Seeking reconciliation and transformation. During this past forty years we have witnessed serious racial conflict in countries which are predominantly known to be ‘Christian’. The whole Church should learn from these sad experiences and have in place a teaching program which highlights the importance of everyone before the Creator.
The expected outcomes of the work done on this issue were:
There are countries which today are suffering from confrontation by groups identified as being Christian:
(a) what ministry can we have to these groups so that the gospel is not further disgraced, and
(b) how can we teach fellow Christians to set aside the racial prejudices which they may have inherited from earlier generations?
Leadership
Convener:
Chris Rice,
USA
Author, Duke University
Co-convener:
Celestin Musekura,
Rwanda
Founder & President, African Leadership and Reconciliation Ministries
Moss Nthla,
South Africa
Facilitator:
John Runyon,
USA
Gordon Conwell Centre for Urban Mission
Read the Lausanne Occasional Paper (LOP) produced by this Issue Group:
LOP 51: Reconciliation as the Mission of God: Faithful Christian Witness in a World of Destructive Conflicts and Divisions (.pdf format; 404 KB)
Related Links:
- Stories of “God Arriving” in Thailand – Reflections on IG22 by Chris Rice, Convener