The Seattle Presbytery Network to End Homelessness was established to advocate for and to serve the homeless; motivate, educate and guide Seattle Presbytery congregations to understand the root causes of homelessness and to work together to end homelessness; to assist the congregations to build partnerships with each other, ecumenical, interfaith organizations and other efforts; and to participate in local, national, and denominational efforts to end homelessness.
The Network to End Homelessness' duties and responsibilities are:
- To create a motivating, educational team utilizing experts within Seattle Presbytery in order to offer congergations ongoing leadership training to carry out projects to end homelessness.
- To motivate the congregations to do critical Bible study on the issue of homelessness by providing resouces and leadership.
- To guide congregations to understand the local and national reality and root causes of homelessness (individual and systemic) by providing or identifying resources and leadership in the local community.
- To share with congregations existing local and national models to end homelessness.