Mozambique: AACC 9th General Assembly
The All Africa Conference of Churches (AACC) is inviting Media houses to the largest gathering of the African Church who, together with the Civil Society, will meet in Maputo, Mozambique from 7-12 December, 2008 under the auspices of the AACC 9th General Assembly whose theme will be Africa, Step Forth in Faith.
The All Africa Conference of Churches (AACC) is inviting Media houses to the largest gathering of the African Church who, together with the Civil Society, will meet in Maputo, Mozambique from 7-12 December, 2008 under the auspices of the AACC 9th General Assembly whose theme will be Africa, Step Forth in Faith.
The media fraternity is invited to witness and to capture this momentous occasion as the faith community deals with the challenges of Africa when new ground will be broken, barriers brought down and new partnerships forged, by Africans in Africa together with Africans in the Diaspora.
The Church and all participants will together explore various issues of social, cultural, economic and political concern to the continent as captured under the themes here below:
* Entrenching Human Rights in Africa
* Political and Economic Liberation
* Spirituality and Environmental Conservation
* Global Pan African Solidarity
* HIV and AIDS
* Women as Agents of Peace and Reconciliation
* Youth Responding to Challenges of Renewal of Africa
* The Challenge for Moral Regeneration in the Continent
* The Challenge of Urban Mission
The five-yearly event will also be graced and addressed by among other dignitaries: Her Excellency President Johnson Sirleaf of Liberia, former President of South Africa His Excellency Thabo Mbeki, Rev. Dr. Sam Kobia, General Secretary of the World Council of Churches and former UN Secretary General Dr. Kofi Annan.
Founded in Kampala in 1963, AACC brings together 173 member churches and Christian Councils in 40 African Countries. It is the largest ecumenical organization in Africa representing over 120 million Christians.
Any media wishing to cover the event will receive accreditation and are invited to fill in the accreditation form obtainable via: [email protected]
Finally, please let ME ([email protected] - a secunded member of the AACC Assembly Communications Team) know by Nov. 25 latest whether you:
1. Want releases by email from the Assembly (if I don't hear anything from you I will assume that you DO).
2. Do not want releases, but someone else in your organization does (please tell me who + email!).
3. Do not want releases, and no one else in your organization does.