Globalization and Empire

"Living Faithfully in the Midst of Empire" (the Empire Report) documents how economic globalization is becoming more complex and insidious and is exponentially increasing the pain and misery experienced by the vast majority of God's people.

As directed by the 39th General Council 2006, the church is embarking on three years of engagement and animation on empire.

The Empire Report and Appendices

• Living Faithfully in the Midst of Empire [PDF: 38 pp/432 KB]

Appendices: Theological Reflections

1. Christianity and Empire [PDF: 6 pp/103 KB] by the Rev. Dr. Douglas John Hall, Professor Emeritus, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
2. "Where the empire lies, people suffer, they are exploited and life becomes death" [PDF: 8 pp/114 KB] by the Rev. Dr. Ofelia Ortega, Professor of Systematic Theology, Evangelical Theological Seminary, Mantanzas, Cuba
3. Jesus and Empire: Then and Now [PDF: 6 pp/101 KB] by the Rev. Dr. Nestor O. Miguez, Professor of New Testament Studies, Instituto Universitario ISEDET, Buenos Aires, Argentina
4. Covenanting for Justice in the Economy and the Earth*, 24th General Assembly of the World Alliance of Reformed Churches (WARC), Accra, Ghana, October 2004.
5. A Call to Love and Action*, AGAPE-Alternative Globalization Addressing People and Earth, World Council of Churches, September 2005.