Seventh-day Adventists women and leaders from across the West Jamaica Conference territory have joined voices with the international campaign to stop violence against women, during the Women’s Ministries Convention and march on Sabbath, August 25, 2018, in Montego Bay.
Scores of women, clad in their purple outfits, came together at the Seventh-day Adventist Conference Centre for the morning service of the annual event. The venue shifted as they marched to the Montego Bay Number 2 Post Office Courtyard on Barnett Street.
“God had to include this story in the Bible,” said the guest speaker, Roxanne McKoy Chambers “a horrible story, that not only points out the grave effects of violence but the blow that results when we fold our hands and keep silent” she exclaimed, during her sermon which was based on the story of Tamar’s rape in the book of 2 Samuel.
She was speaking during the morning service of the Women’s Convention under the theme: “End it Now!”, the caption of “a global initiative to raise awareness and advocate for the end of violence around the world. It aims to mobilize Seventh-day Adventists around the world and invites other community groups to join in to resolve this worldwide issue,” says the movement’s website.
“God has called us to action against violence, to cry aloud like Tamar against all forms of physical, sexual and emotional abuse and hereby affirm the dignity and worth of every…human being,” she emphasized.
Chanting and holding placards and banners carrying messages against domestic abuse, particularly against females, scores of women, men and children extended the call of the speaker during the march in the afternoon.
