The Accra Confession
What is the Accra Confession?
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The Accra Confession is a confession of faith by Reformed Christian, which was adopted by the delegates of the 24th General Council of the World Alliance of Reformed Churches in Accra, Ghana (2004). It is based on the theological conviction that the economic and ecological injustices of today’s global economy require the Reformed family to respond as a matter of faith in the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
The Accra Confession has four thematic foci: 1) Introduction, 2) Reading the Signs of Times, 3) Confession of Faith in the Face of Economic Justice and Ecological Destruction, and 4) Covenanting for Justice.
The Accra Confession needs to be read together with the The Letter from Accra . The Public Issues report is also available below as a resource document with recommendations to churches in addressing economic and environmental issues.
Why does the church need the Accra Confession?
- Justice is a matter of faith: The Accra Confession states that matters of economic and ecological justice are not only social, political and moral issues, they are integral to faith in Jesus Christ and affect the integrity of the church. Being faithful to God’s covenant requires that individual Christians and the churches take a stand against current economic and environmental injustices.
- The church stands in solidarity with persons who are suffering and struggling: Following the justice traditions of the biblical prophets and of Jesus in the gospel narratives, the Accra Confession views the current world (dis)order by “looking through the eyes of powerless and suffering people.” It calls the churches and society to hear the cries of the people who suffer and the woundedness of creation itself, over-consumed and under-valued by the current global economy.
- The unity of the church is critical: Unity is concerned with togetherness, however divisive the issues confronting the confessing body may be. While the complex realities of globalization have not led to a full consensus, the global Reformed family addresses the problematic nature of today’s global economy in the Accra Confession.
The Accra Public Issues report
