Copenhagen letter to the Prime Minister

The letter to the Prime Minister

The Rt Hon Gordon Brown MP
10 Downing Street
London
SW1A 2AA


Dear Prime Minister

I am writing to you on behalf of BMS World Mission and our partners worldwide in connection with the Copenhagen Climate Conference 2009. One of our significant partners is A Rocha, a Christian conservation organisation with a global reputation, and co-signatory to this letter.

BMS World Mission is one of the world’s oldest Christian mission organisations, having been founded in 1792. From that date, a deep concern for the poorest peoples of the world has been at the heart of our work, which now spans more than 30 countries on four continents.

We are supported by over 2,500 churches in the UK representing a community of more than a quarter of a million people. Together, we believe that we have a fundamental responsibility to care for God’s world and God’s people. It is that sense of moral responsibility which led past generations to combat the evil of slavery, and more recently, support the Jubilee debt campaign, where your leadership, alongside others, was of such importance.

Prime Minister, we wholeheartedly support the personal commitment that you have shown towards ensuring that the crisis of climate change is addressed as a moral issue, and not just an economic or scientific issue. The poorest people in the world will suffer the most unless we, the richest, take a strong lead.  

We therefore ask that you continue to do all you can to make sure that at the Copenhagen Conference the United Kingdom speaks for the interests of the poor of the world on these issues, and provides clear leadership to other nations in this regard.

As you do so, please be assured that you have the prayers, not only of the BMS family globally, but also of the Christian leaders whose organisations and communities worldwide have given their support to this letter.

Yours faithfully


David Kerrigan                 Steve Hughes
General Director            CEO A Rocha UK

 

  List of supporting partners

BMS partners from around the world who have given their active support to the BMS/A Rocha letter to the Prime Minister are as follows:


Albania
Beni Pango, General Secretary

Baptist Union of Albania

 

Bangladesh

Rev Milton Biswas, General Secretary
Bangladesh Baptist Church Sangha

Brazil
Pr Conrado Pfannemuller, President
Associacão Brasileira de Incetnivo e Apoio ao Homem

Pr Lauro Mandira, Mission Manager
Junta de Missões Mundiais

Canada
Dr Gary Nelson, General Secretary
Canadian Baptist Ministries

Croatia
Rev Zeljko Mraz, General Secretary
Baptist Union of Croatia

D R Congo
Rev Dr Andre Bokundoa, General Secretary
Communauté Baptiste du Fleuve Congo (CBFC) & Church of Christ (ECC)

Ecuador
Pr Julio Xavier Alvarados, President
Convención Bautista Ecuadoriana

Europe
Rev Tony Peck, General Secretary
European Baptist Federation

France
Rev David Razzano, Interim General Secretary
Federation des Eglises Evangeliques Baptistes de France

Guinea
Juerg Pfister
Schweizer Allianz Mission

India
Rev Walter David, President
Baptist Union of North India

Indonesia
Rev Ronny Welong, President
Kerapatan Gereja Baptis Indonesia

Italy

Rev Anna Mafei

Baptist Evangelical Union of Italy

 

Jamaica

Rev Karl Johnson, General Secretary
Jamaica Baptist Union

Lebanon
Nabil Costa, Executive Director
Lebanese Society for Educational & Social Development

Mozambique
Manuel Moises Quembo, Secretary
Baptist Convention of Mozambique

Nepal
Dr Mark Galpin, Executive Director
United Mission to Nepal

Ratna Bahadur Rai
Nepal Baptist Church Council


Paraguay
Pr Jorge A Rochaix, General Director
Convención Bautista del Paraguai

Peru
Pr Pepe Luis Flores Varas, President
Convención Evangelica Bautista del Perú

South Africa
Rev Paul Msiza, General Secretary
Baptist Convention of South Africa

Sri Lanka
Clarence Mendis, General Manager
Farms Lanka

Rev Kingsley B Perera, President
Sri Lanka Baptist Sangamaya

Thailand
Sunny Danponpgee, General Secretary
Thailand Karen Baptist Convention

Pr Robert Htway
Karen Refugee Committee

Larry Martin, Chair
Thailand Baptist Missionary Fellowship

Uganda
Rev Alex Wanyama, General Secretary
Baptist Union of Uganda

USA
Paul Montacute, Director
Baptist World Aid

Zimbabwe
Rev Patrick Face Moyo, President
National Baptist Convention of Zimbabwe