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CATS
VII Seoul, Korea
1 July 2012
1. Women attending CATS for the first time expressed deep appreciation for the opportunity to meet with other women theologians and pastors in the forum. The time together provided invaluable support and encouragement for them because there are few other opportunities to meet in this way. We encourage the Organizing Committee to continue promoting women’s participation at CATS.
2. The forum believes that theologians and
pastors have a responsibility to model gender justice in their own lives. Begin
by reflecting on the hospitality practices of your own church or institution,
your family and your community. In each of these settings, how visible is
male/female equality before God?What concrete examples can you give? Are there
any areas where transformation or change is needed?
3. Hospitality is not exclusively Christian
or Asian or only for humans. It is universal with diverse expressions in
different cultures and contexts.Hospitality is for all creation, including
people, creatures and the natural environment.
4. The Church limits its hospitality when it
keeps its doors closed, when it has a narrow theology of who belongs and who
does not, and when some Christians are not allowed to exercise their gifts because
of who they are.
5. Hospitality is not without risk. There are
dangers in associating women with embodied hospitality, e.g. human trafficking,
pornography, and commercial sex. There is also the tragic history of colonization
in Asia where the hospitality of the people was abused and exploited by the
guests.
Jesus is the model of Christian hospitality that is given and received. As guests and hosts of divine hospitality, we are called to incarnate those same gifts. When we open our homes and hearts to welcome the stranger, we open our lives to the generosity and grace of God.
posted by communications on Friday, July 27, 2012 |
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