During the 2010 Special Session, OCCV is advocating around three bills. HB 3623 (human trafficking), SB 1032 (health care + environment), HB 3664 (poverty + health care). Below are the facts sheets, theological reflection, submitted testimonies given, and ways for you to advocate for Christian values. 

 We encourage you to get involved and write your Representatives and Senator, we have put together an Advocacy Handout (right click to download) to help walk you through the processes involved.

HB 3623 (PDF) - Talking Points / Testimony (right click to download)

SB 1032 (PDF) - Fact Sheet / Testimony (right click to download)

HB 3664 (PDF) - One Sheet (right click to download)

On Wednesday (Feb. 2nd, 2010),  OCCV volunteers and staff went to the Capital to testify and show support of HB 3623 (also pictured is Rep. Barton, who sponsors the Bill).

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 Tragedy in Haiti

Our friends at Bread for the World put together a great list of organizations and denominations that you can give to help those in Haiti, please check out the list by clicking this link.

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Make sure to visit our online Events Calendar to see what’s happening locally!

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Check out our Media & Resources page for more news

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About the Oregon Center for Christian Values Today, as Christians our commitment to Christ compels us to reach beyond the traditional ‘moral values’ issues often discussed in American politics today. We need to reclaim the radical, transformational vision for culture and society that reverberates in the teachings of Jesus and has inspired great American leaders from Abraham Lincoln to Martin Luther King, Jr.

American political discourse on Christian moral values typically focuses its attentions on the right side of the scale:

…yet where is the Christian voice on all these other moral issues? The purpose of the Oregon Center for Christian Values is to inspire, educate, and organize a grassroots network of Christian leaders in Oregon to renew our commitment to the fullness of Christ’s vision for humanity and to be faithful citizens for both social and spiritual transformation in our communities.

Please prayerfully consider: Is God calling you to join such a movement for renewal?

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ROOTED IN THE WORD. TRANSFORMING OREGON

“The church must be reminded that it is not the master or the servant of the state, but rather the conscience of the state.”

Martin Luther King, Jr., Strength to Love, 1963.