Taiwan: The Ecumenical Women’s Assembly concluded November 27 with calls for Asian women to become advocates and catalysts of reconciliation, renewal, and restoration in the world, communities, and Churches.
Organized by the Christian Conference of Asia (CCA), the week-long assembly asserted that the world will not experience justice and peace without repenting its sin of greed. It also wants the Churches to promote justice. More than 250 women attended the November 21-27 assembly, hosted by the Presbyterian Church in Taiwan in Hsinchu City.
The assembly noted that the whole of God’s creation is groaning due to irresponsible human action, greed and continuing discrimination, violence and exploitation of women and children. A statement from the assembly underscored the need for reconciling and doing justice to God’s creation, especially to women and the marginalized communities.
“We are with one voice in asserting NO to a culture of violence and exploitation of earth’s resources. We affirm that we need to stand together in solidarity towards realizing justice and peace at this Kairos moment of our planet earth,” the participants declared.
The assembly ended with an ecumenical Eucharistic Service led by Bishop Genieve Blackwell of the Anglican Church of Australia with the assistance of a group of intergenerational women representatives from various churches across Asia. The homily by Rev Abus Takisvilainan, vice moderator of the Presbyterian Church in Taiwan, encouraged the participants to have perseverance and renewed faith in God in pursuit of their tasks and goals. Courtesy: MattersIndia
