Information about the ECC Resolution to Repudiate the Doctrine of Discovery

This resolution briefly explains the Doctrine of Discovery and outlines its long-lasting impact in the U.S., as well as the damage and trauma it has inflicted on Indigenous peoples. We turn to Scripture to remember that God has created all humans in God’s own image and imbued each individual with God’s image (imago Dei).

We confess with our Indigenous brothers and sisters that the whole of creation is the work of God, and we acknowledge the damage done to the Indigenous inhabitants of the Americas through the taking of rights, property, and land. We acknowledge the cultural genocide of Indigenous peoples through sustained and systemic acts of injustice. We acknowledge the complicity of the Christian church (including the Covenant Church) in that dispossession, subjugation, and relegation.

We the Evangelical Covenant Church hereby repudiate the Doctrine of Discovery as fundamentally opposed to the gospel of
Jesus Christ. We will seek to support Indigenous people as they identify ways to affirm their inherent human rights and resolve
wrongs.

[Click Here] to read the Proposed Resolution to Repudiate the Doctrine of Discovery for the 2021 Covenant Annual Meeting

There will be 4 Zoom session where delegates to the Annual Meeting will be able to ask questions about the Repudiation of the Doctrine of Discovery document. Times to be announced.

• May 4
• May 10
• May 20
• May 25