Bishop Jon V. Anderson
I don't believe he is sporting the red lapel ribbon to honor the memory of the First Martyrs of the Church of Rome, commemorated this day.
Posted on 06/30/2010 7:33:37 PM PDT by lightman
Lutheran Bishop Joins Faith Leaders to Challenge G-8 and G-20
10-180-JD
WASHINGTON (ELCA) -- The convening and working together of interfaith leaders serves as a "powerful symbol" in contributing to a better future for the world, according to the Rev. Jon V. Anderson, bishop, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) Southwestern Minnesota Synod, Redwood Falls. Anderson attended the World Religions Summit in Winnipeg, Manitoba, June 21-23.
"I wanted to bring our distinctive Lutheran voice to this gathering of Christians and people of many faiths," Anderson said.
More than 90 faith leaders and youth delegates from over 20 countries met at the summit and wrote an interfaith statement to the G-8 and G-20, urging global leaders to commit to the world's most poor and vulnerable citizens.
Anderson said a former member of a congregation where he served prior to being elected bishop was recently wounded in Afghanistan. "It makes the battles that we're involved in much more close to home," said Anderson. "I hope that we will do what we can to make for peace and reconciliation in our relationships close to us, but I also encourage our political leaders in those areas."
This Interfaith Leaders' Summit preceded the G-8 and G-20 Leaders' Summits held in Canada June 25-27.
At the summit Anderson said he heard stories of significant progress being made in addressing the issues of hunger, malaria and HIV/AIDS because of gifts from countries and nongovernmental organizations such as the ELCA.
"I think we need to continue to support such poverty issues and the issues of being good stewards of our earth that God has given us to care for. That is a deep value of rural people here in southwest Minnesota and Lutherans across the country," said Anderson.
The interfaith statement specifically called on global leaders to:
+ make structural changes to close the unacceptable growing gap between rich and poor
+ prioritize long-term environmental sustainability and halt the harmful acceleration of climate change while addressing its impacts on the poor
+ work for peace and remove factors that feed cycles of violent conflict and costly militarism
The religious and faith-based organizations represented include Aboriginal, Bahá'í, Buddhist, Christian, Hindu, Jewish, Muslim, Shinto and Sikh religious traditions.
The Group of 8 (G-8) convenes the leaders of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, the United Kingdom and the United States. The Group of 20 (G-20), established in 1999, brings together representatives of major industrialized and developing economies to discuss international economic issues. Together, these countries account for 90 percent of global gross national product, 80 percent of world trade and represent two-thirds of the world's population.
-- Information about the World Religions Summit is at http://www.faithchallengeg8.com/home_en.html and the 2010 statement is at http://www.faithchallengeg8.com/pdfs/World%20Religions%20Summit%202010%20Statement%20-%20Final.doc on the Web.
Information about the G8 Summit is at http://g8.gc.ca/g8-summit/ and the G20 Summit is at http://g20.gc.ca/toronto-summit/ on the Web.
For information contact:
John Brooks, Director (773) 380-2958 or news@elca.org http://www.elca.org/news
Twitter: http://twitter.com/elcanews
I don't believe he is sporting the red lapel ribbon to honor the memory of the First Martyrs of the Church of Rome, commemorated this day.
* as of August 19, AD 2009, a liberal protestant SECT, not part of the holy, catholic and apostolic CHURCH.
Be rooted in Christ!
Kyrie Eleison.
Bigots! They left out the Zoroastrians, Jains, animists, shamanists, Wiccans, Scientologists, Mormons, Vodou practitioners, and others. Shameful. If you’re going to be multicultural, ya gotta go all the way.
These guys are “wanna-be-Lutherans”. Real Lutherans don’t have bishops.
Commie in a collar.
[Obama] went to Toronto to press other major nations to do as he has done: Expand government spending, or suffer, in the president's words, "renewed economic hardship and recession."
Canada, Germany, Great Britain and most other countries declined Mr. Obama's invitation. The German economic minister "urgently" prodded America to cut spending at a press conference on June 21, prior to the G-20 meeting. The president of the European central bank took direct aim at Mr. Obama's argument, telling the Italian newspaper La Repubblica on June 16 that "the idea that austerity measures could trigger stagnation is incorrect."
Aren't we?
Amen. Martin made it clear, it is between myself and my G_d.
The ELCA is a cult and no longer a Christian religion.
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