Micah Sunday - This weekend
Make this Sunday a day of special prayer for the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The goals were set by the United Nations to mark the millennium. What millennium? The millennium of our Lord Jesus. Whatever you think fo the United Nations, this commitment has to be one that comes from the heart of God! What better way to celebrate the millennium of the One who started his ministry with the words:
“The Spirit of the Lord is upon me,
Because he has chosen me to bring good news to the poor.
He has sent me to proclaim liberty to the captives
And recovery of sight to the blind;
To set free the oppressed
And announce that the time has come
When the Lord will save his people.” (Luke 4:18-19, GNB)
Resources for Micah Sunday are on our website. You will find here Bible study and prayer ideas.
Thousands of New Zealanders to Stand Up Against World Poverty
This week New Zealand schools, churches, streets and universities will resound with the sound of thousands of Kiwis standing up against global poverty.
New Zealanders taking part in Stand Up, Take Action events from Friday 16th ? Sunday 18th October will ask our government to “walk the walk” over its promise to help achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The goals are eight global targets which New Zealand signed up to in 2000 that, if achieved, would halve extreme poverty by 2015.
Last year, more than 116 million people – nearly two percent of the people on earth – took part in Stand Up Take Action ? breaking the Guinness World Record for the largest mobilisation of human beings in recorded history.
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The Micah Call is a global petition, and a statement of our belief that now is a time when poverty can be challenged:
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The issues of global poverty are not just economic. They are also political and spiritual. Micah Challenge invites Christians to take a prophetic role in making a difference in the world.
Paul Thompson
National Coordinator
Micah Challenge Aotearoa New Zealand
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