Link: http://archives.umc.org/interior.asp?ptid=4&mid=6558
Abusive Treatment Methods for Persons with Mental Disabilities
Organization: United Methodist Church
Link: http://www.umc.org/what-we-believe/abusive-treatment-methods-for-persons-with-mental-disabilities
Annual Accessibility Audit
Organization: North Texas Conference of the United Methodist Church
Link: http://www.northtexasumc.org/console/files/oFiles_Library_XZXLCZ/Annual-Accessibility-Audit-Form.pdf
Communication Access for People Who Have Hearing and Sight Impairment
Organization: United Methodist Church
Link: http://archives.umc.org/interior.asp?ptid=1&mid=1000
The Church and People with Mental, Physical, and/or Psychological Disabilities
Organization: United Methodist Church
Link: http://archives.umc.org/interior.asp?ptid=1&mid=985
Commending the House Effort to Improve Special Education for America’s Children
Organization: Orthodox Union
A Church of All and For All
Organization: World Council of Churches
Link: http://www.oikoumene.org/en/resources/documents/central-committee/2003/a-church-of-all-and-for-all
Recommend that Meeting Locations Be Accessible to the Disabled
Organization: Episcopal Church
Link: http://www.episcopalarchives.org/cgi-bin/acts/acts_resolution.pl?resolution=2003-D051
Welcome Service Animals in the Church
Organization: Episcopal Church
Link: http://www.episcopalarchives.org/cgi-bin/acts/acts_resolution.pl?resolution=2003-D041
Make the Church’s Audio-Visual Material Accessible to All People
Organization: Episcopal Church
Link: http://www.episcopalarchives.org/cgi-bin/acts/acts_resolution.pl?resolution=2003-C027
Ministry to People with Disabilities: A Biblical Perspective
Organization: Assemblies of God
Link: http://ag.org/top/Beliefs/Position_Papers/pp_downloads/pp_disabilities.pdf
Adopt NCC Statement on Disabilities
Organization: Episcopal Church
Link: http://www.episcopalarchives.org/cgi-bin/acts/acts_resolution.pl?resolution=2000-C030
Called to Inclusiveness
Organization: United Methodist Church
Link: http://archives.umc.org/interior.asp?mid=1627
Rights of Persons with Disabilities
Organization: United Methodist Church
Link: http://archives.umc.org/interior.asp?mid=1752
Accessibility Grants for Churches
Organization: United Methodist Church
Link: http://www.umc.org/what-we-believe/accessibility-grants-for-churches
A Framework of Access and Inclusion
Organization: Catholic Church
Link: http://www.catholicdisabilityteachings.com/1999%20Statement.htm
Conclusions of a Vatican Conference on the Family and Integration of the Disabled
Organization: Catholic Church
Transforming Congregations Into Inclusive and Caring Jewish Congregations
Organization: Union for Reform Judaism
Link: http://urj.org//about/union/governance/reso//?syspage=article&item_id=1994
The Calling of Clergy with Disabilities
Organization: United Church of Christ Disabilities Ministries
Link: http://uccdm.org/48/clergy-with-disabilities-resolution/
Statement of Principles
Organization: World Pantheism Association
Link: http://www.pantheism.net/manifest.htm#statement
Resolution on the Church and Persons with Disabilities
Organization: American Baptist Churches, USA
Link: http://www.abc-usa.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Disabilities-The-Church-and-Persons-with.pdf
Resolution on Employment of Persons with Disabilities
Organization: American Baptist Churches, USA
Link: http://www.abc-usa.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Employment-of-Persons-with-Disabilities.pdf
Disabilities, the Body of Christ, and the Wholeness of Society
Organization: National Council of Churches
Link: http://www.nationalcouncilofchurches.us/common-witness/1998/disabilities.php
Re-establish a Resource Center on the Disabled
Organization: Episcopal Church
Link: http://www.episcopalarchives.org/cgi-bin/acts/acts_resolution.pl?resolution=1997-C046
Resolution on Concern for People with Disabilities
Organization: Evangelical Covenant Church
Link: http://www.covchurch.org/resolutions/1997-concern-for-people-with-disabilities/
Organization: National Council of Churches
Link: http://www.ncccusa.org/assembly/deaf.htm
Accessibility for Persons with Disabilities
Organization: Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations
Link: http://www.uua.org/accessibility/
Mezuzah Accessibility
Organization: United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism
Link: http://www.uscj.org/Aboutus/Resolutions/ResolutionsbyYear/_1997/MezuzahAccessibility.aspx
Guidelines for the Celebration of the Sacraments with Persons with Disabilities
Organization: Catholic Church
Link: http://www.catholicdisabilityteachings.com/Sacramental%20Guidelines.htm
Conference Resolution: Americans with Disabilities Act
Organization: Church of the Brethren
Link: http://www.brethren.org/ac/statements/1994ADA.html
Commend Passage of the Americans With Disabilities Act
Organization: Episcopal Church
Link: http://www.episcopalarchives.org/cgi-bin/acts/acts_resolution.pl?resolution=1994-D104
Toward Full Compliance with the Provisions of the Americans With Disabilities Act in the Christian Reformed Church of North America
Organization: Christian Reformed Church
Link: http://www2.crcna.org/site_uploads/uploads/disabilityconcerns/towardfullcomp.pdf
Commend Passage of the Americans With Disabilities Act
Organization: Episcopal Church
Link: http://www.episcopalarchives.org/cgi-bin/acts/acts_resolution.pl?resolution=1991-D089
Ministry with Persons with Disabilities
Organization: Ministry with Persons with Disabilities
Link: http://download.elca.org/ELCA%20Resource%20Repository/Ministry_Disabled_PersonsSPR91.pdf
Ministry to the Deaf Community
Organization: Evangelical Lutheran Church
Link: http://download.elca.org/ELCA%20Resource%20Repository/Ministry_%20Deaf_CommunitySPR91.pdf
Encourage Understanding of Mental Illness and Respond to the Needs of the Mentally Ill
Organization: Episcopal Church
Link: http://www.episcopalarchives.org/cgi-bin/acts/acts_resolution.pl?resolution=1991-D088
First Presidency Statement on Disabilities
Organization: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
Link: https://www.lds.org/topics/disability/basics/first-presidency-statement?lang=eng
Ministry to Persons with Disabilities
Organization: National Association of Evangelicals
Human Rights and Disability
Organization: Baha’i
Link: https://www.bic.org/statements/human-rights-and-disability
Organization: Episcopal Church
Link: http://www.episcopalarchives.org/cgi-bin/acts/acts_resolution.pl?resolution=1988-D004
Recognize the Status and Ministry of the Episcopal Conference of theDeaf
Organization: Episcopal Church
Link: http://www.episcopalarchives.org/cgi-bin/acts/acts_resolution.pl?resolution=1988-D142
The Handicapped and Orthodox Worship
Organization: Orthodox Church in America
Link: http://oca.org/parish-ministry/parishdevelopment/the-handicapped-and-orthodox-worship
Resolution on Disabilities, Acts of Synod
Organization: Christian Reformed Church
Link: http://www.crcna.org/welcome/beliefs/position-statements/disabilities
Encourage Opportunities Within the Church for Persons with Disabilities
Organization: Episcopal Church
Link: http://www.episcopalarchives.org/cgi-bin/acts/acts_resolution.pl?resolution=1985-A087
People with Learning Difficulties
Organization: Church of England
Link: http://www.churchofengland.org/media/39672/gs1725.pdf
Resolution Adopted by CCAR On Persons with Disabilities
Organization: Central Conference of American Rabbis
Link: http://ccarnet.org/rabbis-speak/resolutions/1983/disabilities-people-with-1983/
Establish a Task Force on Disabled and Handicapped Persons
Organization: Episcopal Church
Link: http://www.episcopalarchives.org/cgi-bin/acts/acts_resolution.pl?resolution=1982-D120
Resolution on the Mentally Handicapped
Organization: Southern Baptist Convention
Link: http://www.sbc.net/resolutions/705/resolution-on-the-mentally-handicapped
Disabled Persons
Organization: Union for Reform Judaism
Link: http://urj.org/about/union/governance/reso/?syspage=article&item_id=2123
Pastoral Statement of the U.S. Catholic Bishops on Persons with Disabilities
Organization: Catholic Church
Link: http://www.catholicdisabilityteachings.com/1978%20Statement.htm
Resolution on the Church and Ministry with Persons with Disabilities
Organization: American Baptist
Link: http://www.abc-usa.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Disabilities-The-Church-and-Persons-with.pdf
Resolution on the Handicapped
Organization: Southern Baptist Convention
Link: http://www.sbc.net/resolutions/592
Resolution on Ministry to the Developmentally Disabled and Mentally Ill
Organization: Southern Baptist Convention
The Disabled
Organization: Union for Reform Judaism
Link: http://urj.org/life/community/disabilities/
Mental Health
Organization: Unitarian Universalist Association of Churches
Link: http://www.uua.org/statements/statements/13390.shtml
Divine Healing
Organization: Assemblies of God
Link: http://ag.org/top/Beliefs/position_papers/pp_downloads/PP_Divine_Healing.pdf
Resolution on the Church and Ministry with Persons with Disabilities
Organization: American Baptist Churches, USA
Link: http://abhms.org/disability_ministries/docs/Disabilities.pdf
Disability Resource Manual
Organization: Evangelical Covenant Church
Link: http://www.covchurch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2010/08/Disability-Manual-1.pdf
Disabilities
Organization: Christian Reformed Church
Link: http://www.crcna.org/welcome/beliefs/position-statements/disabilities
Resolution on Disabilities: A Celebration of That All May Enter
Organization: Presbyterian Church (USA)
Link: https://www.pcusa.org/site_media/media/uploads/_resolutions/resolution-on-disabilities.pdf