The Latin American Theological Fraternity, led by Ruth Padilla de Borst, has held a series of events on the topic of 'Mission and power'. These include:

June 22-25, 2009 in San José, Costa Rica

Consultation on Mission and Power in North-South relations.

This three day by-invitation-only consultation brought together a small group of Christian historians from Latin America and North America under the auspices of Conference of Faith and History and the Institute for the Promotion of Christian Higher Education in Latin America.

July 25, 2009 in Santiago, Chile

Consultation on Church, Mission and Power in Chile.

With 33 participants from the local chapters of the Latin American Theological Fellowship in Valparaíso, Concepción, Osorno, Temuco, Valdivia and Santiago.

August 6-7, 2009 in San José, Costa Rica

Regional Consultation for Mexico, Central America, Panama and Caribbean

With 60 participants from 10 different countries, the topic developed was Church, Power and Mission in Latin America Today. The use and abuse of power was deal with both in relation to internal church relations, leadership and such and in relation to Christian presence in the broader socio-political sphere. Also, during this consultation, a letter was drafted condemning the queue in Honduras and calling for a peaceful solution to the conflict. Close to twenty papers were presented and processed in plenaries and groups.

These papers are being posted weekly on the LATF website (www.ftl-al.org) and people are being invited to interact on the issues raised.

September 4, 2009 in San José, Costa Rica

A small gathering of people from CLAI related churches gathered as a final step in the reflexion process they have been involved in on different Edinburgh study themes.

September 26, 2009 in Dominican Republic

National Consultation LATF

Church, Power and Mission in the DR today.

The same will be repeated in Peru and Brazil (dates to be confirmed).

Further details of all these activities are in the attached file.