The Evangelical Universalist Forum

Gregory of Nyssa the first Christian to oppose slave trade

Another link: International Justice Mission

This has been a fascinating page to read, and I do agree I actually think that right now global indebtedness and the indentured servitude it brings to whole people and nations, and the enforced poverty is one of the, if not the number one moral crisis facing the world today. And what is frightening is that the arguments used by those against debt relief for the third world mirrors the pro-slavery and anti-abolitionist language used in the 18th and 19th centuries, which I don’t think is such a coincidence given they both are systems forcing people into enslaving and de-humanizing lifestyles. We need more Gregory’s of Nyssa coming forth from the Church to speak truth to power and business today (after all, it is interesting that some of the same banks who have argued that it doesn’t promote responsible behaviour to let groups and countries in say Africa or South America etc off their debt were fine with being bailed out of their debt when the financial crisis struck - Caesar takes care of his friends :wink: -).

Anyway I shall get off my soapbox, it’s just something that has angered me increasingly more recently (along with how the poor are being increasingly stigmatized in my own country, I don’t how it is for you guys outside the UK). But I shall look more into the links you guys have put up and look to ways I can improve my own living to make sure I can make the most positive contributions to working to bring as much freedom to God’s children as I can :slight_smile:.

:slight_smile: Thanks!