Church of the Saviour. Washington DC
The Church of the Saviour in Washington, DC is a network of nine independent, ecumenical Christian faith communities and over 40 ministries that have grown out of the original Church of the Saviour community founded in the mid-1940s. The current ministries and faith communities are the result of an alternative approach to “church” and church structures, which is the hallmark of the Church of the Saviour.
Randomly chosen program from the Church of the Saviour:
| A Voice from El Salvador |
Speaker(s): Amparo Lopez Palacios, Intro: Jerry Parr, Translator: Sally Hamlin |
Description: Palacios speaks in Spanish, translated to English by Sally Hamlin. Palacios asks the congregation to imagine they are not Americans, but are indigenous residents of El Salvador. She wants them to imagine most of the wealth has been given to the elites, that their land has been raped, that war tears into their towns and that one-third of the people are displaced. She wants them to imagine their country has suffered a social and ecological disaster. She said Americans receive news about El Salvador, some of which sounds good. But she says one-fourth of the news should be believed, one-fourth you should doubt, and one-half you should not believe unless you see it for yourself. She talks about the 70,000 people killed. (Note: Jerry Parr, who gives the introduction, was co-pastor of Church of the Saviour for 12 years. Prior to that, he was the Secret Service agent credited with saving the life of Reagan when the president as attacked by John Hinckley.) | Length: 32:54 | Recording Date: October 13, 1991 | Recorded at: Church of the Saviour, Washington, DC |
