Ecumenical council exec calls for fast, prayers for peace
1/24/2003 NOTE: A head-and-shoulders photograph of the Rev. Bob Edgar is available at http://umns.umc.org/photos/headshots.html.
NEW
YORK (UMNS) - The Rev. Bob Edgar, staff head of the National Council of
Churches, is calling on people of faith to fast and pray for peace Jan.
27, which he terms "the first of three days of events that will help
determine history."
That day, the United Nations Security Council
is to receive a progress report on weapons inspections in Iraq. The
following day, President Bush delivers the annual State of the Union
address. And for Jan. 29, Win Without War and other national coalitions
are calling for local actions against military intervention in Iraq.
Edgar,
a United Methodist clergyman, issued his statement Jan. 23. The United
Methodist Church is a member denomination in the National Council of
Churches.
"I am calling on all people of faith to observe Monday,
Jan. 27, 2003, as a national day of prayer and fasting for a peaceful
resolution of the Iraq crisis," he said. "This day is the first of three
days of events that will help determine history."
He called for
the United States to search for alternatives to war. "I urge people of
faith to pray for President Bush, for all our nation's leaders, and for
our military personnel, their families and friends," Edgar said. "Let us
pray for the suffering people of Iraq and all others in the region and
around the world who may be affected by war. And, believing that no one
stands outside of prayer, let us pray also for Iraq's leaders, including
its president, Saddam Hussein.
"Together, on Jan. 27, let our
hearts, our minds and our prayers be as one, witnessing to the ways of
peace; witnessing to the fact that war is not the answer. Together, on
Jan. 27, let all people of faith join in a national day of prayer and
fasting as we seek peace in our day."
The full text of Edgar's statement, along with information on peace activities, can be found at www.ncccusa.org online.
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