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For reflection

What does the Reformed tradition say about trade?

Responsive Labor cover Reformed scholar Don McKim talks about Calvin’s understanding of greed in our personal and public lives, a key theological concept for fairness in trade policy. McKim’s analysis will help Presbyterians to witness in the public forum and speak theologically on trade issues. You can use this video in Sunday School classes, as preparation for a legislative visit, or as opening conversation for further study of his latest book, A “Down and Dirty” Guide to Theology.

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"Support efforts to strive toward international cooperation based on fair trade, respect for diversity, and common concerns for a peaceful, just, and sustainable world.”

“Oppose multinational actions and trade agreements that elevate rights of corporations over the right of governments and indigenous peoples to pass and enforce laws that preserve the public good and protect their citizens, economies, and environments.”

— from the 215^th General Assembly (2003)

Litany of Lamentation and Hope Use this litany of prayers at your next worship service to pray for the hundreds of activists who have been killed in Colombia this year.		A scriptural approach to trade Atle Sommerfeldt, director of Norwegian Church Aid, dicsusses the theology of trade based on the multitude of Biblical texts that speak about the issue.
Read a statement from the Presbyterian Presbyterian Church of Colombia Read why the Church in Colombia opposes the trade agreement.		Stop the Colombia Free Trade Agreement Basic information about the proposed trade agreement with Colombia, how it would impact poor people, and what you can do to help.