The Covenant for Our Future is a non-partisan, multi-faith campaign. Many religious communities have thoughtful questions about the relationship between faith and public policy. Below are responses to some of the most common questions we receive about the Campaign.
Yes. Faith communities have always spoken about legislation and public policy.
From the abolition of slavery to the civil rights movement, religious communities have consistently raised moral concerns about laws and public policies. The Covenant for Our Future campaign stands in that tradition. Religious freedom includes the freedom to bring moral values into public life.
No. The campaign does not endorse or oppose political candidates or parties.
The Covenant for Our Future calls on elected leaders of every political affiliation to support policies that reflect widely shared moral teachings across faith traditions: feeding the hungry, caring for the sick, welcoming the stranger, protecting the earth, and holding the powerful accountable. When public policies undermine those values, people of faith have a responsibility to speak. That is not partisan. It is faithful.
No. Naming harm is not the same as partisanship.
When laws increase hunger, reduce access to healthcare, undermine protections for migrants, or weaken climate safeguards, faith communities have both the right and the responsibility to speak clearly about those impacts. Silence in the face of harm is not neutrality.
That’s okay! Congregations can engage in ways that fit their own context and calling.
Participation in the Covenant for Our Future can include education, prayer, preaching, study groups, pastoral reflection, or community conversations. Each congregation can discern how to engage in ways that align with its mission, traditions, and comfort level.
Covenant For Our Future is a national, multi‑faith coalition bringing together diverse organizations, leaders, and communities committed to advancing moral policies rooted in justice, dignity, and compassion.
It is a national, multi‑faith movement mobilizing communities to demand the repeal of HR.1 and renew the federal government’s commitment to justice.
HR.1 takes food from the hungry, healthcare from the sick, protection from the climate, and dignity from migrants—while expanding tax breaks for the wealthy and subsidies for fossil fuels. It reflects a moral vision that contradicts core teachings across our faith traditions. We are calling for its repeal and for a renewed federal commitment to justice and human dignity.
Affirming the Covenant means standing with a national moral movement, raising awareness about our shared moral mandates, and creating the conditions for faith leaders to use their voices for liberation and justice.
Across the country—within congregations, communities, and multi‑faith networks committed to shaping a moral narrative rooted in care, justice, and shared responsibility.
Across our traditions, we are taught to protect the vulnerable and pursue justice. HR.1 violates these shared values. By affirming the Covenant, faith communities unite to speak out, organize, educate, and mobilize for policies that reflect our deepest moral commitments.
We are asking organizations to affirm the covenant by joining our coalition, collaborating in our mobilization activities,and investing time to support our movement.
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