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Burma Disaster - Support from the United Reformed Church
Message of support sent to Presbyterian Church in Myanmar and appeal for help
Posted on May 11, 2008
Date: 8th May 2008
Release: Immediate
The United Reformed Church has sent a message of support to the Presbyterian Church in Myanmar, and has issued an appeal for help, following the cyclone, which has devastated parts of the country and killed many thousands of people.
The greatest impact of cyclone Nargis was in the vast southern Irrawaddy Delta. Most members of the Presbyterian Church of Myanmar (PCM) live in the north west of the country, in and around the city of Tahan. While it seems this area was spared the worst of the devastation, the PCM has an office and staff in Yangon (Rangoon) and there are concerns for their safety.
The two churches have had a long and important relationship. The Revd Dale Rominger, secretary for World Church Relations, has e-mailed the general secretary of PCM, the Revd Lalengzauva, saying ‘Please know that your friends in the United Reformed Church are holding you in their prayers. I am assuming that most PCM people in the Tahan area are safe, at least that is what the news here would lead me to believe. However, I know people may have lost family and friends in other parts of the country. I'm also aware that your staff in Yangon may have been affected. I pray for their safety’.
The Council for World Mission is making funds available from its Solidarity and Action Fund and is also undertaking its own efforts to provide food, clothing and medical supplies. The Revd Dr. Des van der Water, general secretary of CWM has e-mailed all member churches. He writes: ‘This comes as a sincere and earnest appeal to your Church to rally in support of the PCM and the people of Myanmar. Your expressions of solidarity, your prayers and, if possible, a financial donation towards relief work would be most welcome’.
CWM has requested that any United Reformed Church donations be sent through Church House. If you would like to make a donation, please send a cheque made payable to the United Reformed Church, and indicate the donation is for Myanmar Flood Relief. The address is United Reformed Church, World Church Relations office, 86 Tavistock Place London WC1H 9RT.
The United Reformed Church
Through a series of unions over the past 35 years, the United Reformed Church has brought together English Presbyterians, English, Welsh and Scottish Congregationalists and members of the Churches of Christ. One hundred thousand people make up 1600 congregations, with more than 700 ministers, paid and unpaid.
Although one of the smaller mainstream denominations in Britain, the United Reformed Church plays a dynamic and challenging part in the country’s Christian life. It seeks to work with Christians of all traditions, believing that all God’s people should be one. It is committed to theological and
cultural diversity.
Worldwide, more than 70 million Christians are members of the Reformed family of churches, the largest Protestant tradition. We call ourselves Reformed because our churches began to emerge with reform movements in the sixteenth century.
