The Uniting Church has asked for forgiveness for the divisions and pain it has caused Pacific communities in the past.
In a submission presented to regional leaders at the Pacific Conference of Churches 10th General Assembly in Honiara, the Solomon Islands this week the Church acknowledged that it has had a part in damaging communities by importing alien cultures into the region.
“At times the church has acted in collaboration with political and economic powers, undermining healthy Pacific economic systems that valued creation and people,” the submission said.
“It has sometimes treated people in ways that do not reflect their inherent dignity in Jesus Christ and has not taken opportunities offered by Pacific countries to learn how to be more thoroughly Christian.”
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