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Militarism and Poverty: The Cost of War

Four decades ago, Dr. King spoke prophetically to the inextricable relationship between America’s militarism and the plight of its poor. This workshop helps the church examine this costly and egregious relationship, and discusses how to bear witness to God’s shalom in the world today.

Understanding the national budget as a “moral document,” how is the Church to interpret a defense budget that nearly exceeds the military budgets of all other nations combined? As CCD practitioners, we must grapple with how our military spending directly, or indirectly, propagates impoverished communities here and abroad. In this workshop, participants will discuss how the Church should proclaim, and embody, the peace of Christ amid these realities.