{"id":18524,"date":"2026-07-03T10:06:34","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T10:06:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev-bb.worldea.org\/a-letter-to-american-christians-on-the-250th-anniversary-of-u-s-independence\/"},"modified":"2026-09-04T15:58:23","modified_gmt":"2026-09-04T15:58:23","slug":"a-letter-to-american-christians-on-the-250th-anniversary-of-u-s-independence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldea.org\/fr\/a-letter-to-american-christians-on-the-250th-anniversary-of-u-s-independence\/","title":{"rendered":"Lettre aux chr\u00e9tiens am\u00e9ricains \u00e0 l&#039;occasion du 250e anniversaire de l&#039;ind\u00e9pendance des \u00c9tats-Unis"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/acrobat.adobe.com\/id\/urn:aaid:sc:US:cb1d73d0-7c15-4d23-972a-589429caf746\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/worldea.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/screenshot-2026-07-03-121353.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-30652\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.8513184235291503;width:504px;height:auto\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dans une lettre ouverte aux Am\u00e9ricains marquant le 250e anniversaire de l&#039;ind\u00e9pendance des \u00c9tats-Unis, le r\u00e9v\u00e9rend Botrus Mansour, secr\u00e9taire g\u00e9n\u00e9ral de l&#039;Alliance \u00e9vang\u00e9lique mondiale, rend hommage au sacrifice et \u00e0 la g\u00e9n\u00e9rosit\u00e9 des chr\u00e9tiens am\u00e9ricains et les invite, au cours des prochaines d\u00e9cennies, \u00e0 \u201c servir les autres avec humilit\u00e9, en comprenant les cultures locales et en \u00e9vitant d&#039;exporter une version monoculturelle du christianisme \u201d.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Le r\u00e9v\u00e9rend Mansour ouvre sa lettre en remerciant personnellement les chr\u00e9tiens am\u00e9ricains pour leur influence durable sur sa foi, avant m\u00eame qu&#039;il ne mette les pieds aux \u00c9tats-Unis. Il loue les chr\u00e9tiens am\u00e9ricains \u201c pour le soutien pratique apport\u00e9 aux missionnaires, leur g\u00e9n\u00e9rosit\u00e9 et leur fid\u00e8le partenariat minist\u00e9riel qu&#039;il a rencontr\u00e9s \u00e0 travers les \u00c9tats-Unis \u201d.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tout en saluant l&#039;influence mondiale des leaders et institutions \u00e9vang\u00e9liques am\u00e9ricains, le pasteur Mansour exhorte les \u00c9glises am\u00e9ricaines \u00e0 se concentrer sur la prochaine \u00e9tape de leur d\u00e9veloppement au cours des cinquante prochaines ann\u00e9es. Il soutient que l&#039;\u00c9glise doit devenir plus \u201c\u00a0incarn\u00e9e\u00a0\u201d\u00a0: servir les gens avec humilit\u00e9, comprendre les cultures locales et \u00e9viter d&#039;exporter une version monoculturelle du christianisme.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Le dirigeant de l&#039;Alliance \u00e9vang\u00e9lique mondiale identifie \u00e9galement plusieurs points qui m\u00e9ritent r\u00e9flexion\u00a0:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Un langage ax\u00e9 sur la prosp\u00e9rit\u00e9 qui risque d&#039;occulter l&#039;appel de l&#039;\u00c9vangile \u00e0 la simplicit\u00e9 et \u00e0 la d\u00e9pendance envers Dieu.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Une trop grande importance accord\u00e9e \u00e0 l&#039;individualisme peut affaiblir la vie partag\u00e9e et communautaire de l&#039;\u00c9glise.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Une collaboration insuffisante, o\u00f9 les instincts entrepreneuriaux peuvent involontairement limiter un partenariat plus approfondi entre les traditions et les nations.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Risque de fusion entre nationalisme et christianisme, ce qui peut nuire au t\u00e9moignage universel de l&#039;\u00c9vangile<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Le r\u00e9v\u00e9rend Mansour conclut en encourageant \u00e0 c\u00e9l\u00e9brer \u00e0 la fois l&#039;ind\u00e9pendance des \u00c9tats-Unis et la \u201c plus grande libert\u00e9 trouv\u00e9e en Christ \u201d, appelant l&#039;\u00c9glise am\u00e9ricaine \u00e0 b\u00e9nir les nations non seulement par sa force, mais aussi par sa volont\u00e9 de suivre J\u00e9sus o\u00f9 qu&#039;il les conduise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Pour lire l&#039;article complet, rendez-vous \u00e0 la page 24 du magazine \u2018\u00a0Evangelicals\u00a0\u2019, publi\u00e9 par l&#039;Alliance \u00e9vang\u00e9lique nord-am\u00e9ricaine., <a href=\"https:\/\/acrobat.adobe.com\/id\/urn:aaid:sc:US:cb1d73d0-7c15-4d23-972a-589429caf746\">Cliquez ici<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In an open letter to Americans marking the 250th anniversary of U.S. independence,&nbsp;Rev. Botrus Mansour, Secretary General of the&nbsp;World Evangelical Alliance, honors the sacrifice and generosity of American Christians and challenges them in the coming decades to \u201cserve others with humility, understanding local cultures&nbsp;and avoiding&nbsp;exporting a one-culture version of Christianity.\u201d Rev. 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