HUMAN RIGHTSC H A L L E N G E

Facilitators : Efraim Tendero, Peter Lee, Ivan Kostka

HUMAN RIGHTS CHALLENGE

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights

M i S S i O N

Build up Christian transformational movements committed to defend human dignity and to build nations governed under the rule of law and justice

Influence the work of international (global and regional) organizations in the sphere of human rights, such as the United Nations General Assembly in New York and the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva

M i S S i O N

Create civil societies that promote respect for the imago Dei

Support and advocate for laws and governmental policies that promote human dignity and human rights

M i S S i O N

FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES

GENESISGenesis 1: 26 -27“Then God said, ‘Let us make man in our image, in our likeness, and let them rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, over all the earth, and over all the creatures that move along the ground. So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female, he created them.”

FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES

HUMAN DIGNITY“It is because God has assigned worth to man and woman that human dignity is established. Man’s glory is derived, dependent upon God’s glory for his own. It is because mankind bears the image of God that he enjoys such an exalted rank in the nature of things. From his creation to his redemption, man’s dignity is preserved.”

- R.C. Sproul

FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES

HISTORICAL EXAMPLESChristian ethics and legal and political Christian doctrines have been the foundation for the concept of inalienable human rights.

William Wilberforce Charles Malik Rene Cassin

• RELIGIOUS FREEDOM • ETHNIC AND RELIGIOUS DISCRIMINATION • RIGHT TO LIFE • IMMIGRATION

• TRAFFICKING OF WOMEN AND CHILDREN • JUSTICE AND RULE OF LAW • CORRUPTION • POVERTY

EXPECTED OUTCOMES

1. Establish an International Network of Christian Human Rights Advocates committed to defend human dignity and to help build nations be governed under the rule of law and justice.

EXPECTED OUTCOMES

2. Establish Human Rights Challenge Team among the leading countries of different Continental Regions:

2- North America, 4- Latin America, 4- Africa, 5- Europe, 5- Asia, 3- South Pacific

EXPECTED OUTCOMES

3. Educate at 25% of the Christian Churches where the Human Rights Challenge Team have been established on how to create civil societies that respect Imago Dei, and to advocate for laws and governmental policies that promote human dignity and uphold human rights.

EXPECTED OUTCOMES

4. Empower Churches to serve their immediate communities by developing modules and guidelines on how to set up human rights help desk in their churches.

EXPECTED OUTCOMES

5. Establish connection with Global and Regional Organizations in the sphere of human rights such as the United Nations General Assembly in New York and the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva.

Prayer Requests

Wisdom and discernment to all participants in the HR Challenge group as we finalize outcomes and action plans for 2020

God’s favor and provision for right people who will champion HR in Churches in every nation

HUMAN RIGHTSC H A L L E N G E