Almost 5,500 churches in the US and Canada are going to recognize today as Amazing Grace Sunday.
The part I really like about this campaign is, it’s about ending worldwide slavery.
The link is that the man who wrote the song Amazing Grace, John Newton, used to be a slave-trader, but quit after his conversion to Christianity. Not only that but he then encouraged a young member of Parliament, William Wilberforce, to fight to end the UK slave trade. Wilberforce faced a lot of opposition - this trade was very profitable - but he persevered and was successful. A movie about his campaign called Amazing Grace opens next Friday. (Jim mentioned this movie on Doable Evangelism recently but I didn’t realize then that there’s a campaign associated with it).
Slavery still continues in various ways, in various parts of the world. I think it’s wonderful that so many churches are joining in a campaign to bring it to an end. I’m very pleased to see that the church I used to go to is one of them.
02-18-2007 |
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