The Lord's Day Alliance in the U. S.

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The Lord's Day Alliance in the U. S.

To affirm a common day of rest and to remind all Christians of the value of the Lord's Day....

As an organization that reaches back to the nineteenth century, the Lord’s Day Alliance believes that Sabbath and Sunday practice is significant for Christians and for all people in the twenty-first century. Grounded in Jewish and perhaps earlier human practice, the mystery, the celebration, and the cultural significance of Sabbath and Sunday pertains to Christians and is of value for all human an

d sentient life. In the work of John Paul II, Sunday conceived of as the Lord’s Day, even forecasts the envisioned idea of a Jubilee year in religious imagination. Foundation: The LDA, founded in a much earlier time in American life, has thrived, in part, because of the generous partnership with individuals, churches, like-minded organizations, and others whose intersection with our purposes are as varied as has been our 125 year history. Originally formed to establish a Sabbath as Sunday, or the Lord’s Day, with recognition of the Jewish Sabbath on Saturday, as a matter of American law in order to protect workers’ rights, and known as the ‘American Sabbath Union’, the Lord’s Day Alliance has worked in recent years to re-define itself in light of our present culture. Purpose: The purpose of The Lord's Day Alliance of the United States is to encourage all people to receive God's great gift of Sabbath rest and to encourage all Christians to worship the risen Lord Jesus lives worthy of the Gospel. As such, the mission statement of the organization recognizes both the value of a day of rest for purposes of renewal for all people and the theological mandate for a Christian Sabbath, with continuities and discontinuities to Jewish practice as delineated in the Hebrew Bible or Old Testament. It also recognizes the civic value of a common day of rest for society. Structure: The organization consists of a Board of Managers and staff drawn from persons across the United States. The Board meets twice a year, usually in Atlanta, GA, to review the work of the year and envision the way forward. The LDA recently celebrated its 125th anniversary in September 2013 at Union Theological Seminary and at the Abyssinian Baptist Church, New York City. Organized originally as the American Sabbath Union by prominent lay and clerical leaders, by rabbis and Labor Union leaders, the organization contributed to the regularization of the weekend in American society. With the passing of the era of “Blue Laws” the LDA has reorganized itself to promote the Sabbath work of repair, restoration and renewal, aspects of a Sabbath spirituality that flows from living out Sabbath as Sunday in light of its constituting the Lord’s Day.

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