Council of Churches WA
In the Scripture passage chosen for the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity 2023 , the prophet Isaiah teaches us how we are to cure these ills.
Learning to do right requires the decision to engage in self-reflection. The Week of Prayer is the perfect time for Christians to recognize that the divisions between our churches and confessions cannot be separated from the divisions within the wider human family. Praying together for Christian unity allows us to reflect on what unites us and to commit ourselves to confront oppression and division amongst humanity.
The prophet Micah points out that God has told us what is good and what God requires of us: “to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God” (Mic 6:8). To act justly means that we have respect for all persons. Justice requires truly equitable treatment in order to address historic disadvantage based on “race”, gender, religion and socioeconomic status. To walk humbly with God requires repentance, reparations, and finally reconciliation.
Council of Churches WA