Commission on Social�& Environmental Justice
A Comissão de Justiça Social e Ambiental se dedica à pesquisa e à discussão de situações marcadas pela injustiça. Ela sugere maneiras pelas quais o BWA e seus órgãos membros podem melhorar sua administração ambiental e social do Reino de Deus.
Próxima reunião
Encontro Anual 2014
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O Encontro Anual será realizado em Izmir, Turquia, de 6 a 12 de julho de 2014, no Swissotel Grand Efes Izmir. �Please click AQUI for more details and registration information. �If you would like to view the current schedule, please click AQUI.
Congresso 2015
- O 21º Congresso Mundial Batista ocorrerá em Durban, África do Sul, de 22 a 26 de julho de 2015, no Centro Internacional de Convenções de Durban (ICC Durban). �Please click AQUI para mais informações.
Reuniões passadas
- A Comissão sobre Liberdade Religiosa reuniu-se em Ocho Rios, Jamaica, em julho de 2013.
- The Commission on Religious Freedom�met from�July 2-6, 2012, in Santiago, Chile, featuring sessions on Justiça de gênero ? Violência doméstica; Justiça ambientale Migração.
Destaques
- This commission held sessions on three important subjects: domestic violence, creation care, and migration. It also heard a firsthand account of the maladies of the Pinochet Era in Chile. According to this report, between 1973 and 1990, 40,000 people were jailed in Chile, most of which experienced tortured. 112 children were born in prison, 250,000 people were exiled, and 120,000 lost their jobs.� What is the value of talking about this pain?� The answer coming from one of the victims of the regime was: We have to remember it.� We learn from remembering.� When we hear of oppression, we learn to value those who put their lives on the line of danger to defend and promote the basic rights of others. It is a learning experience to see that the Word of God is not just ?words.? It is sinful not to make an effort to transform an unjust situation.� In the same lines, another discussion challenged Baptist communities to address the issues of violence and abuse in the home. ?We must challenge the suffering that too many have been taught to endure within the family, or we risk supporting the message that God condones abuse.?
- Uma sessão inteira foi dedicada à reflexão sobre questões ambientais. Uma apresentação destacou os problemas ambientais no Chile, e um relatório sobre a participação do Batista na Conferência Rio+20 foi oferecido (Rio+20 Breve)
- The Commission also drafted a resolution proposal on the topic, which was passed by the General Council. A theological reflection on the relational character of God as Trinity was offered as a basis for ecological renewal.� Finally, this commission addressed the important issue of migration, offering analyses of the cause and effect of migration and discussing the role of the churches in relation to that. Whereas xenophobia or a phobic anxiety against ?outsiders? is perceived as a serious social dilemma affecting migrants, and has resulted in chaotic conditions for them, the Divine command to care for the stranger was presented as the matrix of an ethics of hospitality in the Bible. The issue of migration has become a crucial problem for the globalized world, due to the intensification of global inequalities. Christian churches are urged to address this issue from a perspective which privileges the plight and afflictions of the most vulnerable.
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