Rev. Mark Hanson on Obama at the G-20 Summit
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The Rev. Mark Hanson, Presiding Bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and President of the Lutheran World Federation, writes in a recent opinion piece of the “test of moral leadership” for President Barack Obama at this week’s G-20 Summit in London. Noting that people of faith and conscience have a particular interest in this topic, ONE supporter Rev. Hanson notes that this is “a critically important test of the President’s leadership for people living in poverty [that] will be determined by his ability to lead the group of 20 leaders from the world’s wealthiest nations, the G-20, to an effective, practical and immediate response to help people weather this financial storm.”
You can find the full text of Presiding Bishop Hanson’s piece here.
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April 2, 2009 at 1:38 pm
Biship Hanson’s smart and informative piece is exactly the message our world leaders need to hear and act upon in the days and weeks ahead. The world’s poorest people did not cause this economic downturn, but they will deeply suffer from its effects. Doing the right thing by investing in basic needs like water, food security, medicine and educational opportunity for the world’s poor will not only save lives, but lay the groundwork for poor nations’ economies to grow and contribute to global economic recovery and stability.