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More Light, Shower of Stoles, and That
All May Freely Serve call for dialogue with National Korean Presbyterian
Council
February 18, 2001
AN OPEN LETTER TO THE NATIONAL KOREAN PRESBYTERIAN
COUNCIL
Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ,
It is with great sadness that we read your December
letter calling for the passage of Amendment O. You have encountered a
great struggle against the racism and xenophobia of our church and
society. We had hoped this experience would have led you to understand
our struggle, in which we too have been stereotyped and misrepresented.
Together we could challenge all systems of oppression that seek to
scapegoat and mythologize us, when we are simply persons who love Jesus
and seek to be faithful Christians.
We too want to serve our Church with integrity. We are
your brothers and sisters in the Faith. We too have been raised in the
Church. We come in all shapes, abilities, races and ethnicities. Many of
us are Korean and are members of your families. Your letter only adds to
the stereotypes that give some people license to malign, and others to
do physical and spiritual violence to us.
We would be glad to sit with you, to share our faith
stories with you, to listen and come together. In so doing, we will
serve God with a greater faithfulness.
May we together ask Moderator Rhee to help us meet in
order that we have the opportunity to see one another as people of
faith?
We would look forward to this time together. To set up
this meeting please call The Reverend Dr. Spahr at 415-457-8004.
Yours in the Love of Christ,
The Reverend Dr. Jane Adams Spahr, Minister
Director
Douglas H. Potter, M.D., Co-Moderator
That All May Freely Serve
William H. Moss, Co-Moderator
Mitzi G. Henderson, Co-Moderator
More Light Presbyterians
Martha Juillerat, Director
The Shower of Stoles Project
cc: Syngman Rhee, Moderator, Presbyterian Church (USA)
The More Light web site
includes the text of the Korean statement.
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