I want to share
an exciting new
development with
Amahoro Africa
and I want to
invite your
prayer and
support in this
process. This is
clearly the next
step for Amahoro
Africa, and what
we came up with
is a training
tool that we are
calling
“Toward The
Gospel of
Transformation”
which
will have 3
elements:
Theology –
Context –
Praxis.”
Theology:
One of our
challenges is
that
Christianity has
presented itself
as a system of
dogmatic and
disjointed
belief instead
of the unified
story of God. As
Africans, we
understand
stories, we have
a harder time
with systems -
we understand
conversation -
we have a harder
time with
lectures, we
understand
community well
being - we have
a harder time
with church
denominational
lines. We need
to understand
the
comprehensive
story of God,
from creation to
culmination,
which presents a
backdrop for all
other details to
make sense. A
theological
framework is a
necessary
prerequisite for
thoughtful
praxis.
Context:
In the West, we
are familiar
with the term
post-modern,
recognizing the
end of modern
ways of
thinking. In
Africa, it is
more appropriate
to speak of
post-colonial,
the era after
colonial power
and influence.
How do we
understand the
Gospel apart
from colonial
and modernist
missionary-era
constraints? A
Gospel not of
coercion, power
and evacuation
strategies, but
a Gospel that
cares for the
poor, the
marginalized and
those who suffer
from unjust
systems. Leaders
need to explore
the gospel
imperatives in
light of their
cultural
context. What
would the Church
in the post
colonial Africa
look like?Praxis:
How does your
story/your life
in your
community serve
the purpose of
the big story,
the story of
God? With an
improving
theological
framework and
more astute
cultural
understanding,
leaders will
have greater
resources -
spiritual,
intellectual,
and theological
- to address
thoughtful
praxis. Praxis
can be summed up
as thoughtful or
right action.
Our hope is that
a foundation
will be laid for
African leaders
to begin to
sketch out
praxis for their
unique
communities.
Africans are
people of
action; we hope
to equip them
with tools to
marry reflection
and action for
stronger
outcomes.
Your support of
this project
will empower
thousands of
emerging leaders
on the continent
of Africa, to
build a solid
understanding of
the big story of
God, an
understanding of
their own
African story,
and then the
articulation of
praxis in a
local community.
Your support
will fight
against the
effects of
second hand
theology/faith,
enabling them to
bring the way of
Christ and the
Kingdom of God
to their own
communities.
Your support and
investment now
will initiate
and carry out
this important
work and will
change
communities in
Africa. Your
prayer support
and financial
support of any
size will bring
us close to this
timely and
important tool
for the Church
today! We are
looking at
raising $10,000
for the next 4
moths for this
project.
