Rev. Nicta M. Lubaale, general secretary of the Organization of African Instituted Churches (OAIC), brings ecumenical greetings to the LWF Eleventh Assembly. © LWF/J. Latva-Hakuni

26.07.2010

“It is our daily bread, not my daily bread”

General Secretary of the Organization of African Instituted Churches greets Assembly

STUTTGART, Germany, 26 July 2010 – “‘Give Us Today Our Bread’ is about transforming the values that are holding together the global political, economic and social order … which is selfish,” said Rev. Nicta Lubaale, General Secretary of the Organization of African Instituted Churches (OAIC), in his greeting to the Eleventh Assembly of the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) today.

Lubaale said it was his prayer that churches “continue to work together to engage and transform” such an order. “It is our daily bread, not my daily bread, that we should aspire to and work for,” he added.

The petition of the Lord’s Prayer goes beyond “charity, compassion and relief,” Lubaale said. “All these are acceptable to God but they do not replace what the Scriptures demand of us and every system in place” that is the prophetic imperative for “justice.”

Regarding the action taken earlier by the Assembly asking forgiveness from the Mennonites for past persecutions, Lubaale congratulated the Assembly for the “humility you have exhibited in the process of dealing with a difficult past.”

“Your courage to repent publicly has not only started a process of healing between the Lutherans and the Mennonites but also in the whole body of Christ,” Lubaale said. (197 words)

26.07.2010

“It is our daily bread, not my daily bread”

General Secretary of the Organization of African Instituted Churches greets Assembly

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