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CHURCH SUPPORT FOR THE ANZAC PLOUGHSHARES

By / 10 March 2010

The Social Justice Commission of the Anglican Church has worked to support the Waihopai Ploughshares and defend their action to peacefully to pursue justice and protect the rights of the marginalised.

The Anglican Church has committed itself to pursuing non-violence and building peace at the highest level, and the practice of non-violent direct action and civil disobedience has a strong history in this country and beyond – from protests at Waitangi, resistance of American nuclear submarines entering NZ, opposing the Springbok tour for example. Anglican involvement in these actions has been significant.

I realise that many in the church will feel uncomfortable with the actions of the ploughshares, and those in leadership may believe they cannot take sides. Clearly, we have much work in the church to be done and the witness of the ploughshares to us and the world is an important one, upholding biblical teaching (e.g. Romans 13).

I hope the trial serves to allow the both the reasons behind the actions of Ploughshares and the work of the spy base at Waihopai to be better understood and appreciated by everyone, for to do so would be to the benefit not only of this country, but those whom are persecuted and killed out of our gaze.

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This site is run by the Social Justice Commission of the Anglican Church.

We seek to nurture justice spirituality and imagination, and engage in advocacy in all areas of life, overcoming poverty and transforming violence.

We encourage people to think and live “justly”, and emphasise debate and action on local, national and global issues.

Although we are Anglican, our vision isn’t so much about being Anglican. It’s about living justly. Justice is about how you live your life, and being just where we are. Working together, we can all flourish.

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