A time comes when silence is betrayal . . . We must speak with all the humility that is appropriate to our limited vision, but we must speak. For we are deeply in need of a new way beyond the darkness so close around us.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Washington Region Religious Campaign Against Torture
28 D.C.-Area Congregations Display Banners in June Opposing the Use of Torture
Twenty-eight religious congregations and organizations in the DC region have joined congregations across the U.S. in displaying anti-torture banners during the month of June. The "Banners Across America" initiative, organized by the National Religious Campaign Against Torture (NRCAT), allows local congregations to participate in a nationwide, interfaith public witness linked to Torture Awareness Month.
More than 275 congregations across the country are displaying large banners with messages like “Torture is Wrong” and “Torture is a Moral Issue.” Many more congregations have incorporated an Interfaith Prayer of Recommitment into worship services during the month, seeking to raise awareness of the use of torture and to lift a religious voice of repentance and prophetic witness.
The 28 congregations in the D.C. region that are displaying a banner are listed below:
Friends of Jesus Church (DC)
Eighth Day Church (DC)
The Potter's House Church (DC)
Temple Micah (DC)
Friends Meeting of Washington (DC)
St. Albans Episcopal Church (DC)
Augustana Lutheran Church (DC)
Church of the Saviour (DC)
St. Columba's Church (DC)
General Board of Church and Society of the United Methodist Church (DC)
Rock Spring Congregational United Church of Christ (Arlington, VA)
Unitarian Universalist Church of Arlington (Arlington VA)
Redeemer Episcopal Church (Bethesda, MD)
Warner Memorial Presbyterian Church (Kensington, MD)
Ascension Episcopal Church (Silver Spring, MD)
Leadership Conference of Women Religious (Silver Spring, MD)
Christ Congregational Church of Silver Spring (MD)
Cedar Lane Unitarian Universalist Church (Bethesda, MD)
River Road Unitarian Universalist Congregation (Bethesda, MD)
Church of the Resurrection (Burtonsville, MD)
Maryland Presbyterian Church (Towson, MD)
Brown Memorial Park Avenue Presbyterian Church (Baltimore, MD)
First Unitarian Church of Baltimore (Baltimore, MD)
St. Bartholomew’s Episcopal Church (Baltimore, MD)
Stony Run Friends Meeting (Baltimore, MD)
Unitarian Universalist Church of Rockville (MD)
Church of the Ascension (Silver Spring, MD)
Good Shepherd United Methodist Church (Silver Spring, MD)
