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GOD'S MISSION IN THE WORLD An Ecumenical Christian Study Guide on Global Poverty and The Millennium Development Goals
GOD'S MISSION IN THE WORLD An Ecumenical Christian Study Guide on Global Poverty and The Millennium Development Goals Author:Staff God's Mission in the World is intended as a resource for congregations and other groups looking to "broaden their understanding of global poverty and become part of the worldwide movement achieving the MDGs," according to the guide's introduction. — The guide features six sessions examining Christian understandings of social justice, global pover... more »ty and the MDGs. The MDGs are eight interrelated development goals that flow from the Millennium Declaration of 2000 adopted by all members of the United Nations, including the United States. The goals for 2015 are to cut extreme poverty and hunger in half; achieve universal primary education; promote gender equality and empower women; reduce child mortality; improve maternal health; combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases; ensure environmental sustainability; and create a global partnership for development, with emphasis on debt cancellation, foreign aid and fair trade.
"God's Mission in the World invites participants to moral deliberation on the realities of global poverty and offers practical ways that we might together, as an ecumenical body of Christ, respond to our baptismal call to love our neighbor by raising our voices on behalf of those living in deadly poverty," said the Rev. Mark S. Hanson, presiding bishop of the ELCA. Hanson and the Most Rev. Katharine Jefferts Schori, presiding bishop and primate, Episcopal Church, each contributed forewords to the guide.
"This study guide is an easy-to-use, comprehensive journey through the causes and solutions to global poverty," said Dennis Frado, director, Lutheran Office for World Community. "Congregation leaders can use this tool to motivate their members to pressure their elected officials to fulfill their promises toward achieving the MDGs."« less