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| Africa Subsaharan |
| Forgotten faithful |
| 2010-07-18 |
| [Mail and Globe] Harare. My Zimbabwean host said: "Don't forget us." Yet the persecution of Anglicans in the diocese of Harare, which is spreading, is being seen and remembered by few Christian communities around the world. My hosts do not worship in the fine building that was built by the Anglicans themselves -- some told me that they even made the bricks with their own hands, freely and willingly giving their labour as a gift to God -- but in a colourful marquee in a supporter's garden. The marquee is so packed that some have to worship outside; the joy, energy and silences in the worship are indicators of the depth of commitment to God and one another. But not far beneath the surface is the pain of being exiles, forced from the spiritual home, built to the glory of God, that is rightly theirs. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #3 Where the spirit of the Lord is, there is the one true church, apostolic and universal. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2010-07-18 19:05 |
| #2 Besides, were it acknowledged, then something would have to be done, by people who desperately don't want to do anything about real evil. They'll happily condemn Israel for something though, as soon as they think of the next thing to condemn them for. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2010-07-18 18:50 |
| #1 What is inexplicable about the western media ignoring what Mugabe's comrades are doing the Anglicans? Mugabe is one of the media's creations and success stories : they got him into power and have kept him there. Nothing that would disrupt the narrative is allowed, just like when they ignored his thugs torturing and murdering political opponents, until the stench of it got so bad that it had to be reported. |
| Posted by: Shieldwolf 2010-07-18 13:10 |