美国长老会呼吁应对古巴人道危机：总议会通过全教会行动决议，与古巴长老宗教会设共同祷告主日，10月27日教会官网报道
美国长老会（PC(USA)）官网10月27日报道，该教会在古巴人道危机加剧、食品、药品和其他基本必需品供应受威胁之际，重申对古巴邻舍的长期承诺：今年6月在密尔沃基举行的第227届总议会上，委员们通过了一项全教会行动决议，支持古巴人民及其姊妹教会古巴长老宗改革教会（IPRC）。
这项名为「关切古巴长老宗改革教会与古巴人民」的 RIW-11 决议，要求教会书记兼长老会生活与见证部执行主任吴志贤（Jihyun Oh）牧师宣布一个与 IPRC 共同守的全教会祷告主日，并要求各宗派机构回应古巴的经济危机、在2028年第228届总议会上报告进展。长老会联合国事工与公共见证办公室受命倡导减少食品、药品与基本必需品流通障碍的政策，支持人道援助畅通、外交接触，并反对对古巴采取军事行动。
报道说，古巴的经济困境来自多重压力叠加，包括美国长期制裁、贸易限制、燃料短缺、通货膨胀、基础设施老化与国内困难；美国财政部9月底扩大了与古巴军事、情报和安全机构相关交易的限制，并取消了团体教育旅行和部分专业会议的授权。公共见证办公室还发起了一场以「古巴是我们的邻舍，爱是我们的呼召」为主题的社交媒体行动。
伙伴关系方面，古巴伙伴网络（Cuba Partners Network）本月早些时候在古巴马坦萨斯举行了年度聚会「Encuentro」，约35名美国参与者与40至50名古巴伙伴一同敬拜、查经并讨论 IPRC 面临的现实。报道说，过去一年里，古巴境内除两家外的所有 IPRC 教会都安装了太阳能电池板，由国际伙伴资助，以应对频繁停电；哈瓦那第一长老宗改革教会长期为长者供餐，近期也开始为儿童供餐，美国伙伴教会可通过网购把食物直接送到该教会。
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Renews Call to Action on Cuba Humanitarian Crisis: General Assembly Action Includes a Churchwide Sunday of Prayer, Reported October 27
The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) reported on its official website on October 27 that it is renewing its longstanding commitment to its Cuban neighbors as a worsening humanitarian crisis threatens access to food, medicine and other basic necessities across the island. At the denomination's 227th General Assembly in Milwaukee in June, commissioners voted for a churchwide call to action supporting the people of Cuba and the PC(USA)'s sister denomination, the Presbyterian-Reformed Church in Cuba (IPRC).
Item RIW-11, "Reaching out in Concern for the Presbyterian-Reformed Church and People of Cuba," directs the Stated Clerk and Executive Director of Presbyterian Life & Witness, the Rev. Jihyun Oh, to declare a churchwide Sunday of Prayer with the IPRC. It also requires denominational agencies to respond to Cuba's economic crisis and report on their progress at the 228th General Assembly in 2028. The Presbyterian Ministry at the United Nations and the Office of Public Witness were directed to advocate for policies reducing barriers to food, medicine and basic necessities, enabling humanitarian aid without obstruction, supporting diplomatic engagement and rejecting military action against Cuba.
The report said Cuba's economic challenges involve overlapping pressures including longstanding U.S. sanctions, trade restrictions, fuel shortages, inflation, deteriorating infrastructure and domestic struggles, and that at the end of September the U.S. Treasury Department expanded restrictions on transactions connected to Cuban military, intelligence and security services and eliminated authorization for group educational travel and certain professional meetings. The Office of Public Witness has launched a social media campaign, "Cuba Is Our Neighbor, Love Is Our Call."
On partnership, the Cuba Partners Network gathered in Matanzas, Cuba, earlier this month for its annual "Encuentro," where roughly 35 U.S. attendees and 40 to 50 Cuban partners worshiped, studied Scripture and discussed the realities facing the IPRC. In the past year, all but two IPRC churches across Cuba have been outfitted with solar panels, funded by international partners, providing crucial energy amid power outages. First Presbyterian-Reformed Church of Havana has long provided meals to seniors and recently began serving children as well, with U.S. partner churches able to order food online and have it sent directly to the church.
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图片来源：古巴哈瓦那的一座教堂（历史明信片资料图）。Roberts & Co. 摄，公共领域，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / A church in Havana, Cuba (vintage postcard file photo). Photo by Roberts & Co., public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
