As ACT Alliance assembly opens, WCC general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay affirms serving those most in need
As the 4th ACT Alliance General Assembly opened, World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay reflected on the assembly theme “Hope in Action: Together for Justice!”
He spoke before 300 delegates from across the globe who are gathered in Indonesia this week.
“With gratitude, I want to affirm the ACT Alliance as a gift to the world and to the ecumenical movement,” he said. “I express special and personal words of thanks to the moderator Erik Lysén and the general secretary Rudelmar Bueno de Faria.”
Pillay reflected that the ACT Alliance is an essential partner of the WCC.
“We need to serve those in need, and we also need to change the systems and policies that keep them oppressed,” he said. “We go into the world knowing that mercy and justice go together.”
Pillay summarized the history of many years of the ACT Alliance and the WCC praying, walking, working, and remembering together.
“There are milestones that should give us joy and gratitude to one another and, above all, to God,” he said. “The diaconal ministry of our churches is an expression of common faith in Jesus Christ as God and Saviour.”…
this news was originally published in the world council of churches website.
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