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Embrace Bible’s message for the poor, Tutu tells Evangelicals via Poverty News Blog
from Ekklesia By agency reporter8 Sep 2008'The Bible has revolutionary power to free the poor', Archbishop Desmond Tutu told a conference of Evangelical UK Christians and church leaders in London at the weekend.The Nobel Prize winner was speaking at an event organised by Evangelical aid agency Tearfund and Jesus House for all the Nations on Saturday, where he challenged churches to be 'the hands, feet, eyes and ears of Jesus' in the fight against local and global poverty.Drawing on his experiences in apartheid-dominated South Africa, the Archbishop told more than 800 delegates; "If you want to keep people subjugated, the last thing you place in their hands is a Bible.“There’s nothing more radical, nothing more revolutionary, nothing more subversive against injustice and oppression... [Comment] Desmond Tutu Op-Ed in today’s Baltimore Sun: Debt cancellation a victory for the world via Poverty News Blog
from the Blog The DebtBy Desmond Tutu | The Baltimore SunLast month, the House of Representatives showed leadership in the fight against global poverty by passing the Jubilee Act for Responsible Lending and Expanded Debt Cancellation, which would extend lifesaving debt cancellation to more poor nations around the globe.Too many of the world's poor children needlessly starve or go without education because too many impoverished nations - even after the laudable debt relief provided to date - are still funneling scarce resources to multilateral banks instead of paying for needs at home.The world community has found crushing debt to be akin to a modern-day apartheid, and has responded with debt cancellation. Unjust debt leaves developing nations at the behest of the powerful. Shall we let...