Wisconsin Council of Churches

“Breaking the Cycle of Violence:  Living as Images of God,” 1995.                 

http://www.wichurches.org/board/statements/breaking_the_cycle_of_violence.html

American Baptist Churches, USA

“American Baptist Resolution on Capital Punishment” 1958 and 1966 American Baptist Conventions, affirmed as Church Resolution, 1982.

http://www.abc-usa.org/Resources/resol/cappun.htm

Christian Church:  Disciples of Christ

“Resolution on the Death Penalty” 2003 General Assembly

http://www.homelandministries.org/PublicWitness/deathpenalty.htm

Church of the Brethren

“Statement on the Death Penalty” 1987 Annual Conference

http://www.brethren.org/ac/ac_statements/87DeathPenalty.htm

Episcopal Church

“Recommitment to Abolish the Death Penalty,” 2001 Executive Council Resolution                        

http://www.episcopalchurch.org/1866_70079_ENG_HTM.htm

“Reaffirm Opposition to the Death Penalty and Call for a Moratorium”  2000 General Convention

http://www.episcopalarchives.org/cgi-bin/acts/acts_resolution.pl?resolution=2000-A082

Evangelical Lutheran Church in America

“Social Statement on the Death Penalty” 1991 Churchwide Assembly                    

http://www.elca.org/socialstatements/deathpenalty/

see also: “Resolution Against the Reinstatement of the Death Penalty in Wisconsin” 2006 Greater Milwaukee Synod Assembly

http://www.milwaukeesynod.org/assembly06resolutions.htm#resolution

“Resolution Regarding Death Penalty” 2006 South-Central Synod of Wisconsin Assembly

http://www.scsw-elca.org/death%20penalty%20resolution.htm

Moravian Church in America

“Criminal Justice and the Death Penalty” 1982 Synod

http://www.mcnp.org/Documents/Resolutions/CriminalJusticeAndTheDeathPenalty.asp

Orthodox Church in America

“Resolution on the Death Penalty”  1989 All-American Council                       

http://www.deathpenaltyreligious.org/education/statements/orthodox.html

National Association of Evangelicals

Resolutions on Capital Punishment: 1973

http://www.nae.net/index.cfm?FUSEACTION=editor.page&pageID=172&IDCategory=9

1972: 

http://www.nae.net/index.cfm?FUSEACTION=editor.page&pageID=187&IDCategory=9

Presbyterian Church (USA)

“Moratorium on Capital Punishment” 2000 General Assembly                        

http://www.pcusa.org/criminaljustice/issues/capital/moratorium.htm

Summary of Policy Statements from General Assemblies of 1959, 1977, 1978, 1985

http://www.pcusa.org/101/101-capital.htm

Reformed Church in America

Perspective on Capital Punishment including General Synod statements of 1965 and 1966

http://www.rca.org/aboutus/perspective/death.html

Southern Baptist Convention

On Capital Punishment, 2000 Annual Convention  http://www.sbc.net/resolutions/amResolution.asp?ID=299

United Church of Christ

Resolution, “Call for the Abolition of the Death Penalty,” 1999 General Synod

http://lists.ctucc.org/pdfs/resources/1999uccgs22abolishdeathpen.pdf

United Methodist Church

Social Principle on the Death Penalty from the Book of Discipline, 2004

http://archives.umc.org/interior.asp?ptid=1&mid=6385

Resolution, “Capital Punishment,” 1980, 2000

http://archives.umc.org/interior_print.asp?ptid=4&mid=1070

Resolution, “In Opposition to Capital Punishment,” 2000

http://archives.umc.org/interior_print.asp?ptid=4&mid=1071

Roman Catholic

U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops Statement on Capital Punishment, 1980

A Letter to Catholics in Wisconsin on the Death Penalty, Wisconsin Bishops 2006

Other statements are available through Religious Organizing Against the Death Penalty