Missionary Minds

The past 10 years have seen an inordinate amount of time and energy spent by the media, politicians, and educators on promoting transgenderism or Gender Identity Disorder (GID).

The latest promotion of transgenderism in the school system is what is called Early Childhood Development Toolkit. The ECD Toolkit is meant to train primary school teachers on how to “educate” lower-grade learners on the fluidity of gender apart from biological givens.

How should we think through the issue as Christians?

Systemic racism refers to laws and policies in a society that discriminate against people based on their race. The Cambridge Dictionary defines systemic racism as “policies and practices that exist throughout a whole society…that result in and support a continued unfair advantage to some people and unfair or harmful treatment of others based on race.” Therefore, systemic racism isn’t just racial bigotry. It’s ‘bias on the books’. It’s discrimination encoded in law.  

Does it exist today?

All about money and ministry in the life of a ministry.

In this episode Boti Paul speaks to us about training a child rightly. It's never too early to start. If you've waited too long, it isn't too late to begin either.

This June, our continent will see its first-ever “Africa Pride” event, a virtual event celebrating homosexuality across Africa. The event is organised by “Reverend” Troy Perry, an American activist, in protest against the criminalisation of homosexual behaviour in Africa. This announcement comes as a bill has been introduced in Botswana’s parliament which would amend the constitution to incorporate specific protection for “intersex persons”, a move which has been widely condemned by Christians in the southern African nation.

When a society ignores God's directive to be fruitful and multiply, its death rate will surpass its fertility rate and that nation will begin to die. For example, researchers estimate that the population of Japan–currently at 125 million–will more than halve to 53 million by the end of the century. Russia, Ukraine, and Italy face a similar problem. These nations thought they were smarter than God and now they are reaping the consequences.

History a filled with many who never went far enough, never tried hard enough, and never continued long enough. Despite these, there are those who can be faulted for going too far and sacrificing too much.

How does a man balance ministry and family life?

Hezekiah received a prophecy that because of his disobedience, a future Babylonian invasion would result in the capture and captivity of his sons. Hezekiah was relieved that he and his generation wouldn’t suffer the Babylonian invasion. As we would say, he kicked the can down the road and left his sons and their generation to deal with the consequences of his folly.This seems to be the attitude of many governments around the world, especially in Africa, as they recklessly spend on government projects that leave future generations to deal with the consequences.

Satan has always tried to wrest the role of education from parents and place it into the hands of the State. In a 1933 speech, Adolph Hitler said: “When an opponent declares, ‘I will not come over to your side,’ I calmly say, ‘Your child belongs to us already.’”When it comes to Africa’s educational problems, the solution is not more government intervention but less, and not less Christian influence but more.

We live in a time of self-appointed 'men of God'. Is it ever right for a pastor to appoint themselves? How should the ordination process go? Where should a church that wants to ordain a pastor begin?

All this and more on this week's installation of Missions Monday.