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The Seventh General Assembly:
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Theme: Troubled, But Not Destroyed
2 Corinthians 4:8-9 1-10
October, 1997
Finance and
Personnel Committee Report
While the AACC’s
contributions from overseas have been declining – as they have
for other institutions as well – ecumenical partners have
stepped up their support. Also of financial concern is the
fact that only 15% of member churches pay their annual
contributions. This trend may require the AACC to review the
membership of these churches. Good news from the committee:
• Sound investments in AACC property
• Strong
financial management
• Library expansion
• Expressed
desire to make the Training Centre a diploma-awarding
institution
Summary of Other Reports
In
other AACC news:
• The General Committee was expanded by
nine members
• 8 churches were admitted as members
•
Decided that member churches must settle payments within two
years, and new members were only admitted after paying
The
AACC proposed to make better use of the internet and
technology Land-mines were declared a priority, including
supporting the Ottawa Convention
Mandate for the
Churches in Action Together
Appropriating many of the
suggestions from committees and pre-assemblies, the Mandate
also called for:
• Food security
• Lobbying for better
education and human rights commissions in every country
•
Centres for street children
• Taking action against AIDS
• Exploring retail markets for church products abroad
• Declaring 1997-1998 a year of solidarity with uprooted
peoples
• Researching and responding to issues of
homosexuality 29 • Accepting the consequences of being
obedient voices of prophecy
• Working with Habitat for
Humanity and exploring housing issues
• Be a resource for
scholarship and job opportunities for Africans
Elections
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