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    Willowcreek, Part 4

    By Jeremy | August 11, 2006

    Hybels' response to Bono: An appeal re. AIDS The church cannot sit idly by and rationalize nonengagement to the global AIDS pandemic. Every church MUST do something. We will give an account for how we respond to AIDS. What can a church do? 1. Educate selves. Creates urgency. 2. Engage in the efforts to alleviate human suffering. The Holy Spirit will lead you to know what the right level of engagement is for your church. BUT be engaged! 3. Travel to places that are being ravaged. See it, taste it, smell it, feel it. Jesus trafficed among the lepers of his day. The trips will "wreck you." Most satisfing moment in 30 yrs at Willow: After donating hundresds of thousands of dollars for tsunami relief and nearly $1 million to Katrina, Christmas 2005, the church received an offering of $1.1 million to fight global poverty and AIDS. One of Willow's finest hours. Hybels gave an appeal specifically on World Vision's behalf (see WV/AIDS FAQ here). WV will donate $100K to any church that demonstrates innovative response to AIDS (too good to be true?). Introduced Richard Stearn to present the new plan. [I have to leave. Will explore the plan later.] Additional AIDS info, from UNTIL.org Worldwide
  • Over 22 million people have died from AIDS.
  • Over 42 million people are living with HIV/AIDS, and 74 percent of these infected people live in sub-Saharan Africa.
  • Over 19 million women are living with HIV/AIDS.
  • By the year 2010, five countries (Ethiopia, Nigeria, China, India, and Russia) with 40 percent of the world's population will add 50 to 75 million infected people to the worldwide pool of HIV disease.
  • There are 14,000 new infections every day (95 percent in developing countries). HIV/AIDS is a "disease of young people" with half of the 5 million new infections each year occurring among people ages 15 to 24.
  • The UN estimates that, currently, there are 14 million AIDS orphans and that by 2010 there will be 25 million.

    • In the United States
  • An estimated one million people are currently living with HIV in the United States, with approximately 40,000 new infections occurring each year.
  • 70 percent of these new infections occur in men and 30 percent occur in women.
  • By race, 54 percent of the new infections in the United States occur among African Americans, and 64 percent of the new infections in women occur in African American women.
  • 75 percent of the new infections in women are heterosexually transmitted.
  • Half of all new infections in the United States occur in people 25 years of age or younger.

    • Topics: aids, bill hybels, bono, leadership, richard stearns, willowcreek, world vision | No Comments »

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