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FAITH IN ACTION DOCTRINES: EMPOWERING CHURCH YO BECOME AGENT OF POSITIVE TRANSFORMATION

Executive Summary

Across many contexts, communities, especially the poor, detained, marginalized, and excluded, experience persistent violations of human dignity, injustice, and weak accountability. While international and domestic human rights frameworks exist, implementation gaps remain, often compounded by moral silence or institutional disengagement.

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This project mobilizes the Church to reclaim its original mission as mandated by Jesus Christ to proclaim the Kingdom of God through liberation, justice, love, and truth and to translate that mission into effective, non-partisan legislative and policy advocacy grounded in Divine Law and aligned with international human rights standards.

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By strengthening church capacity for doctrine-based advocacy, producing committee-ready policy tools, and engaging national and international accountability mechanisms, the project aims to protect human dignity, reform unjust laws, empower vulnerable communities, and restore the Church’s credible public witness.

Need Statement

The Problem

  • Persistent violations of:

    • Human dignity

    • Liberty and due process

    • Equality and non-discrimination

  • Weak accountability for abuses of power

  • Limited civic and moral pressure for reform

  • Churches often confined to charity or silence, rather than justice-oriented action

The Gap

  • Legal frameworks exist, but moral authority is underutilized

  • Civil society advocacy often lacks deep community trust

  • Churches possess legitimacy and reach, yet lack:

    • Policy literacy

    • Advocacy tools

    • Structured engagement pathways

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Doctrinal Imperative

Jesus Christ explicitly commissions His Church to:

  • Proclaim liberation (Luke 4:18–19)

  • Defend the vulnerable (Matthew 25)

  • Speak truth to power (Prophetic witness)

  • Serve rather than dominate (Mark 10:45)

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Failure to act is both a moral failure and a justice failure.

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Ptogram Goal and Objectives

Overall Goal

To advance human dignity and justice by empowering churches to engage in doctrine-based, faith-consistent human rights and legislative advocacy. 

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Specific Objectives

  • Strengthen Church Advocacy Capacity

  • Equip church leaders with doctrinal, legal, and policy advocacy skills.

  • Influence Just Laws and Policies

  • Produce and submit doctrine-based, committee-ready legislative briefs.

  • Amplify the Voices of the Vulnerable

  • Center lived experiences in policy reform efforts.

  • Engage Accountability Mechanisms

  • Support church participation in UN, EU, and AU human rights processes.

  • Restore the Church’s Prophetic Public Witness

  • Align faith, action, and justice in visible and credible ways.

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