Chicago-area pastors issue peace statement for Advent.

A group of Church of the Brethren ministers in the Chicago area made a "Statement on Peace" at an annual Advent service for Chicago-area congregations on Dec. 11. The statement was based on the Living Peace Church initiative of On Earth Peace, said Orlando Redekopp, pastor of First Church of the Brethren in Chicago.

The statement called the Chicago area congregations and members to "clearly and publicly announce that all human beings are created in God's image" and made statements against war, torture, prisoner abuse, and "state-sponsored lies and deception."

Among those who signed the statement were Jim Yaussy Albright, executive minister of Illinois and Wisconsin District; Jeanne Davies, associate pastor, and Joel Kline, pastor, of Highland Avenue Church of the Brethren in Elgin, Ill.; Christy Waltersdorff, pastor of York Center Church of the Brethren in Lombard, Ill.; and Redekopp.

The full statement may be found at http://www.brethren.org/genbd/newsline/2005/dec1905.htm.

Source: 12/21/2005 Newsline
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