The Bishop of Chelmsford has called attention to the millions of lives which depend on the promises made in the Millennium Development Goals.
He has urged the churches in Chelmsford diocese to write to the Prime Minister before he leaves for the meeting of the United Nations on September 25 to support him in pressing on the meeting the desire to keep those promises.
Speaking of the passion across the recent Lambeth Conference on the urgent necessity of meeting the Millennium Development Goals, the Bishop has said: “Time and again people from north and south would say that they were tired of having to argue about sex and the church when millions were dying because of our failure to act.”
Bishop John’s reflections on the 2008 Lambeth Conference can be read by clicking here. He concludes his reflections by writing:
"Throughout the conference people of every theological perspective talked about their love of Jesus, their desire to call the world into discipleship and obedient faith, and of their own commitment to a Gospel of welcome and hospitality for all. The church is not a sect for the likeminded but a community of faith, drawing people of every culture and context into a life of holy and life-giving love in Christ.
If Anglicanism is to mean anything in the 21st century, and if it is to make its contribution to the future of both church and world it must hold fast to this great tradition and to the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ with all its deep demands upon what we stand for in this fragile 21st century world.
Thank you for your prayers for us throughout this Lambeth process. Your prayers have been answered and fresh opportunities put in front of us on the road ahead."
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