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·         All people are created in God's image, free and equal in His sight.

·         Racism results where prejudiced attitudes of superiority over others are combined with the power to shape society.

·         Western civilisation is, and has long been, seriously flawed by racism.

·         The Church displays racism through assumptions, stereotypes and organisational barriers, which deny black people a just share of power and decision making.

·         The URC encourages both black and white people to learn to share power and make decisions together, and thereby discover new forms of being community together.

·         The URC commits itself to challenge and equip all its members to resist racism within themselves, within the church and within society as a whole and to train people and devote resources to this task.

·         The URC pledges itself, as it shares in action against racism, to monitor and review at regular intervals what progress is being made in church and society. 

(URC 1987 General Assembly)