Extreme Poverty--Cut in Half!!!!!!!!
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2015.01.13 16:15
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Progress in Eliminating Extreme Poverty
In December representatives of churches on four continents met in New York at
the Micah Summit to celebrate their progress
and to analyze their failures to achieve
their goals to cut in half extreme poverty
in the world by 2015. The Summit’s goals are based on the United Nations’ Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) which have been adopted by 189 nations to reduce by half extreme poverty by 2015. Participants from the Micah Challenge campaign (formed
by the World Evangelical Alliance) announced
at the Summit that extreme poverty has been
cut in half but other goals such as the death rate
of women in child birth have not yet been achieved. Finally, the Summit ended with
the Micah Call to Action 2014, as follows:
We commit ourselves, as followers of Jesus,
to work together to pursue justice, to love unconditionally and to walk humbly with God.
We call on all leaders (local, national or
international) to renew, continue and step up
their efforts:
- To eradicate poverty
- To stand against injustice, inequality and inequity and lead through example
- To embed policy that enables the well-being and safety of all under their care
- To confront corruption in all its forms and ensure resources are committed to the essential needs of people
- To protect and care for our environment and ensure a healthy planet is handed on to the next generation.
We call on local churches expressed in community around the world:
- To the centrality of Jesus Christ and to follow his example
- To be agents of transformation, envisioning and enabling one another to live justice, to demonstrate love in action, to be peacemakers
- To be agents of stewardship, whose lifestyles lead by example in simplicity, generosity, equality and equity, ensuring we care for our creation
- To be agents of reconciliation, creating the space to heal divisions and conflicts and enabling communities to live at peace with one another, with respect and dignity for all
- To seek the welfare of cities, acting together to be salt and light.
We acknowledge our role as followers of
Christ to be a people called out to take responsibility.
We stand together to commit to renew
our efforts and play our part in holding
leaders to account, in working towards a society where we can all live life in all its fullness.
We declare we will not rest until we have a world full of justice, mercy and love.
For more information, see: http://www.micahnetwork.org/news/micah-call-action-2014
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