Service of Prayer and Lament by Pius Ncube
Sunday 26th June 2005 comemorates the "United Nations Victims of Torture Day". Christians Together for Justice and Peace have arranged a service on 25th June.
What better time to stand together with people of similar principles and the victims of the recent demolitions which have left so much suffering. Show your Christian solidarity and practice the Kingdom Values from the strength of your faith.
All people regardless of their faith who believe in the principles of Justice and Peace will be welcome. If you can not be there remember at your Sunday Service.
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“The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to preach the good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to release the oppressed, to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favour”. (Luke 4/18-19)
“THE GOD WHO HEARS THE CRY OF THE OPPRESSED”
Christians Together for Justice and Peace
Praying for the Nation
Saturday 25th JUNE 2005
10 a.m.
ST MARY’S CATHEDRAL
“UN VICTIMS OF TORTURE DAY”
Extracts from CTJP Mission Statement
• To promote the Kingdom principles of truth, justice and peace against all the idolatrous policies and practices of the present regime
• To enunciate clearly the Biblical principles of servant leadership and just governance
• To expose evil wherever we see it in the structures, policies and practices that enslave our people, and to call the nation to repentance before the truth which God reveals to those who have eyes to see and ears to hear
• To demand that the basic human rights, which we understand to be God-given, be respected by all. Specifically this includes the freedom of expression, association and assembly
• To promote a programme of education for all whereby each person comes to a realization of his or her human dignity and God-given human and social rights, and is encouraged to work towards the attainment of those rightsTo assert the rule of law and to make a united stand against the violence and lawlessness that are spiraling out of control and causing untold suffering
• To stand alongside the victims of violence, lawlessness and injustice in our society as an act of Christian solidarity, and to offer succour where we can
• To provide a space where the victims can tell their stories, and where necessary to be a voice for those who cannot or dare not speak the truth
• To demand an end to he present culture of impunity which benefits those closely associated with the ruling party and encourages acts of violence and lawlessness. Against this growing trend we set ourselves to see that the perpetrators, and those who sponsor them, are brought to justice
• To express our Christian solidarity with those, including but not limited to our own number, who are bravely witnessing to the Kingdom values in society and who are being persecuted for that witness
• To demand an end to the use of food as a political weapon, and to use our own best efforts, in conjunction with the relevant NGO’s and donor agencies, to lobby for the distribution of food aid on the basis of human need and without regard to race, ethnic origin, political affiliation or other such criteria
• To lobby for the adoption of a just and equitable Constitution in which the core values of the Kingdom are enshrined
What better time to stand together with people of similar principles and the victims of the recent demolitions which have left so much suffering. Show your Christian solidarity and practice the Kingdom Values from the strength of your faith.
All people regardless of their faith who believe in the principles of Justice and Peace will be welcome. If you can not be there remember at your Sunday Service.
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“The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to preach the good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to release the oppressed, to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favour”. (Luke 4/18-19)
“THE GOD WHO HEARS THE CRY OF THE OPPRESSED”
Christians Together for Justice and Peace
Praying for the Nation
Saturday 25th JUNE 2005
10 a.m.
ST MARY’S CATHEDRAL
“UN VICTIMS OF TORTURE DAY”
Extracts from CTJP Mission Statement
• To promote the Kingdom principles of truth, justice and peace against all the idolatrous policies and practices of the present regime
• To enunciate clearly the Biblical principles of servant leadership and just governance
• To expose evil wherever we see it in the structures, policies and practices that enslave our people, and to call the nation to repentance before the truth which God reveals to those who have eyes to see and ears to hear
• To demand that the basic human rights, which we understand to be God-given, be respected by all. Specifically this includes the freedom of expression, association and assembly
• To promote a programme of education for all whereby each person comes to a realization of his or her human dignity and God-given human and social rights, and is encouraged to work towards the attainment of those rightsTo assert the rule of law and to make a united stand against the violence and lawlessness that are spiraling out of control and causing untold suffering
• To stand alongside the victims of violence, lawlessness and injustice in our society as an act of Christian solidarity, and to offer succour where we can
• To provide a space where the victims can tell their stories, and where necessary to be a voice for those who cannot or dare not speak the truth
• To demand an end to he present culture of impunity which benefits those closely associated with the ruling party and encourages acts of violence and lawlessness. Against this growing trend we set ourselves to see that the perpetrators, and those who sponsor them, are brought to justice
• To express our Christian solidarity with those, including but not limited to our own number, who are bravely witnessing to the Kingdom values in society and who are being persecuted for that witness
• To demand an end to the use of food as a political weapon, and to use our own best efforts, in conjunction with the relevant NGO’s and donor agencies, to lobby for the distribution of food aid on the basis of human need and without regard to race, ethnic origin, political affiliation or other such criteria
• To lobby for the adoption of a just and equitable Constitution in which the core values of the Kingdom are enshrined
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