Jubilee USA
 
 
Building an economy serves, protects and promotes participation of the most vulnerable. 
 

Faith & Worship Resources

Jubilee Congregations Handbook
The Jubilee Congregations handbook is filled with information and resources to help put your faith into action.  Download our Jubilee Congregations Handbook for information on how to become a Jubilee Congregation, worship and study resources, and information about the issues of debt and global economic justice.

Jubilee Tithe
By John Goldingay, a David Allan Hubbard Professor of Old Testament at Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena, California. He is an Episcopalian priest and moved to Fuller from St John's Theological College, Nottingham, England in 1997. Goldingay became interested in Jubilee 2000 as it was gaining momentum in England at the end of his time there, while part of the paper arose from a symposium on Islamic (interest-free) banking in Pasadena.

Jubilee: Jesus' Message for the 21st Century
By Ross and Gloria Kinsler, theological educators for 25 years in Central America, have authored The Biblical Jubilee and the Struggle for Life: An Invitation to Personal, Ecclesial, and Social Transformation (Maryknoll: Orbis Books, 1999).

Debt Cancellation is the Biblical Norm, Not the Exception

By Tim Atwater, a former special projects coordinator with Jubilee USA Network and a pastor in the United Methodist Church.

Jubilee Economics: A 3-Part Series
A Biblical vision of Sabbath Economics, By Ched Myers

  •     Part 1: God Speed the Year of Jubilee! (from Sojourners)
  •     Part 2: Jesus' New Economy of Grace (from Sojourners)
  •     Part 3: Balancing Abundance and Need (from The Other Side)

Sermon Helps (MS Word 25k)
Biblically-based messaging, quotes by global justice activists in the faith community aid  preparing your sermon on the meaning of Jubilee justice and its ties to debt-cancellation.

Proclaim Jubilee

By Rabbi Arthur WaskowFrom his book Godwrestling: Round 2 (Jewish Lights, 1996). Copyright 1996 by Arthur Waskow. Excerpt reprinted with the author's permission.

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