SOUTH AFRICAN COUNCIL OF CHURCHES:"As a National Council of Churches and Institutions, the SACC, acting on behalf of its member churches, is called by the Triune God to work for moral reconstruction in South Africa, focusing on issues of justice, reconciliation, integrity of creation and the eradication of poverty and contributing towards the empowerment of all who are spiritually, socially and economically marginalised."
Population: 44 million
Population growth: 1.9 %
Life expectancy:
56 years (men), 60 years (women)
Age structure:
0-14 years: 32%
15-64 years: 63%
65 years and over: 5%
(2000 est.)
In South Africa, more than 420,000 children have lost one or both parents to AIDS, the nation's leading cause of death. Overall, AIDS has orphaned at least 10 million children under age 15 in sub-Saharan Africa.
Infant Mortality
(per 1000 live births): 51
GNI per capita: 3,020 US$
GDP: 125.9 billion US$
Religions:
Christian 68%
Indigenous beliefs 28.5%
Muslim 2%,
Hindu 1.5%
Languages:
11 official languages
Afrikaans, English, Ndebele, Pedi, Sotho, Swazi, Tsonga, Tswana, Venda, Xhosa, Zulu
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SACC PROGRAMME AREAS: Poverty Eradication Proclaiming Reconciliation Ensuring Justice Health Emergency & Relief Faith & Mission Capacity Building Public Policy Liaison |
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"To us in South and southern Africa, and indeed the entire continent, the WCC has always been known as a champion of the oppressed and the exploited," Nelson Mandela 1998. |
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SACC has 26 members
and 1 associate member.
8 of these are members ** and
1 an Associate member of the WCC ***
African Catholic Church
African Congregational Church
African Methodist Episcopal Church
Baptist Convention
Church of the
Province of SA (Anglican) **
Coptic Orthodox Church
Council of African
Instituted Churches ***
Ethiopian Episcopal Church
Evangelical Church in SA
Evangelical Lutheran Church of SA **
Evangelical Lutheran Church of SA (Natal/Transvaal)
Evangelical Presbyterian
Church of SA **
Hervormde Kerk in Suider Afrika
International Fellowship
of Christian Churches
Methodist Church of
Southern Africa **
Moravian Church in South Africa **
Presbyterian Church in Africa **
Religious Society
of Friends (Quakers)
Salvation Army
SA Catholic
Bishops' Conference
United Congregational
Church of SA **
Uniting Presbyterian
Church of SA **
Uniting Reformed Church of S A **
Volkskerk van Afrika
Observer Members SACC
Dutch Reformed Church
(Nederduits Gereformeerde Kerk
Other Churches
Apostolic Faith Mission of SA
Assemblies of God
Baptist Union of South Africa
Church of England in South Africa
Church of the Nazarene
Apostoliese Geloofsending | Apostolic Faith Mission
Assemblies of God
Baptist Union of South Africa
Church of England in South Africa
Church of the Nazarene
Rereformed Church in South Africa
Lutheran Communion in South Africa
Nederduitsch Hervormde Kerk van Afrika
Orthodox Church / Ortodokse Kerk
Reformed Church in Africa
United Congregational Church of SA
Volle Evangelie Kerk
Wesleyan Church
Other Faiths
Bahá'í Faith
Buddhism SA
Jewish Educational Development
SACC General Secretary: Rev Dr Molefe Tsele
Born: December 7, 1956
Minister of the Evangelical Lutheran Church since 1982. Founder member of the Soweto Parents Crisis Committee. Served more than two years as a State of Emergency Detainee between 1986 and 1988. Before assuming the post of SACC GS, he was a former Consultant to the Premier of the Government of the North West Province of South Africa and served as Executive Director in the SACC sub-unit of Ecumenical Service for Socio-Economic Transformation (ESSET).
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