Churches worldwide call for stop to globalization
A major international forum on mission and spirituality has called for a united movement among churches around the world alongside other faiths and civil society to challenge what it claims are "the deadly effects of neoliberal economic globalization." Sponsored by the World Alliance of Reformed Churches (WARC) and the Council for World Mission (CWM), the forum drew 41 church leaders from Europe, Asia, the Pacific, the Middle East, Africa, Latin America, North America and the Caribbean to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 15 to 19 May.
The Kuala Lumpur statement acknowledges that many churches have distorted the wonder of creation through their theology and worship. And it calls for churches to reclaim the true meaning of economy which has been "poisoned" by neoliberal economics. "The neoliberal global economy, an economic system based primarily on individual accumulation of wealth and property, is claiming total and hegemonic control over all of life, demanding an endless flow of sacrifices from the poor and the earth." The statement says churches must "reclaim the theological idea that the economy of God is in direct contradiction to the current neoliberal economy."
WARC is a fellowship of 75 million Reformed Christians in 218 churches in 107 countries. CWM is a worldwide community of 31 Christian churches.
No comments:
Post a Comment