Comments on: Is the Consumer Church Being Exported to Africa? http://consumingjesus.org/2009/09/03/is-the-consumer-church-being-exported-to-africa/ Beyond Race and Class Issues In a Consumer Church Tue, 17 Apr 2012 22:52:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Abednego O.F. Oghenekevwe http://consumingjesus.org/2009/09/03/is-the-consumer-church-being-exported-to-africa/comment-page-1/#comment-1193 Abednego O.F. Oghenekevwe Sun, 31 Jan 2010 18:54:42 +0000 http://consumingjesus.org/?p=101#comment-1193 This is a great essay. For quite sometime now the LORD has been showing me the state of the church in terms of the practicality of our faith as christians in our daily living. To show you how strong the LORD is impressing this upon my heart and the need for the church to pursue a holistic gospel (and probably the way HE feels about it) l'm passionately writing my Doctoral degree dissertation on to topic "The Concept of Faith in the Old Testament and Its Implications for Christians in Warri metropolis". The church has not faired well in showing love to the brethren in the church and in her community. Something to be done. If you have materials on the topic of my dissertation, please send it through my email: abedelen@yahoo.com or abednegooghenekevwe@yahoo.com. This is one way we can work together to make the church live up to Christ's demand upon her: preaching the gospel, living a sanctified life, teaching the Word of God by words and by our life-style, and demonstrating our faith in God by our obedience to him. This is a great essay. For quite sometime now the LORD has been showing me the state of the church in terms of the practicality of our faith as christians in our daily living. To show you how strong the LORD is impressing this upon my heart and the need for the church to pursue a holistic gospel (and probably the way HE feels about it) l’m passionately writing my Doctoral degree dissertation on to topic “The Concept of Faith in the Old Testament and Its Implications for Christians in Warri metropolis”. The church has not faired well in showing love to the brethren in the church and in her community. Something to be done. If you have materials on the topic of my dissertation, please send it through my email: abedelen@yahoo.com or abednegooghenekevwe@yahoo.com. This is one way we can work together to make the church live up to Christ’s demand upon her: preaching the gospel, living a sanctified life, teaching the Word of God by words and by our life-style, and demonstrating our faith in God by our obedience to him.

]]> By: Jeff Atherstone http://consumingjesus.org/2009/09/03/is-the-consumer-church-being-exported-to-africa/comment-page-1/#comment-543 Jeff Atherstone Thu, 08 Oct 2009 05:13:32 +0000 http://consumingjesus.org/?p=101#comment-543 Alex I am so happy that you have addressed this issue. It was weighing heavily on my mind yesterday in chapel. For some reason I felt uncomfortable that all our songs were in English and Luganda. I even began to notice that our students from northern Uganda, Burundi and Kenya were all sitting near the back. Before I had assumed that they were disinterested in worship but now I am sensing more that they are feeling excluded from worship. Continue to use your prophetic voice to speak into the life to speak into the life and worship of the church! Alex

I am so happy that you have addressed this issue. It was weighing heavily on my mind yesterday in chapel. For some reason I felt uncomfortable that all our songs were in English and Luganda. I even began to notice that our students from northern Uganda, Burundi and Kenya were all sitting near the back. Before I had assumed that they were disinterested in worship but now I am sensing more that they are feeling excluded from worship.

Continue to use your prophetic voice to speak into the life to speak into the life and worship of the church!

]]> By: James Teira http://consumingjesus.org/2009/09/03/is-the-consumer-church-being-exported-to-africa/comment-page-1/#comment-498 James Teira Sat, 05 Sep 2009 07:07:08 +0000 http://consumingjesus.org/?p=101#comment-498 This is a very good essay Alex. It has comfirmed my fears and the way I should grow our new church plant. Jesus worked with the educated and the uneducated. The Jews and the Samaritans who are we to focus on one group of people for our selfish interest. This is a very good essay Alex. It has comfirmed my fears and the way I should grow our new church plant. Jesus worked with the educated and the uneducated. The Jews and the Samaritans who are we to focus on one group of people for our selfish interest.

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