THE ANGLICAN CHURCH has commended Government for keeping public sector workers employed and is urging it not to send home people by slavishly following any economic model that looks expedient.
Against the backdrop of suggestions by Professor Michael Howard and other commentators that austerity measures are the way forward for local economic growth, Bishop Dr John Holder said while the present Government was responsible for leading the country’s search for solutions, it must not sacrifice the welfare of the needy on the altar of some perceived model of economic efficiency or political expediency.
“The efforts to keep as many persons as possible in employment in these trying times is an effort that must be commended,” he told Barbadians in his message to the church’s annual Synod on the Day of Pentecost last Sunday.
“In the message of the Gospel as proclaimed by our Lord, there is no erring on the side of compassion,” he said. “We must not be afraid to let the world know that there are a few basics of this society that we will not sacrifice. One of these is the biblical command to be our brother’s keeper.
