About & Contact

Overview  California Church IMPACT advocates for major issues of concern in our democracy from health care to all human services concerns;  for human rights affecting all people; for governmental integrity including free and fair elections; for effective strategies to reduce income disparities and  much more.  We mobilize our members to ‘speak truth to power’, to empower those who wish to be heard, and, where needed, to witness for those who do not have a voice in policies affecting their lives. California Church IMPACT also takes positions on non-artisan ballot measures assessing how they reflect or oppose our faith principles of justice and fairness in our society.

Description  California Church IMPACT represents 1.5 million members within  the mainstream, progressive Protestant communities of faith.  Our organizational members include 21 denominations with over 5500 congregations throughout California.

Issues  Every legislative year IMPACT takes up a range of bills and issues. Our primary focus is on human services, human rights, and economic justice as well as transparency in our legislative and electoral process.  We collaborate with our faith partners on issues of human rights, economic security, restorative justice, immigrant rights, environmental well being, health care, eradicating poverty, and much more.

• We are the voice of our member denominations and judicatories in the state Capitol, representing the authentic Christian moral values of compassion, tolerance, peace and justice in the California legislative process.  We represent 52 judicatories in 21 mainline Protestant and Orthodox denominations.
• We are the oldest and largest progressive faith-based public policy organization in California. 
• We work with member churches to plan events and legislative visits, and provide training for your justice-based priorities both in Sacramento and in legislative districts.
• We produce highly-acclaimed faith-based ballot guides on the statewide Initiatives for each election which help people of faith discuss the issues from a biblical perspective.
• We are an urgent action response network.  As significant issues arise in the state legislature relating to the needs of poor people, the marginalized and the oppressed, we are committed to mobilize the Christian community in an orchestrated response of letter-writing, E-mailing, calling and making visits to legislators, urging our them to craft policies which protect the most needy and vulnerable in our state.
• We routinely work with the Catholic, Jewish, Muslim, Buddhist, Unitarian Universalist and other religious communities to present a genuine interfaith voice in the state Capitol.
• We provide speakers for judicatory gatherings and committees, conduct advocacy training events in your churches, and provide training, study guides, and resources on a variety of social justice issues important to a faithful witness to the Gospel.

 
How You Can Get Involved

• Join our activist list to receive updates on current social justice issues, actions, and legislation.  Help us build our activist base by inviting others with a passion for social justice and equality to join as well.  Click here
• Share our alerts, ballot proposition recommendations, study guides, and other resources
• Support our work at churchimpact.org/donate.html and calchurches.org/support-our-work.html

 
We would like to learn more about your priorities, passions, and needs.  We believe that the California Council of Churches/IMPACT can be a powerful partner with you in revitalizing congregations and ministries that can truly makes a difference.