Initiating Signers
On September 26, 2006, over one hundred Christian, Muslim, and Jewish religious leaders released a statement entitled “Words, Not War” which calls for a diplomatic resolution to the nuclear standoff with Iran. The signers include heads of denominations, faculty at seminaries and religious schools, and the heads of state councils of churches, regional religious bodies, and national religious groups.
Over one hundred clergy within the United States have signed onto the statement, and the general public is invited to sign on [click here].
Rev. Jim Wallis
Editor-in-Chief, Sojourners
The Rev. Dr. Robert W. Edgar
General Secretary, National Council of Churches
Rev. Wesley Granberg-Michaelson
General Secretary, Reformed Church of America
Dr. Sayyid Syeed
National Director, Office of Interfaith & Community Alliances, Islamic Society of North America
Rev. Brian McLaren
Founder and Pastor, Cedar Ridge Community Church
Dr. Willliam Shaw
President, National Baptist Convention, USA
Dr. Susannah Heschel
Eli Black Associate Professor of Jewish Studies, Dartmouth College
Additional Signers:*
Rev. Dr. Paul Alexander
Director of the D.Min. Program and Professor of Theology and Ethics, Azusa Pacific University, Haggard School of Theology
Dr. Loyd Allen
Professor of Church History and Christian Formation, McAfee School of Theology
Ms. Sadida Athaullah
Muslim Peace Fellowship
David W. Augsburger
Professor of Pastoral Care, Fuller Theological Seminary
Dr. Rick Axtell
Associate Professor of Religion and College Chaplain, Centre College
Rabbi Aryeh Azriel
Temple Israel
Omaha, Nebraska
Rabbi Leonard Beerman
Emeritus Rabbi of Leo Baeck Temple, Los Angeles
Rev. John C. Boonstra
Executive Minister, Washington Association of Churches
Rev. Dr. Mikael N. Broadway
Shaw University Divinity School
Bishop Warner Brown
Resident Bishop, The Denver Area, United Methodist Church
Dr. Walter Brueggemann
Professor Emeritus, Columbia Theological Seminary
Bishop Monk Bryan
Bishop (retired), Council of Bishops, United Methodist Church
Rev. Daniel L. Buttry
Global Service Consultant for Peace and Justice, International Ministries, American Baptist Churches
Rev. Dr. Joan Brown Campbell
Director, Department of Religion, Chautauqua Institution
Simone Campbell
Executive Director, NETWORK
Dr. Tony Campolo
Founder, Evangelical Association for the Promotion of Education
Sister Joan Chittister
Benedictine Sisters of Erie
John B. Cobb
Retired Professor, Claremont School of Theology
Dr. Harvey Cox
Hollis Professor of Divinity, Harvard University
Dr. Miguel A. De La Torre
Director of the Justice & Peace Institute and Associate-Professor of Social Ethics, Iliff School of Theology
Brett Dewey
Assistant Professor of Bible and Religion, Bethel College
Dr. Gary Dorrien
Reinhold Niebuhr Professor of Social Ethics, Union Theological Seminary and Professor of Religion, Columbia University
Father Robert F. Drinan, S.J.
Professor, Georgetown University Law Center
Erin Dufault-Hunter
Assistant Professor of Ethics, Fuller Theological Seminary
Professor Willliam Dyrness
Professor, Fuller Theological Seminary
Rev. Dr. Tilden Edward
Shalem Institute
Thomas Finger
InterChurch Relations Representative, Mennonite Church U.S.A.
Rev. Dr. Robert Michael Franklin
President, Regional Council of Churches of Atlanta and Professor of Social Ethics, Candler School of Theology, Emory University
Duane K. Friesen
Professor Emeritus of Bible and Religion, Bethel College
Sylvia Graves
Interim General Secretary, Friends United Meeting
Rev. Barbara Green
Executive Director, Churches' Center for Theology and Public Policy
Most Rev. Thomas J. Gumbleton
Archdiocese of Detroit
Rev. Gary L. Harke
Executive Director, Pennsylvania Council of Churches
Rabia Terri Harris
Coordinator, Muslim Peace Fellowship
The Rt. Rev. Donald P. Hart
Retired Episcopal Bishop
The Rev. Dr. Stan Hastey
Executive Director, Alliance of Baptists
Dr. E. Glenn Hinson
Professor Emeritus, Baptist Theological Seminary
President Joseph C. Hough, Jr.
President, Union Theological Seminary
Dr. George Hunsinger
McCord Professor of Theology, Princeton Theological Seminary
Mr. Vince Isner
Director, Faithful America
Rev. Richard Killmer
Program Director, The Churches' Center for Theology and Public Policy
Rev. W. Mark Koenig
Presbyterian Peacemaking Program, Presbyterian Church ( U.S.A. )
Dr. C. Norman Kraus
Goshen College
Mr. David Lamarre-Vincent
Executive Director, New Hampshire Council of Churches
The Right Reverend Edward L. Lee, Jr.
Bishop, Episcopal Diocese of Western Michigan (retired)
The Rt. Rev. Ed Leidel
Bishop of Eastern Michigan, The Episcopal Church
Dr. Bill J. Leonard
Dean and Professor of Church History, Wake Forest University Divinity School
Rev. Michael Livingston
President, National Council of Churches
The Right Reverend Mark MacDonald
Bishop of Alaska, The Episcopal Diocese of Alaska
Professor Daniel C. Maguire
Marquette University
Dr. Juan Francisco Martinez
Director of Hispanic Church Studies, Fuller Theological Seminary
Rev. Dr. Clint McCann
Eden Theological Seminary
Dr. Hugh McElwain
Professor, Dominican University
Larry McSwain
Professor of Ethics and Leadership, McAfee School of Theology
Bishop Marshall Meadors
Council of Bishops, United Methodist Church (retired)
Ms. Marilyn P. Mecham
Executive, Interchurch Ministries of Nebraska
The Most Reverend Mercurius
Bishop of Zaraisk, Patriarchal Parishes of the Russian Orthodox Church in the USA
Rev. Veronice Miles
Professor of Homiletics and Christian Education, Wake Forest University Divinity School
Philip Moody
Associate Pastor, King's Cross Church
Bishop Susan Morrison
Albany Episcopal Area of The United Methodist Church
Nancey Murphy
Professor of Christian Philosophy, Fuller Theological Seminary
Mr. Gary Nesdahl
Executive Director, Association of Christian Churches of South Dakota
Rev. Lucrecia W. Norman
Preschool Director, Knollwood Baptist Church
Thomas W. Ogletree
Professor of Theological Ethics, Yale University Divinity School
Glenn R. Palmberg
President, The Evangelical Covenant Church
Dr. Rodney L. Petersen
Executive Director, Boston Theological Institute
Professor Richard V. Pierard
Gordon College
Tina Pippen
Professor of Religious Studies, Agnes Scott College
The Right Reverend Morgan Porteus
Retired Bishop of Connecticut (The Episcopal Church)
Rev. J. George Reed
Executive Director, North Carolina Council of Churches
Rev. Dr. George Regas
Rector Emeritus, All Saints Church
The Right Reverend David Richards
Retired Bishop of Pastoral Development (The Episcopal Church)
Dr. Howard W. Roberts
Senior Minister, Glenview Community Church
Mr. David Robinson
Executive Director, Pax Christi USA
Rabbi Or Rose
Professor, Hebrew College
Dr. Louay Safi
Executive Director, Islamic Society of North America 's Leadership Development Center
The Rev. Dr. Rick Schlosser
Executive Director, California Council of Churches/California Church IMPACT
Most Rev. Walter Schoenherr
Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Detroit
Dr. Willliam Shaw
President, National Baptist Convention, USA
Dr. Patricia Shelly
Professor of Bible and Religion, Bethel College
Professor Gerald Shenk
Eastern Mennonite Seminary and Mennonite Central Committee
Bishop Ann B. Sherer
Resident Bishop, Nebraska Area United Methodist Church
Sister Carole Shinnick, SSND
Executive Director, Leadership Conference of Women Religious
Walter B. Shurden
Callaway Professor of Christianity and Executive Director, The Center for Baptist Studies, Mercer University
Dr. Muzammil H. Siddiqi
Chairman, Shura Council of Southern California
Dr. Ron Sider
Eastern University, Palmer Theological Seminary, Evangelicals for Social Action
The Rev. Dr. Stephen J. Sidorak, Jr.
Executive Director, Christian Conference of Connecticut
Dr. Glen Stassen
Lewis B. Smedes Professor of Christian Ethics, Fuller Theological Seminary
William M. Swartley
Professor Emeritus of New Testament, Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary
Reid S. Trulson
Area Director for Europe and the Middle East, American Baptist International Ministries
Bishop Jack Tuell
Bishop (retired), Council of Bishops, United Methodist Church
Dr. Gerald S. Vigna
Alvernia College
Miroslav Volf
Professor and Director of Yale Center for Faith and Culture, Yale University Divinity School
Mr. Joe Volk
Executive Secretary, Friends Committee on National Legislation
Dr. Linda Wagener
Fuller Theological Seminary
Bishop C. Dale White
United Methodist Church
Dr. Debbie Williams
Abilene Christian University
Mr. Jim Winkler
General Secretary, United Methodist General Board of Church & Society
Dr. J. Philip Wogaman
Professor Emeritus of Christian Ethics, Wesley Theological Seminary
Nicholas Wolterstorff
Noah Porter Professor Emeritus of Philosophical Theology, Yale University
Bishop Gabino Zavala
Pax Christi USA, Bishop President
Archdiocese of Los Angeles
Ms. Barbara Zelter
North Carolina Council of Churches
*Institutional affiliations are for identification purposes only.