As of the last week in January, I have been working as the Haiti Emergency Coordinator for Outreach International, a charity affiliated with the Community of Christ. Since the 1980s, Outreach International has supported a network of about 90 schools catering to 9,000 students in Haiti. About 30 of these schools were in the earthquake-affected [...]
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Reflections from Haiti
March 6, 2010Responding Responsibly to Disasters like the Haiti Earthquake
January 14, 2010In response to the terrible earthquake in Haiti, both Outreach International (click here for their appeal) and the church (click here for their appeal) are calling on church members to give generously to those in need. In times like this there is often a rush of people wanting to jet to the disaster zone and [...]
Feast Your Soul on This: Church HQ Officiousness
November 26, 2009I’m just back from a week in Independence. One of the things I picked up there was an old 1980 souvenir booklet from the sesquicentennial of the church (bought from the Temple Library for 25¢). As we’re approaching another sesquicentennial — the first was 150 years since the organization of the church, next year is [...]
Models of Mission in a Pluralistic World
May 28, 2009Over the last several years, mission and outreach have become major emphases within the Community of Christ. I must admit I often feel quite uncomfortable with this. Missionaries have a long history of collaboration with imperialism and have a record of insensitivity to cultures other than their own. I am not always convinced that we, [...]
The Community of Christ is Becoming a Peace Church!
May 15, 2009Please Note: This post is a response from Community of Christ Apostle, Andrew Bolton, to two blog postings by his son, Matthew Bolton: “The Community of Christ is Not a Peace Church” and “Managed Decline or Rejuvenation?” Matthew Bolton’s articles critiqued the church’s implementation of its peace mission. —Ed. I want to respond to Matthew’s [...]
The Community of Christ is Not a Peace Church
April 30, 2009At face value, Community of Christ’s claim to be dedicated to the pursuit of peace must be deemed a failure. As far as I can tell, the sum total of our contribution to peace on earth is an annual Peace Colloquy, a Peace Prize, a Peace and Justice website, the Children’s Peace Pavilion, a Peace [...]
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