So as some of you know, there is an assembly right now in Ecuador to rewrite the constitution. Well, it has come out that there is a part of the new constitution that is on the table that, at this present time, says that it will create a sort of Department of Religion. And if the current wording stays in the constitution, this departments job will be to "control" the churches of Ecuador. There is a special committee put together to look over and edit this, but if the committee has been chosen by the assembly, who knows if they will change it. The committee is made up representatively of the religious groups but for some reason excluded the AIEE (the Association of Evangelical Churches of Ecuador). There are other evangelical groups such as the Methodist but there aren´t many Methodist churches in Ecuador. So no one knows why the AIEE was left off the list. But anyway, the AIEE has made a formal request to this committee asking that the wording be changed so this group is not in place in order to "control" churches.
So the prayer is that this will happen, that it will not be a department to control churches but instead one that will help churches. So please be in prayer. if this passes it would have the ability to greatly change the face of religion and mission work in Ecuador. Thanks.
Saturday, February 2, 2008
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