Statement on persecution
The . Lutheran Church in New Zealand has taken a clear stand against persecution of Christians, especially in Communist countries—notably the Soviet Union and China. At its national convention in Christchurch on Sunday about 80 clergy and laymen acknowledged a special obligation to those Christians who were severely oppressed. The convention is to urge the Government to protest in the United Nations against “the continued violation, in the Soviet Union and China and other countries, of their Christian citizens’ basic rights, especially those guaranteed in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights,” and to persuade the United Nations to take all possible steps to secure compliance with the declaration. In a statement, the convention asked all Christians enjoying the privilege of political freedom to be well informed about persecuted Christians, supporting them by even' available means, and called on all church leaders to keep the cause before the forum of world opinion. Silence could only aid and abet their persecution, it said.
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Press, Volume CXIV, Issue 33521, 30 April 1974, Page 8
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