CHAA - A Creed for the AIDS Pandemic.
CHAA (Christian HIV/AIDS Alliance) has initiated a Creed for the AIDS pandemic suitable to be read in church services for World AIDS day or any other occasion when the pandemic is remembered. We encourage churches to download the creed free, or copies are available in a glossy bookmark format from CHAA, at £20/100 copies plus Post and package.
We believe that God loves the world and the proof of that love is the Lord Jesus Christ’s death on the Cross.
We believe that through the reconciling power of the Cross, God’s love seeks to embrace all people regardless of creed, colour, gender or sexual orientation and that the AIDS pandemic is not God’s judgement on sinful behaviour.
We believe that God has called the Church to be the agent of His love in this broken world.
We believe that Christ’s love compels us that we should no longer live for ourselves but for Him and that the Gospel calls us to care for our brothers and sisters in Christ and share in their sufferings and to do good to all people.
We believe that as stewards of the talents we have been given, we have a responsibility to use them to help all those affected by the AIDS pandemic.
We believe that, as Christ’s disciples, we are called to comfort the broken-hearted, help the oppressed, care for orphans and widows and minister to the sick.
Therefore, as God’s people, we covenant together to pray regularly, give generously, fight stigma, encourage one another, and share in fellowship with those affected by the pandemic.