As we prepare to attend the Joining Hands Gathering August 13 – 18 we want to tell you about what we will be doing. For Monday, August 13
Impacts of Corporate Globalization and How the Church Addresses Root Causes of Poverty
The Role and Response of the Church
Led by Hunter Farrell, Director, World Mission, PC (USA)
In a world of increasing disparity of wealth and power — where congressional sub-committees and corporate boardrooms can declare feast or famine over entire nations, and at a time when “mission” has been reduced to short-term trips of Christian tourism or even voyeurism on the poor — our partners around the world are urging us to go deeper and respond to the root causes of poverty rather than merely reacting to its consequences.
Our global partners have identified three critical global issues to which they need us to respond with them, in order to make a lasting difference in God’s world:
- Address the root causes of global poverty … especially as it impacts women and children;
- Share the Good News of God’s love in Jesus Christ…together with other members of Christ’s body;
- Work for reconciliation amidst cultures of violence…including our own.
Hunter will share some reflections on how Joining Hands might become a major vehicle for the Church and its partners to accomplish this very thing.
For more information about the Mission of PC (USA) click here.
Members Montclair Presbyterian Church will be attending the Joining Hands International Gathering and will report via this blog as it progresses. For more information about the conference, click here.
Watch a video about 175 years of Presbyterian Mission: