CHURCHES in Africa are reported to be burying more people than they are baptising.
This may sound like an alarming statement, but it is indeed the case given the present scenario of HIV-AIDS in Africa. The chilling verdict was given by an international speaker who is currently the Executive Director of the ‘Children Without Borders Trust’ based in Durban, South Africa, Amon Kasambala, yesterday.Speaking at a three-day annual theological conference underway in the capital, he said this kind of scenario brought along with it a new dimension for the practice of theology in Africa.”A new dimension for the theology of suffering is brought to the surface in the midst of popular theories about prosperity that keeps on haunting the church in Africa”, he noted.Kasambala said during the first cases of HIV-AIDS in Africa, the church claimed to be too holy to be affected and infected by this.But now, the picture was completely different, for the church was in need of healing and reconciliation.He furthermore expressed concern that day by day, the HIV-AIDS scenario was unfolding so rapidly that it was very difficult to keep up with developments and statistics.The reports were so alarming that Africans were faced with one choice and that was to stop being spectators and get involved in the battle against the scourge.The conference ends tomorrow.- NampaThe chilling verdict was given by an international speaker who is currently the Executive Director of the ‘Children Without Borders Trust’ based in Durban, South Africa, Amon Kasambala, yesterday.Speaking at a three-day annual theological conference underway in the capital, he said this kind of scenario brought along with it a new dimension for the practice of theology in Africa.”A new dimension for the theology of suffering is brought to the surface in the midst of popular theories about prosperity that keeps on haunting the church in Africa”, he noted.Kasambala said during the first cases of HIV-AIDS in Africa, the church claimed to be too holy to be affected and infected by this.But now, the picture was completely different, for the church was in need of healing and reconciliation.He furthermore expressed concern that day by day, the HIV-AIDS scenario was unfolding so rapidly that it was very difficult to keep up with developments and statistics.The reports were so alarming that Africans were faced with one choice and that was to stop being spectators and get involved in the battle against the scourge.The conference ends tomorrow.- Nampa
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