WCC denies its newly elected leader, Dr. Jerry Pillay, is an anti-Semite–I365 disagrees
Dr. Jerry Pillay (WCC press release)
Last week, the World Council of Churches selected a new leader. Here is some of what it reported about him then:
June 17, 2022
Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay was elected as the new general secretary of the World Council of Churches (WCC).
He is the ninth general secretary in the WCC’s history since the fellowship of churches was founded in 1948.
Pillay is currently dean of the Faculty of Theology and Religion, University of Pretoria. A member of the Uniting Presbyterian Church in Southern Africa, he is from South Africa. …
Dr Pillay will take up his position 1 January 2023. https://www.oikoumene.org/news/rev-prof-dr-jerry-pillay-elected-as-new-wcc-general-secretary
Well, many apparently complained about this, so the WCC posted the following yesterday:
Regarding false media reporting on Israel and Dr Pillay
While I did not see Jewish reporting about Dr. Phillay until today, here is some of what Israel365 News reported about him:
Anti-Israel/Anti-Semitic Reverend appointed head of World Council of Churches
June 24, 2022
Pillay has compared Zionism to apartheid in his native South Africa and called on fellow Christians to “resist the empirical ambition of Israeli Jews,” according to a JNS report.
In 2016, Pillay perpetuated a vile antisemitic trope by criticizing the “exclusionary and violent character of the Israeli Zionist project,” adding that the state was created via a conspiratorial “Jewish leadership” collaborating with European colonialists.
He also expressed support for the BDS movement against Israel, writing that “Jewish leadership” helped “influence European nationalism and colonization” with “a common desire to establish the State of Israel … on the land of Palestine
Pillay told anti-Israel activists from the Presbyterian Church USA that, “For the sake of just peace we may have to support boycott, divestment and sanctions.”
Pillay accused Israel of wrongfully acting against “the indigenous people of the land” under “the guise of ‘national security’ or ‘national interest.’ ” He also asked Christians to “resist the empirical ambition of Israeli Jews.”
Despite being a member of the Christian clergy, Pillay rejected the Biblical and historical connection between the Jews and the land of Israel, accusing the Jewish “settlers” of abusing the “the indigenous people of the land.” …
he WCC was founded in 1948 and represents 352 churches of various denominations and 580 million Christians from 120 countries. Pillay will be the ninth general secretary in the organization’s history. Pillay is currently dean of the Faculty of Theology and Religion, University of Pretoria.
When Pillay was nominated, Chief Rabbi Dr. Warren Goldstein the Chief Rabbi of The Union of Orthodox Synagogues of South Africa, called on him to “retract statements accusing Israel of apartheid and calling for a boycott of the Jewish state.”
“The WCC has a long history of systemic bias against the Jewish state. I call on Rev Pillay to use his new position to break with its disturbing history, and usher in a new era,” said the chief rabbi.
“I further call on Rev Pillay to engage honestly with the issues affecting this conflict in the same spirit of open dialogue and tolerance with which we engaged with each other and our fellow members of the National Religious Leaders Council in South Africa,” said Goldstein.
“As South Africa’s Orthodox chief rabbi, I have been at the global forefront of repudiating the false and libelous charge that Israel is an apartheid state. In numerous articles, speeches, and public statements, I have brought all the evidence to dismantle the apartheid libel against Israel,” he said.
“I have shown that it’s without foundation in fact or law and that to make this comparison is gross defamation of the Jewish state and an insult to the victims of the real apartheid. I will gladly avail Rev Pillay of the academic literature regarding the legal and historical context to the conflict to substantiate this view. It’s vital to repudiate the apartheid libel against Israel so that the cause of peace can be advance
South African Friends of Israel (SAFI) General Manager Pamela Ngubane says her organization is “alarmed at the controversial appointment of Reverend Professor Dr Jerry Pillay as general secretary of the WCC. Pillay holds a hostile and divisive anti-Israel ideology that attempts to disconnect the Jewish people from the land of Israel. It’s a travesty, and we call upon this appointment to be reviewed and challenged.” https://www.israel365news.com/270630/anti-israel-anti-semitic-reverend-appointed-head-of-world-council-of-churches/
Apparently, Israel365 News did not see the WCC statement about Dr. Phillay as proof he was not an anti-Semite.
The WCC, itself, does not have a history of practicing (or accepting) biblical Christianity, and has tended to be a bit one-sided on many Israel-Palestinian issues.
The WCC has an unclean worldly and ecumenical agenda. One that the CCOG is opposed to and separate from, in according to scriptural passages such as:
14 Do not be unequally yoked together with unbelievers. For what fellowship has righteousness with lawlessness? And what communion has light with darkness? 15 And what accord has Christ with Belial? Or what part has a believer with an unbeliever? 16 And what agreement has the temple of God with idols? For you are the temple of the living God. As God has said:
“I will dwell in them
And walk among them.
I will be their God,
And they shall be My people.”17 Therefore
“Come out from among them
And be separate, says the Lord.
Do not touch what is unclean,
And I will receive you.” (2 Corinthians 6:14-17)
Although the Church of Rome is not officially a member, the Vatican and WCC work together and have similar ecumenical goals.
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