Why go to Goma?
Some might ask, why not serve the Justice needs of Preston Hollow or the Park Cities or even West Dallas and Pleasant Grove? Well, it’s not a binary question. This past month, we have served specific needs of one in our midst with very real probate issues here in Dallas, but we are also called to go to the farthest reaches of the World (Matt 28 and JP’s sermon from last week)
But as I read this article (http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_8530000/8530686.stm), I was reminded of the WHY go to Goma? The answer is simple: there are a host of lies being told there and we know the truth in Christ. John 8:32.
Through our relationships with pastors and believing lawyers and judges in Goma, we can challenge HIS CHURCH (read, HIS Pastors, HIS lawyers, HIS judges) to stand against the falsity and untruth that persists there and can train and equip the next generation of fearless Christian leaders to rise up against the lies that persist in believing that children (God’s creation) somehow are involved in sorcery and deserve death or scars as a result.
See this article to know about the false accusations leveled against kids in Goma. http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_8530000/8530686.stm Here’s just a sampling of what you fill find in the article: “[this child's] is just one of a fast growing number of children accused of sorcery to come to the attention of Unicef’s head of child protection in Congo, Alessandra Dentice.”
May HIS church, HIS lawyers, HIS judges be equipped and then go and rise up against this lies that persist and may these children know that Christ followers will stand against injustice and will protect HIS children.
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