Andrew Strom – Trying to Transform Africa with False Christianity

Africa’s ‘Christian’ population on rise they say.  The problem is they didn’t check to see if they are actually born again Christians or just part of the false Christianity sweeping over the world. DISINFORMATION is what it’s called. Tell people amazing things are happening when in fact nothing of the sort is taking place.

Quote from Douglas Busby from the article below;   ”Keep in mind that 90 percent of the continent still believes in witchcraft and spells, yes even the Christians.”

And I concur. And you know what? The same thing in America and around the world. Most of America call themselves Christian too but follow false teachings and new age practices. There are no degrees of occultism as many would love to believe. You either follow Jesus Christ the Son of God 100% and that INCLUDES the Word of God 100% (the two can’t be separated from one another) or you don’t which means you follow after other gods and are therefore NOT Christian.

Andrew “Spends more time trying to transform Africa than his own back yard” Strom, is part of the Apostolic and Prophetic movement – He did however say that he had moved away from this movement. But he has not, he is Latter Rain and he is Emergent. He is a Purpose Driver, a Change Agent. I think you and Brian McLaren need to go have a cuppa coffee together, he just loves transforming Africa too. Brian’s mission is to connect everyone that is currently disconnected.

Quote from Andrew Strom from the article below;   ”There are reasons why Africa has always been the ‘dark continent’ spiritually and there’s ingrained patterns of sin that go back probably thousands of years and generation upon generation of repeating these patterns. Christianity should be breaking up those patterns, but the church is not strong enough,”

Oh Andrew, Andrew,  Andrew. The church is not strong enough?

NO ANDREW, Jesus Christ the Son of God BREAKS THE CHAINS OF SIN in peoples lives when they come to GENUINE REPENTANCE and ABANDON their wicked ways- this can ONLY be done through the CONVICTION OF THE HOLY SPIRIT in their lives.

You insult and deny Jesus Christ. You have elevated yourself to the level of the one who ‘makes the difference in peoples lives’.

I definitely think you need to go back to the USA and stay there. Your country is in utter spiritual chaos AFTER all the so called Revivals that spread across your nation.  This started in the early 1900′s with the Azusa Street Revival, but you know that already.  Now you are all coming to Africa and spreading the same FALSE SPIRIT.

Who are you really working with Andrew Strom? I know who… but let’s see if you can be really honest for once.

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[DTW notes in green]

Africa’s ‘Christian’ population on rise – But will tribal rituals be overcome by the Gospel?

By Michael Carl – January 09, 2010  -  © 2010 WorldNetDaily

Africa, the “dark continent” to which American Christians shipped missionary after missionary during the 20th Century, now features 40 percent of the Nigerian population among the rolls of Christians, according to the CIA Factbook.

Patrick Johnstone and Jason Mandryk’s Operation World reports Uganda is 88 percent Christian and Kenya is about 78 percent Christian.  [DTW note: Really?]

Missions analysts at the Free Methodist Church of North America say their African churches are the fastest growing in their denomination and the largest Anglican province in the world is in Nigeria. [DTW note: Oh you mean Anglican/RCC not Christianity. That makes more sense]

But Jonathan Bonk, director of the Overseas Ministries Study Center in New Haven, Conn., says the key is how Christian is defined.  [DTW note: Absolutely]

“Self-definition as Christian has a long history, and conversion does not always result in ‘fruit in keeping with repentance.’ As extraordinarily dynamic as churches in Africa appear to be, the acid test is still the outcome of it all,” he said.

He said there are some serious questions that should be asked.

“What relational, social, ethical difference does it make, in a continent filled with the savagery of wars, rape, corruption, despotic leaders (many of whom call themselves ‘Christian’)? Is there any evidence that Christian conversion is making a difference? Such questions need to be asked, in view of what Jesus himself describes in his judgment day scenario when he separates the sheep from the goats,” he said.

Andrew Strom is an evangelist and author who leads the Revival School Ministry. Strom has extensive experience working in Africa and he says the problems in the churches depend on which country. [Emphasis Added]  [DTW note: Extensive experience working in Africa? I seriously doubt it. These guys come here on a holiday and all of a sudden become experts.]

“There are different problems in different countries. I was in Uganda a couple of months ago and the AIDS epidemic has seriously impacted the population there. There’s many AIDS orphans, so you have a huge problem with promiscuity there,” Strom said. [DTW note: Yes and look what happened in Uganda, Andrew. Uganda’s New Apostolic Reformation Transformation Disaster ]

“There are reasons why Africa has always been the ‘dark continent’ spiritually and there’s ingrained patterns of sin that go back probably thousands of years and generation upon generation of repeating these patterns. Christianity should be breaking up those patterns, but the church is not strong enough,”  [DTW note:  I already commented on this one, still can't get other it though]

Bonk said that some issues relating to Christianity have to be raised.

“These questions are not particular to Africa, of course, but need always and everywhere to be asked – of ourselves, of our churches, of our religious institutions, of our society, etc. Where’s the salt? Where’s the light on a hill, in Africa?” [DTW note:  There is no light. Africa is being transformed exactly the way the EU wants it to be transformed.]

Bonk points to a major tragedy to illustrate his point.

“Remember that Rwanda was the most ‘Christian’ nation on earth, in pure demographic terms. What difference did such ‘Christian’ faith make to those who wielded the machetes? What difference does it make, for that matter, in the minds of the Sunday School teachers who fire missiles from the security of an American fighter jet? There’s a huge disconnect here, that raises serious questions about just what we mean by Christian,” he said. [DTW note: Rwanda was one of the first countries Rick Warren penetrated with his Purpose Driven lies]

Filmmaker Douglas Busby is a producer and director for Damascus Films and he’s done several documentaries on Christianity in Africa. Busby says church is a serious experience in Africa.

“I have been to Africa 10 times and have been to many churches and you’ve never really been to church until you’ve been to church in Africa. It is a celebration, not a prosaic ritual that makes you feel better for an hour or two after you walk out of the building.” [DTW note: Africans know how to celebrate, dance and sing. You confuse this natural born African talent with genuine Christian worship.]

Busby said there is a real presence of the church in Africa

“Of course there are millions of true Christians on the continent. But the church is the cart before the horse. Education is the horse that will lead people to the truth,” he said. [DTW note: Hmmmm I am pretty sure FIFA (run by the EU) hinted at the same thing. Education for Africa that is, not Christianity. EU is gonna pump billions of $'s into Africa for 'Education'  FIFA says Free Education for Africa – What does the fine print say?]

However, Busby points to a problem that is rampant on the continent.

“Keep in mind that 90 percent of the continent still believes in witchcraft and spells, yes even the Christians. Will Africa take over the decisions of a particular Christian practice? No. Their world influence is centuries behind the West,” he said. [DTW note: So we can maybe say that only 10% are genuinely Christian? I would say that's a fair assumption. In fact this percentage might be even less, and this is a percentage you can apply throughout the world.]

Tom Zurowski is president and founder of the Global Response Network, an organization that works all over the world, but with a special focus on south-Saharan East Africa, in the Sudan, Uganda and Kenya. Zurowski said some Christians try to mix animism with Christianity. [DTW note: Animism is the the belief that natural objects, nature, and the universe itself have souls, desires and intentions in other words the universe is a 'consciousness'. And as with New Age beliefs you can tap into this consciousness through meditation and other occult practices.  As we can see there is no difference between African witchcraft and Westernised Pantheism and Eastern Religious beliefs.]

“Also there are many in African churches who still practice tribal rituals. They sing and dance on Sunday and go to the witch doctor on Monday. When we were renovating the chapel on the Nugent School Campus in Sudan, we were told by the local Anglican priests that we first needed to sacrifice a chicken or a goat. They said if we didn’t that something bad would happen. Anglicans make up the largest church-going population in southern Sudan. However, not all Anglicans are like this, I can safely and sadly say that many are,” he said. [DTW: Anglicans? I would never have guessed.]

Zurowski agrees that the church in America experiences some of the same problems as the church in Africa. However, Zurowski says that while the church is making gains, the church sometimes looks like the world. [DTW: How can the church be making gains and look like the world at the same time? It's either one or the other. Let's stick to the latter and not beat around the bush here].

“If you’re not there on a Sunday people will ask what is wrong with you. It’s like a local festival in the community. Going to church is a religious and social demand. In Nigeria, religion and the broader society are interwoven and it’s hard to tell where one begins and the other ends.”

Busby said the problem is that the church has mixed too much with the culture and maybe it’s become too familiar. “But the downside is all businesses and commerce are now being based on religious affiliation. Every store is named ‘Jesus is King Furniture’ or ‘Hallelujah Burgers.’ If you are not conforming to this false activity just to make a ‘buck’ you won’t have customers,” he said. [DTW note: Now that I didn't know. Interesting. Can't buy or sell unless you conform. Sounds 'like' a small bit of Biblical prophecy from Revelation 13:17 ...hmmm.]

Busby said part of the problem comes from the history of Christianity in Africa. [DTW note: Sorry Busby, but true Christianity is not responsible for Africa. A false Christianity yes, but not Jesus Christ the Son of God.]

“But then you ask yourself the question why? It goes back to colonialism, but in modern times it’s cash. The church has invaded the continent like the CIA did in the 60s to stop the spread of communism. The church pours cash into Africa and gives the people food, clothing and education. This is great but you have to basically convert or you’re left on the curb. The key is inarticulate faith. So there is widespread subconscious conversion, and a ‘Yes, I’m Christian as long as the food, clothes and cash keep coming.’”  [DTW note:  Brian McLaren, totally agrees on the colonialism thing. In fact he even wrote an article about it:   Brian McLaren Blames The Christian Faith for Colonialism…]

“Strom said the familiarity and cultural mixes have caused corruption. “There is corruption in the church over there and it’s been corrupted by money. Whenever there’s a greedy gospel it will add to the corruption that’s already in the culture and it won’t be able to bring about a change from that corruption. In fact, it will reinforce it.”  [DTW note:  There is more to this 'greedy gospel' thing than meets the eyes here.  You guys have come in and are blaming the WoF prosperity gospel for the corruption in Africa.  But what are you trying to replace it with?  Emergent transformation?]

Zurowski said the history, the mixing of traditions and money, produces a result with which Americans are all too familiar.

“The major cultural phenomenon of the church sounds great, but from what I have seen, it doesn’t prove anything. The same people that you see in church faithfully every week are often the same people you see faithfully drunk in the market as well,” he said.

Strom said while there are many problems in the African church, there is still fruit and there is still an open door.

“God is doing a mighty work and there is massive growth in Africa. There is a lot of spiritual hunger over there. The hunger is strong in Africa and there is no one who doesn’t believe in God. I mean everybody believes in the spiritual world and it’s very real to them,” he said. [DTW note: Oh my gosh, you have no idea what you are talking about, just because someone believes in the spirit world does in NO way mean they will ever come to believe in Jesus Christ the Son of God.

You guys are actually using the 'realness' of the spiritual world that African people are all to familiar with to lure people into this false Christianity. And because it's false they will NEVER abandon their African traditional witchcraft. Just combine it together. Exactly like what happened when John G Lake came to South Africa. A huge split took place where Africans took the Word of Faith teaching and mixed in their African traditions and now you have the ZCC church in South Africa]

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