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...meeting was billed in advance as a mere formality, but after a friendly 45-minute conversation, they declared, "The time is too short and the need too pressing to waste Christian energy pursuing old rivalries," and added, "The talents and resources of all the churches must be shared if Christ is to be seen and heard effectively." They paid credit to the zeal of Africa's churches...
...religion classes in the schools, and are engaged in joint evangelistic work. Christian divisions are a "scandal to the world," John Paul told a meeting of non-Catholic leaders in Nairobi. "Especially to the young churches in mission lands. Truly the credibility of the Gospel message and of Christ himself is linked to Christian unity." In struggling to remove this "scandal," as in many other spiritual matters, Africa seems destined to play a dramatic part...
...Volta and the Ivory Coast. The itinerary was confined to Africa's middle, south of the vast Sahara region, which is dominated by Islam, and well north of the agonizing problems of racist South Africa, in which the Roman Catholic Church in 1977 demanded on the basis of Christ's teachings "full citizen and human rights for all persons" regardless of race...
...from overseas restriction and remote form, and because they do not worry about ritual backsliding into tribal practices. Along with wild and colorful services, they usually emphasize healings and personalized visions and prophecies. Some, including the largest independent church of all, Zaïre's Church of Jesus Christ on Earth by the Prophet Simon Kimbangu, more closely resemble orthodox Protestantism. The movement was founded in 1921. It prospered because the colonial Belgian government considered Kimbangu a troublemaker and martyred him by throwing him into prison, where he later died. Many of the independent churches are openly syncretistic, putting...
...current attempt to mix religion and politics is not new. Two thousand years ago, those who described themselves as "godly" decreed what was proper among believers and what was to be required of all people. Then and now, "godly" people are the crucifiers of Jesus Christ...