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DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATIONS
LIBERIA ANNUAL CONFERENCE
UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
DECDEMBER 23, 2005
PRESS RELEASE
United Methodist Bishop, the Rev.
Dr. John G. Innis says he is pleased that as a result of the
meeting between Mr. George Weah of the Congress for Democratic
Change (CDC) and Madam Ellen Johnson Sirleaf of the Unity Party
(UP), Mr. Weah has now accepted the result of the November 8
run-off election.
Bishop Innis also lauds the
decision of Mr. Weah to withdraw his protest of electoral fraud,
and commends him and Madam Sirleaf for the spirit of love and
peace the two devout United Methodists have exercised in the
interest of the Church and State.
Rev. Dr. Innis says, this is an
expression of the holistic love for humanity preached by Jesus
Christ, our Lord, and prays that God will bless Madam Sirleaf,
Mr. Weah and all Liberians, as we work together for the
rebuilding of our country.
Bishop Innis applauds the efforts
of the ECOWAS Peace Mediator, UNMIL, the European Union, and,
Western and African governments which continue to remind
Liberians that peace is what is needed, and not violence, if
Liberia is to be rebuilt from the ruins of war.
He is meanwhile expressing thanks
to these peace ambassadors for their sincerity and commitment to
peace and the nurturing of the democratic process in the
country.
The head of the United Methodist
Church in Liberia further commends all persons who rallied
behind Ambassador Weah “during these difficult times”, to ensure
that the rule of law and peace prevail in the country, and urges
Mr. Weah to remain prayerful as he looks ahead for a brighter
future for the people of Liberia and the Liberian nation.
Passionately expressing gracious
sentiments to partisans and supporters of the Congress for
Democratic Change (CDC), Bishop Innis remarked, “you have
demonstrated your love for the cultivation of democracy in
Liberia through Ambassador Weah, and for this, I pray God’s
blessings upon you”.
One the same note, the United
Methodist prelate is challenging all Liberians to strive and
prepare for the present and future generations of Liberians,
noting, “we should do nothing to blur the future of the younger
generation earmarked for the continuity of the nation.
Lamenting the plight of the people
of Liberia during the last fourteen years of civil unrest,
Bishop Innis says, “for too long we have cried for peace, and
finally, God has granted us that peace in Jesus Christ” , who
Himself said, ‘My peace I leave with you’.
The Bishop concludes by praising
and thanking God for the hard work of the faith community
through prayers and their determination for the restoration of
peace in our land.
Signed:
Rev. Konah L. Parker
DIRECTOR,
DEPARTMENT OF
COMMUNICATIONS, LAC/UMC |
