Church's declaration of an internal war against the disease.

The chairman for the Commission for Unity and Racial Equality (CURE), Kenneth Spurling, said the organisation was delighted at the initiative taken by the church's racism committee.

The committee created forums for open dialogue on the subject and has examined and prepared a report on institutional racism within the church's structure.

"The conclusions drawn in their report and the recommendations put forward are supported by CURE as constructive, initial efforts to address the concerns of the church,'' said Mr. Spurling.

"It should ensure that the structure of the Church promotes equal opportunity to all people to participate in the deliberations of the church and to worship with dignity and grace.'' Anglican Church spokesman the Rev. Robert Thacker announced on Tuesday that the committee had prepared a report and begun putting its recommendations in place.

He said while no indication of a conspiracy to cultivate the power and influence of whites over blacks was found, "institutional racism is unconsciously perpetuated and enabled'' in the church.

It came through the maintenance of doing things in the traditional way and the reluctance discuss racism openly, added Rev. Thacker.

To prevent this from continuing to happen, the recommendations from the report were steadily being enacted, he said.

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