Church Council of Greater Seattle

Vision

The Church Council of Greater Seattle envisions a future when justice is realized, where all people experience liberation, profound peace, expansive equity, and joy-filled human flourishing. 

Mission

The Church Council of Greater Seattle builds collective power through faith-rooted community organizing for transformational change toward liberation and justice.

The Church Council builds collective power by accompanying, facilitating, and convening faith communities in Seattle and King County. We believe collective power means organized people and organized resources. Whether you partner with us around equitable community stewardship of land, organizing with people navigating the immigration system, solidarity with organized labor, or emerging opportunities for community mobilization, we invite you to deeper partnership and collaboration with us for transformational change.

GiveBIG 2025

The transition into Spring is much more deeply felt in places like Seattle where the gloom of winter seems to stretch on endlessly. The sun coming back, the days growing longer, and the flowers in full bloom restores a sense of hope and renewal. But just as vividly, being unearthed in our nation is an ugliness, the decay of our core values. The rapid transition into fear, uncertainty, and threats carried out against migrant communities, college protestors, trans communities, and all who stand for justice, fosters chaos and feelings of powerlessness. We feel that fear, and yet, we know together we are powerful.

As people of faith and conscience, our traditions require us to build a world when justice is realized. We invite you to join us by taking bold, prophetic, and transformational action in the face of continuous threats and violence. Transformational action is only possible when we are rooted in relationship and accountable those who are most impacted by systemic oppression – simply put, those closest to the problem are closest to the solution. The Church Council has invested in relationships with faith communities and community organizations so that we can be a bridge between faith communities and directly impacted communities.

Your financial support ensures that the Church Council will
sustain this vital work. Will you make a contribution through
GiveBig on May 6-7, to partner with us?

In the summer of 1962, the Church Council launched its first program committed to supporting migrant farm workers and their families living in encampments in Fall City, Bainbridge and Vashon Islands. Grounded in our history of supporting peace globally, the Church Council advocated for an end to US colonialism in Central America. As a result, we called on faith communities to respond by offering Sanctuary to Central American refugees, particularly from Nicaragua and El Salvador. In partnership with University Baptist’s witness, we pushed Seattle City Council to adopt a city of refuge resolution, one of Seattle’s first steps in becoming a Sanctuary city.

The Church Council relaunched our Sanctuary Network in 2017, supporting three faith communities as they hosted and accompanied migrant families in their buildings. Once again, we are relaunching a statewide Sanctuary Network. This statewide network, while broad in landscape, must be principled in practice – accountable to those seeking sanctuary, the community groups that support them, and to those working together in the network. We are taking lessons learned from our past Sanctuary efforts, married with the tools that have been built by our Faith Land Initiative, to support the discernment that faith communities must undertake. Our work continues to be informed by the leadership of our Grupo de Solidaridad and in coalition with migrant-led community organizations. We know that it will take all of us to protect our communities and hold true to our values.

Your support in this moment is more important than ever. Help us meet and exceed our GiveBIG goal as we relaunch the Sanctuary Network, build resilience through our Grupo de Solidaridad, continue the work of the Faith Land Initiative, advocate for a just city budget, and collaborate with our community partners toward a future when justice is realized.

Whatever your gift amount, THANK YOU for being part of the organized resources in our collective power for transformational change! We appreciate your support and are excited to be building power with you.