Your congregation was made for this moment.
Scripture calls us to do justice, love mercy, and walk humbly with God (Micah 6:8). Jesus named justice, mercy, and faithfulness as the weightier matters — the things deserving our greatest attention. Churches United for Justice gives your congregation a proven, structured way to answer that call — together, with the organized people power that real change requires.
What Membership Means
Joining CUJ means stepping into the bold, faithful work of biblical justice. It means building leaders inside your congregation, connecting to a countywide network of faith, and showing up — year after year — until the conditions of life in Wyandotte County reflect the dignity every person deserves.
Membership is not a program to add to your calendar. It is a commitment to organize.
What Member Congregations Do
Build a Justice Ministry Team. Cultivate clergy, team leaders, and network members who keep justice visible in church life and mobilize the congregation for action.
Engage in the Justice Cycle. Participate in all three annual processes — the Listening Process, Research to Action, and the Investment Drive — the organizing engine that produces real wins.
Turn out to the Nehemiah Action. Our vision is for every member congregation to turn out at least their average worship attendance to the Nehemiah Action. When hundreds of people of faith fill that room, elected officials take notice.
Serve on the Board. Every Congregation is immediately invited to have representatives serve on the governing board. Your congregation is involved in every decision that is made.
Why This Work Matters
The problems facing Wyandotte County are not accidents. Families are being priced out of their homes. Neighbors are sleeping outside with nowhere to go. Young people are dying in our streets. These are the conditions God's people are called to confront — not just respond to with charity, but change at the root.
No single congregation can do this alone. The systems causing harm are powerful, and they yield only to organized, sustained, collective action. That is why ten congregations across Wyandotte County have joined together as Churches United for Justice — because we believe that when God's people stand together, decision makers listen.
"Open your mouth for the mute, for the rights of all who are destitute. Open your mouth, judge righteously, defend the rights of the poor and needy." — Proverbs 31:8-9
Ready to Talk?
The first step is a conversation. Reach out to Bryon Williams, our Lead Organizer, and we will share more about community organizing, how membership works, and introduce you to current member congregations.
