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13 de mayo de 2004
Mission meeting raises prophetic voice
against consequences of globalization
Cf. WCC Upcoming Events May 2004
"Mission begins with raising our prophetic voice to expose and condemn the capitalist-led, globalized context and its new geo-political realities that intentionally destroy human community," affirmed participants of a 1-7 May 2004 World Council of Churches (WCC) Urban Rural Mission (URM) conference in Accra, Ghana.
In a situation in which humanity is faced with "institutionalized oppression, systematic violence, occupation and militarization, marginalization, and socio-economic deprivation and exclusion," participants affirmed the need to strive for a "sustainable and lasting interpersonal and inter-communal healing … that respects the voice of the victims".
Understanding mission from the perspective of people in struggle as "the proclamation of the fullness of life", the conference stressed that URM networks are called to provide an open space in which the voices of pain and suffering are made audible to the church and the community.
In Accra, participants from Africa, Asia, the Middle East, Europe, North America, Central America and the Caribbean reaffirmed URMs "commitment to working with the poorest of the poor and the most marginalized". At the same time, the Accra meeting served as preparation for the 2005 Conference on World Mission and Evangelism (CWME) in Athens.
The full text of the URM conference communiqué is available at:
http://www.wcc-coe.org/wcc/what/mission/accra-urm2004.html
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El Consejo Mundial de Iglesias promueve la unidad cristiana en la fe, el testimonio y el servicio en pro de un mundo justo y pacífico. Comunidad de iglesias fundada en 1948, el CMI reúne hoy 349 iglesias protestantes, ortodoxas, anglicanas y otras que representan a más de 560 millones de cristianos, y trabaja en cooperación con la Iglesia Católica Romana. Su secretario general es el pastor Dr. Samuel Kobia, de la Iglesia Metodista de Kenia. Sede: Ginebra, Suiza.
