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Episcopal Peace Fellowship

2026 newly revised & digitally accessible “Cross Before Flag: Episcopal Statements on War and Peace”

“Cross Before Flag” is a pamphlet first developed by EPF six decades ago, in 1966. The publication has been used extensively by peacemakers and conscientious objectors concerned by the Church and wider society’s frequent choice of violence when addressing conflict. It includes Episcopal Church resolutions and other official statements that bear directly on war, peace, and violence, and the development of conscience in relation to war and violence.

More than 20 years after its previous iteration, EPF has now dramatically updated the booklet’s contents in 2026 with relevant resolutions and church statements: more than 75 such historical position pieces from 1916 through 2024 are included, as well as a brand-new study guide to support your deep engagement with the content. Two digital versions are available for your individual or congregational use:

EPF Chapters & Peace Partners

EPF chapters are regionally-based and work on local peace initiatives within their parish and communities as well as on national and international issues. Chapters sponsor and co-sponsor prayer and public witness such as peace vigils, liturgies, service projects and demonstrations. Peace Partner parishes are based out of a specific parish.

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Action Groups

  • Gun Violence Prevention

    These resources can open a door to commitment and creativity. The actions listed here are ideas based on what people committed to gun violence prevention are already doing. But you are the experts on your parish community and know best what would work in your local context. If you have ideas that should be listed here, please share them with this resource page. This is just a starting point for all of us, offering a few suggestions for action. Let the winds of the Spirit blow.

  • Death Penalty Abolition

    The Death Penalty is incompatible with the teachings of Christ. Join with others across the country who wish to pray, study, and take action, to make this barbaric, racist practice "history" in our country.

  • Palestine Justice Network

    Our mission is dedicated to a more robust Episcopal Church witness for justice and peace in Palestine and Israel and is a response to:
the promise made in our baptismal covenant to “ … strive for justice and peace among all people, and respect the dignity of every human being”; the call in 2005 by Palestinian Civil Society for Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions until Israel complies with international law and universal principles of human rights, a call supported by the Episcopal Peace Fellowship; and the prayerful call of Palestinian Christians expressed in the 2020 Kairos Palestine Cry for Hope.

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