Conferneces in Kenya and Uganda
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- Published: Wednesday, 16 September 2009 10:25
I have just returned from an 18 day mission trip in Africa. Approximately 800 pastors, evangelists and church leaders attended the 2 conferences in the nations of Uganda and Kenya. The first week took place in the city of Jinja, Uganda. There were 521 pastors representing 8 different districts of Uganda, that gathered at the Oasis of Life Church. Daily, from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m., I had the wonderful joy of teaching the “Christ-centered Evangelism” workbook, to this very hungry and receptive group. As you know, the theme of this study is to call the body of Christ to fully return to God’s instructional manual, concerning the New Testament teaching of Biblical evangelism! Each one of us are called and commanded to be on mission with God! However, God desires that His people would use His means to carry out His mission. The great tragedy of the evangelism of the last 70 years, is that the vast majority of the evangelical church has been attempting to do God’s work; man’s way! The church has been steadily moving away from the “Jesus-focused” message found in the Book of Acts, and has been focusing the message on the “felt-needs” of sinners. In addition to this deceptive and damaging error, the church has been attempting to use methods that have not been ordained by God. They have adopted techniques and tactics that are the inventions of men! The continent of Africa, in particular, has been thoroughly contaminated with the false message of ‘the prosperity gospel’. It is heartbreaking to see how the “peddlers of the Word of God” have corrupted the minds of millions of Africans, within the professing church. The purpose in teaching ‘Christ-centered Evangelism’ is to call the church to return to God’s ordained means, to carry out his mission; and to return to the authentic Gospel message that focuses on the Person of Jesus; the Work of Jesus; and the Terms of Jesus.