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Pray in secret 

When you pray, you are not to be lik e the hypocrites; for they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and on  the street corners so that they may be seen by men. Truly I say to you, the y have their reward in full. 

But you, when you pray, go into yo ur inner room, close your door and pray to your Father who is in secret, an d your Father who sees what is done in secret will reward you. 

 And when you are praying, do not use meaningless repetition as the Gentiles  do, for they suppose that they will be heard for their many words. So do n ot be like them; for your Father knows what you need before you ask Him. ES R KOTI REDDY, GRACE MINISTRIES.. GUNTUR-522009 PERECHERLA- POST,PLS MY WEB: www.graceministriesinternational.in,,,www.emmvjuniorcollege.org 

 
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Today's Topics:

1. ELCA School, College Remain Closed D ue to Red River Flooding
(NEWS@ELCA.ORG)
2. [ELD] Presiding Bisho p's Easter message for 2009 / In East
Asia and the Pacific, Anglicans  commit to action on climate
change (Matthew Davies)
3. Madagascar  crisis: CWM and WARC make solidarity visit
(Franziska Surber)
4.  LWI 2009-027 Internship with the Lutheran World Federation
Can Change  a Life (LWFNews)
5. (LWI 03-20-2009) Afrikanische Theologie der nachh altigen
Entwicklung nimmt Stimmen aus dem Volk erns ( Dirk-Michael Gr? tzsch )

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Title: ELCA School, College Remain Closed Due to Red River Floo ding
ELCA NEWS SERVICE

March 30, 2009 

ELCA Scho ol, College Remain Closed Due to Red River Flooding
09-074-MRC
 
CHICAGO (ELCA) -- Oak Grove Lutheran School, Fargo, N.D.,
cancel ed classes and activities March 30-April 3 as the school
community con tinues to deal with flooding, snow and cold
temperatures.
Oak Gro ve is a school of the Evangelical Lutheran Church
in America (ELCA). I t serves students from prekindergarten to
grade 12.
"The school i s located along the Red River, near where a
levee broke. It is expecte d that the campus is flooded, but
the extent is not yet known," accord ing to Donna Braband,
director for schools, ELCA Vocation and Educatio n.
According to the school's Web site a breach in a
permanent dik e, located on the north side of campus, caused
water from the river to  flow into Benson Hall and Jackson Hall
March 29. With the help of Arm y Corps of Engineers, the
National Guard, Oak Grove staff and the comm unity, water was
pumped out of the center of campus in an effort to st abilize
the situation.
Classes are scheduled to resume April 6 at  Concordia
College, Moorhead, Minn. College officials are monitoring 
flood conditions and will alert students and faculty to any
chan ges. The college canceled classes starting March 24 to
allow students,  staff and others to participate in sandbagging
and other flood contro l efforts. Concordia is one of 28
colleges and universities of the ELC A.
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Information about Oak Grove Lutheran School is at
h ttp://www.oakgrovelutheran.com and Concordia College at
http://www.cor d.edu on the Internet.

For information contact:
John Brooks , Director (773) 380-2958 or news@elca.org
http://www.elca.org/news
 
ELCA News Blog: http://www.elca.org/news/blog

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Subject: [ELD] Presiding Bishop's E aster message for 2009 / In East
Asia and the Pacific, Anglicans commi t to action on climate change
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Episcopal Life Daily
March 30, 2009

Episc opal Life Online is available at http://www.episcopalchurch.org/elife.
 

Today's Episcopal Life Daily includes:

* TOP STORY - Pr esiding Bishop's Easter message for 2009
* TOP STORY - In East Asia an d the Pacific, Anglicans commit to action
on climate change
* DIO CESAN DIGEST - PENNSYLVANIA: Presiding Bishop engages in
conversation  with laity
* WORLD REPORT - BRITAIN: G20 leaders must not forget promi ses to the
poor, religious leaders say
* WORLD REPORT - ENGLAND:  Outspoken Rochester bishop says he will leave his
post
* PEOPLE -  Katherine Ragsdale named president and dean of Episcopal
Divinity Sch ool
* MULTIMEDIA - Video: Pan Adams-McCaslin on the 2010-2012 budget 
* DAYBOOK - March 30, 2009: Today in Scripture, Prayer, History
 * CATALYST - A Church of Her Own: What Happens When A Woman Takes the Pulpi t

_____________________

TOP STORIES

Presid ing Bishop's Easter message for 2009

[Episcopal News Service] Th e Presiding Bishop's Easter message for
2009 follows in English and in  Spanish and is available online at
http://www.episcopalchurch.org/799 01_106562_ENG_HTM.htm. (A French
translation will be posted shortly.) 

An Easter Message

The Most Rev. Katharine Jefferts S chori
Presiding Bishop
The Episcopal Church

The light  returns and the days lengthen, even if it remains
startlingly dark as  we rise these days -- daylight savings time is not
always a blessing s o early in the year! Christians, however, look for
light even in the m idst of darkness, for we know that darkness will
not overcome it. The  rising of the Son brings light into lives filled
with grief, agony, an d despair. Are you searching for the light of new
life?

Eas ter recollects us and reorients us toward God's eternal light of
truth  and peace and love. The resurrection is the ultimate
proclamation tha t nothing can separate us from that light, not despair
or destruction  or death. We see hints of that resurrection all around
us once our eye s have learned to look, and we continue to hope for its
fullness, for  the blessing of a light so encompassing that there can
be no darkness  or separation. Lent has been a willingness to
experience the darkness  of our current separation and tune our
yearning for that light. Carry  that yearning into Eastertide, and
beyond, that we and the world aroun d us may know the blessing of the
light of Christ.

Easter 2 009

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Mensaje Pascual 2009

S. E. R vma. Katharine Jefferts Schori
Obispa Presidenta de la Iglesia Episcop al

La luz va aumentando y los d?as se van alargando, aunque cuan do nos
levantamos todav?a contin?a bastante oscuro: la hora de verano  no trae
tantas bendiciones tan temprano en el a?o. Sin embargo, los cr istianos
buscan la luz aun en medio de la oscuridad, porque sabemos qu e las
tinieblas no prevalecer?n contra ella. La resurrecci?n del Hijo  trae
luz a las vidas llenas de dolores, agonia, y desesperaci?n. ?Est? 
buscando la luz de la vida nueva?

La Pascua nos hace medit ar y nos reorienta hacia la luz eterna de
Dios, luz de verdad y paz y  amor. La resurrecci?n es la proclamaci?n
superlativa de que nada puede  separarnos de esta luz: ni el
desesperaci?n ni la destrucci?n ni la m uerte. Veremos se?ales de esta
resurrecci?n alrededor de nosotros desp u?s que nuestros ojos han
aprendido a ver, y continuamos esperando has ta su plenitud, por la
bendici?n de una luz tan plena que no hay lugar  para la oscuridad o
separaci?n. La Cuaresma ha sido la disposici?n de  experimentar la
oscuridad de nuestra actual separaci?n y sintonizar e ste deseo hacia
esta luz. Contin?e con este deseo durante la estaci?n  pascual y a?n
m?s all?, para que el mundo que nos rodea pueda conocer  la bendici?n
de la luz de.

Pascua, 2009

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In East Asia and the Pacific, Anglicans commit to action on cl imate change

By Matthew Davies

[Episcopal News Servic e] With a pledge to work together in addressing
pressing environmental  concerns in East Asia and the Pacific,
representatives from several A nglican provinces and mission agencies
met March 23-26 in Hong Kong fo r a consultation on climate change,
co-sponsored by Episcopal Relief a nd Development, the Episcopal Church
and the Anglican Province of Hong  Kong Sheng Kung Hui.

The consultation was inspired by several c onversations in 2008 with
Episcopal Church partners and church leaders  primarily from East Asia
and the Pacific Rim, said Kirsten Muth, ERD' s senior director of Asia,
Pacific and New Initiatives, who noted that  the purpose of the
gathering was to focus on "climate change as it re lates to poverty,
and identifying how we can work together more effect ively in areas of
sustainable development."

Around 30 parti cipants attended the gathering from Australia, China,
Hong Kong, Japan , Korea, Philippines, Polynesia, Solomon Islands, the
U.K., the U.S. a nd Vanuatu.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/79901_106 572_ENG_HTM.htm

More Top Stories: http://www.episcopalchurch.org /elife

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DIOCESAN DIGEST

 
PENNSYLVANIA: Presiding Bishop engages in conversation with laity
 
By Jerry Hames

[Episcopal News Service] For two hours on S unday afternoon (March 30),
Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori  held a conversation with
lay people at Philadelphia Cathedral, listen ing to their views and
responding to their questions about the diocese , the Episcopal Church
and the Anglican Communion.

Full sto ry: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81803_106571_ENG_HTM.htm

More  Diocesan news: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81803_ENG_HTM.htm

 
_____________________

WORLD REPORT

BRITAIN: G20 le aders must not forget promises to the poor, religious leaders
say
 

[Lambeth Palace] Religious leaders in Britain have urged the G20 
leaders not to forget their commitments to the world's poorest people 
in the current economic crisis.

Full story: http://www.epi scopalchurch.org/81808_106561_ENG_HTM.htm

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E NGLAND: Outspoken Rochester bishop says he will leave his post

B y Mary Frances Schjonberg

[Episcopal News Service] Church of Eng land Bishop Michael Nazir-Ali,
leader of the Diocese of Rochester, ann ounced March 28 that he will
leave his diocesan post in September.
 

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81808_106567_ENG_HTM.ht m

More World news: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81808_ENG_HTM. htm

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PEOPLE

Katherine  Ragsdale named president and dean of Episcopal Divinity School

 [Episcopal Divinity School] The Rev. Dr. Katherine Hancock Ragsdale,
p resident and executive director of Political Research Associates and
v icar of St. David's Episcopal Church, Pepperell, Mass., has been
named  the new president and dean of Episcopal Divinity School,
according to  an announcement by Brett Donham, chair of EDS's board of
trustees, on  March 30.

Elected by unanimous vote of the board, Ragsdale succ eeds the Rt. Rev.
Steven Charleston, who led the seminary from 1999 to  2008. Ragsdale
will join the EDS staff full-time on July 1.

 
"The search committee presented to the Board of Trustees the Rev.
K atherine Ragsdale as its unanimous recommendation for president and
de an of Episcopal Divinity School," said Donham. "Katherine's gifts,
ski lls, and experience are an excellent match with the criteria
establish ed by the search committee, both in terms of the current
challenges an d opportunities at EDS, and the personal attributes we
are looking for  in a new leader."

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81 831_106569_ENG_HTM.htm

More People: http://www.episcopalchurch.o rg/81831_ENG_HTM.htm

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MULTIMEDIA 

Video: Pan Adams-McCaslin on the 2010-2012 budget

[E piscopal News Service] Pan Adams-McCaslin, chair of the Joint
Standing  Committee on Program, Budget and Finance, describes how PB&F
is devel oping the 2010-2012 budget for the approval of the 76th
General Conven tion in July.

Video: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81231_ENG_HT M.htm

More Multimedia: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/80056_ENG_ HTM.htm

_____________________

DAYBOOK

On M arch 30, 2009, the church calendar remembers John Donne, priest
(1572- 1631).

* Today in Scripture: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/8245 7_ENG_HTM.htm

* Today in Prayer: Anglican Cycle of Prayer:
 http://www.anglicancommunion.org/acp/index.cfm

* Today in Histor y: On March 30, 1999, Bishop Jim Ottley officially
left his post as An glican Observer at the United Nations.

_____________________
 

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Message: 3
Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2009 18:47 :53 +0200
From: "Franziska Surber" 
Subject: Madagascar crisis: C WM and WARC make solidarity visit
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Joint News  Release
World Alliance of Reformed Churches and Council for World
 
Mission
30 March 2009

Madagascar crisis: CWM and WARC ma ke solidarity visit

Leaders from the Council for World Mission ( CWM) and the World
Alliance of Reformed Churches (WARC) have shown sol idarity with
their member church in Madagascar by making a special vis it to
its headquarters in the capital, Antananarivo.
CWM general  secretary Rev Dr Des van der Water and general
secretary of the Unitin g Presbyterian Church in Southern Africa
Rev Dr Jerry Pillay visited t he Church of Jesus Christ in
Madagascar (FJKM) to show support and uni ty to those affected by
weeks of violence and a change of government. 
They also took part in a 70,000-strong church-led rally and
serv ice of worship to pray for a peaceful, more democratic
process of refo rm in the country.
The country's former president, Marc Ravalomnanana,  was forced
from government by the capital's former mayor Andy Rajoeli na on
17 March. Rev Lala Rasendrahasina, president of the FJKM, was
 
briefly detained by the military soon after Ravalomnanana stepped
d own.
During their visit to Antananarivo the delegation called on the 
new government to allow the people of Madagascar the freedom to
 express their democratic and constitutional rights.
They also called o n the global ecumenical community to increase
their support for the ch urches and people of Madagascar who are
working for unity, peace and j ustice in the country.
CWM head Rev Dr Des van der Water said: "We hav e engaged with
people of God in Madagascar and with the FJKM in partic ular. We
have listened to their stories of hurt and hope."
He add ed: "We have seen and experienced events of both great
concern and of  much encouragement. We have prayed with them,
asking for the grace of  God to be felt keenly and for the
guidance of the Holy Spirit to come  upon the people in Madagascar
in a special way at this time of turmoil  and crisis."
Rev Jerry Pillay, who is also president of the Alliance  of
Reformed Churches in Africa said: "Our mission for this visit was 
to journey with the church through these difficult times. We were
 
there to show solidarity, to offer what assistance we could and
to  report back accurately on the situation there."
The general secretary  of the World Alliance of Reformed
Churches, Rev Dr Setri Nyomi, said t he visit to Madagascar by the
joint WARC and CWM delegation sends a cl ear signal message of
ecumenical support.
"We see this visit as a n important means of letting the people
of Madagascar know that we are  with them in these challenging
times," he said. "We encourage Madagas car's churches to pursue
their commitment to the process of national r econciliation that
is so urgently needed."
Read the CWM?WARC dele gation's full statement on the solidarity
visit to Madagascar (
h ttp://www.cwmission.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id= 1447:statement-on-madagascar&catid=17:statements&Itemid=495
)
 
The Church of Jesus Christ in Madagascar (FJKM) is the largest
Prot estant church in Madagascar and is a member of WARC and CWM.
Founded i n 1968 as a Reformed Protestant denomination, the FJKM
today has 2.5 m illion members in approximately 5,800
congregations across the country .
Former Madagascar President Marc Ravalomanana is a member and
e lected lay vice-president of the FJKM.
********************
The W orld Alliance of Reformed Churches (WARC) brings together
75 million R eformed Christians in 214 churches in 107 countries -
united in their  commitment to making a difference in a troubled
world. The WARC genera l secretary is Rev. Dr. Setri Nyomi of the
Evangelical Presbyterian Ch urch, Ghana. WARC's secretariat is
based in Geneva, Switzerland.
 
***

The Council for World Mission (CWM) is a global commun ity of 31
member churches, some 14 million Christians in local mission . 

Contact: 
Contact:

Kristine Greenaway 
S teve Cox 
Executive Secretary, Communications Director of
Communi cations
World Alliance of Reformed Churches The Council
for World  Mission
150 Route de Ferney 
Ipalo House, 32-34, Gt Peter Street 
P.O. Box 2100 
London, SW1P 2DB UK
1211 Geneva 2, Switzerla nd +44
(0)20 7227 2521 
tel. +41.22 791 6243 
+44 (0)7920 46 5555 
fax: +41.22 791 6505 
web: www.cwmission.org.uk ( http://ww w.cwmission.org.uk/ ) 

web: www.warc.ch ( http://www.warc.ch/ )  
e-mail : steve.cox@cwmission.org
e-mail: kgr@warc.ch

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Message: 4
Date: Tue, 31 Mar  2009 12:22:36 +0200
From: "LWFNews" 
Subject: LWI 2009-027 Inter nship with the Lutheran World Federation
Can Change a Life
To: "P auline Mumia" 
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LUTHERAN WORLD INFO RMATION 
LWI News online:
http://www.lutheranworld.org/News/Welco me.EN.html 

Internship with the Lutheran World Federation Can Ch ange a Life
Church Universe Has Expanded For Augsburg Dean and Zambian 
Reverend 

GENEVA, 31 March 2009 (LWI) - Nearly 30 years ag o, Rev. Susanne
Kasch was the first woman theologian to complete an in ternship
with the Department for Theology and Studies (DTS) of the
 
Lutheran World Federation (LWF). 

"My stay at the Lutheran Wo rld Federation and in Geneva
broadened my horizons incredibly," remark s Kasch looking back on
her November 1979 to August 1980 stint in the  secretariat of the
global church communion. "My knowledge of the world  expanded. I
learned a lot." At present she is dean of the Augsburg
 
Evangelical Lutheran Church District and pastor of Augsburg's St.
A nne?s Church. 

"During my internship at the Lutheran World Feder ation, I
learned to look beyond the confines of my regional church to 
discover the roots of the worldwide Lutheran communion," the
chu rch leader said. To her view, an important outcome of her
internship w as learning how other churches around the world are
structured. Coming  into contact with Lutheran theologians from
Africa, Asia and America  radically changed her way of thinking
and her approach to dialogue.  

She speaks enthusiastically about her experiences of almost
 
three decades ago. She benefited especially from her encounters
wit h people from all over the world. "An internship with the
Lutheran Wor ld Federation can change a life," Kasch affirms. 

She sees the L WF consultation "Theology in the Life of Lutheran
Churches: Transforma tive Perspectives and Practices Today,"
currently taking place in Augs burg, as a platform for similar
transformative experiences.

 
As dean of the city church district, Kasch has been charged with
th e task of welcoming the many theologians and stakeholders from
around  the world and dialoguing with them. Her hope has been that
the partici pants feel at home in Augsburg and engage in lively
discussions about  the relevance of Lutheran theology in the
contemporary world.

 
Kasch notes that at the LWF she "came into contact with
liberation  theology and feminist approaches that opened new
theological depths fo r me." In her pastoral praxis, she continues
to benefit from her conte xtual experience in Geneva.

Dean Kasch recalls as particularly m eaningful the atmosphere at
multi-confessional worship in the Ecumenic al Center. Duty travel,
too, gave her the opportunity to observe first hand how Christians
throughout the world belong together and how those  who need
support are strengthened. 

Rev. Rolita Machila (2 6) of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in
Zambia has had a similar hori zon-expanding experience as a DTS
intern. "I will return to my home ch urch as a theologically and
interculturally enriched pastor," she comm ents. Machila has
served at the LWF Secretariat since January 2008.
 

She finds being with the LWF a very intense endeavor, offering
 
opportunities to deepen knowledge. "I am meeting people from
many p arts of the world and discussing with them issues that are
currently r elevant in their churches," Machila said. The work of
the LWF inspires  her to practice theology from an ecumenical
standpoint and to incorpo rate the global perspective of the
Lutheran communion in her future pa storal ministry. 

During her time at the LWF Secretariat, Machil a is focusing on
the theological aspects of climate change. Her intern ship will
end in May 2009. 

(Based on interviews with Dean  Kasch and Rev. Machila conducted
by Claudia Schubert of the Evangelica l Lutheran Church of
Hanover. Schubert is finishing an 11-month intern ship in the LWF
Office for Communication Services.)

For mor e information about the 25-31 March consultation
"Theology in the Life  of Lutheran Churches: Transformative
Perspectives and Practices Today " in Augsburg, Germany, visit
http://www.lutheranworld.org/What_We_Do/ Dts/DTS-TLC_Augsburg.html

* * *

(The LWF is a global  communion of Christian churches in the
Lutheran tradition. Founded in  1947 in Lund, Sweden, the LWF
currently has 140 member churches in 79  countries all over the
world, with a total membership of over 68.5 mil lion. The LWF acts
on behalf of its member churches in areas of common  interest such
as ecumenical and interfaith relations, theology, human itarian
assistance, human rights, communication, and the various aspec ts
of mission and development work. Its secretariat is located in
 
Geneva, Switzerland.)

[Lutheran World Information (LWI) is th e LWF's information
service. Unless specifically noted, material prese nted does not
represent positions or opinions of the LWF or of its var ious
units. Where the dateline of an article contains the notation
 
(LWI), the material may be freely reproduced with
acknowledgment.]  

LUTHERAN WORLD INFORMATION
P. O. Box 2100 CH-1211 
Ge neva 2 Switzerland

Tel.: +41/22-791 63 69 
Fax: +41/22-791  66 30
E-mail: pmu@lutheranworld.org 

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Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 15:07:43 +0200 
From: " Dirk-Michael Gr?tzsch " 
Subject: (LWI 03-20-2009) Afrik anische Theologie der nachhaltigen
Entwicklung nimmt Stimmen aus dem V olk erns
To: " Dirk-Michael Gr?tzsch " 
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LWI online unter: www.lutheranworld.org/News/Welcome.DE .html

LUTHERISCHE WELT-INFORMATION
Postfach 2100, CH-1211 G enf 2, Schweiz
Deutsche Redaktion: Dirk-Michael Groetzsch
Tel.: + 41-22-791-6352
Fax: +41-22-791-6630 
E-Mail: dmg@lutheranworld.or g

Afrikanische Theologie der nachhaltigen Entwicklung nimmt Stim men
aus dem Volk ernst

Oeffentlichkeit gepaart mit Solidari taet sind zentrale dynamische
Kraefte des aufkommenden Zeitalters der  globalen
Zivilgesellschaft

Augsburg (Deutschland)/Genf, 31.  Maerz 2009 (LWI) ? ?Die
afrikanische Theologie der nachhaltigen Entwi cklung initiiert
einen Dialog mit der christlichen Tradition, indem si e bei den
Fragen, die die Menschen einbringen, beginnt?, unterstrich P fr.
Dr. Benson Kalikawe Bagonza, Bischof der Karagwe-Dioezese der
 
Evangelisch-Lutherischen Kirche in Tansania, am 30. Maerz in
Augsbu rg (Deutschland). Diese theologische Tradition spreche
Fragen an, die  aufrichtig nur aus dem realen Kontext heraus
thematisiert werden koenn ten. Es gehe dabei weniger darum, allein
die Fragen einzubringen, die  die christliche Tradition in der
Vergangenheit behandelt habe, so Bago nza waehrend eines Vortrags
im Rahmen der internationalen Konsultation  ?Theologie im Leben
lutherischer Kirchen ? Perspektiven und Wege zur  Verwandlung der
Kirchen heute?, die vom 25. bis 31. Maerz 2009 in Augs burg
stattfindet. Die Tagung wird von der Abteilung fuer Theologie und 
Studien (ATS) des Lutherischen Weltbundes (LWB) in Zusammenarbeit
 
mit dem Institut fuer Evangelische Theologie der Universitaet
Augsb urg veranstaltet.

?Afrikanische Theologie der nachhaltigen Entwi cklung nimmt die
Stimmen der normalen Bevoelkerung in und ausserhalb A frikas
ernst?, betonte der afrikanische Theologe. Dies werde
erre icht, indem die wirklichen Fragen der Menschen aufgegriffen
wuerden, a nstatt nur die Agenda der beruflich damit befassten
TheologInnen sowie  KirchenleiterInnen zu beruecksichtigen. Somit
wuerden gerade die Mens chen gehoert, die sich nach der Loesung
des andauernden Dilemmas sehnt en, so Bagonza. 

Mit dem Referat zum Thema ?Oeffentliche Stellun gnahmen der
deutschen evangelischen Kirchen zu Frieden und
Konfli ktsituationen? stellte Prof. Dr. Bernd Oberdorfer,
Lehrstuhlinhaber fu er Evangelische Theologie an der Universitaet
Augsburg, ein Beispiel v or, ?wie eine pluralistische Kirche mit
kontroversen, ethischen Frages tellungen umgeht und gleichzeitig
einen Beitrag fuer die oeffentliche  Debatte innerhalb der
pluralistischen Gesellschaft leistet?. Das Model l des
oeffentlichen Auftrags der Kirche koenne zwar nicht ohne
Qu alifizierungen auf andere kulturelle Kontexte uebertragen
werden, jedo ch habe dieses den deutschen evangelischen Kirchen
geholfen, eine akti ve Rolle in der Gesellschaft zu uebernehmen,
anstatt sich der Verantwo rtung zu entziehen, so Oberdorfer. 

?Luthers Oeffentliche Theolo gie, die in der Oeffentlichkeit
Gottes gruendet, vermag es, uns heutzu tage dabei zu
unterstuetzen, eine globale Zivilgesellschaft als Gottes 
bevorzugten Schauplatz fuer prophetische Rede, weisheitliche
Ref lexion sowie friedliche Handlungen, als auch fuer die
Oeffentliche Kir che die Berufung oeffentlicher Begleiter und
Begleiterinnen Gottes in  der globalen Zivilgesellschaft
vorzustellen?, erlaeuterte Prof. Dr. Ga ry Simpson vom Luther
Seminary in St. Paul (Minnesota/USA). Oeffentlic hkeit gepaart mit
Solidaritaet seien die zentralen dynamischen Kraefte  des
aufkommenden Zeitalters der globalen Zivilgesellschaft und dessen 
demokratisierendem Ethos bezueglich des politischen Staates und
 der Marktwirtschaft, so der Theologieprofessor. (415 Woerter)

Di e Hauptreferate stehen in englischer Sprache im Format PDF auf
der LWB -Webseite zur Verfuegung unter.
http://www.lutheranworld.org/What_We_D o/DTS/TLC_Augsburg/Presentations.html

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