[OrthodoxPresbyterian]

Thanks for the Ping, old friend.

I didn't know anyone else besides me took any interest in this subject (African Christianity). But it's true... "...evangelical Christianity is becoming the dominant force in sub-Saharan Africa".

And Calvinist Christians ARE moving... as fast as we can.

The Christian Reconstruction of Zambia (by Brian M. Abshire)
In October 1987, Peter Hammond and three other Frontline Fellowship missionaries, experienced first hand the hospitality of this Marxist miracle when they were arrested for bringing Bibles into the country. They were beaten with rifle butts, prodded with bayonets, stripped of their clothes and incarcerated in cells covered in human filth. Blindfolded, barefooted and in chains, they sang Gospel hymns as they were paraded through the streets of Livingstone and Lusaka.

What Peter and his colleagues did not realize was that they were sharing their prison cells with the next government of Zambia! During the following weeks of Bible study, prayer and vigorous discussions in the prison, they were able to teach Biblical principles of government to the very men God would raise up after He deposed the Marxists; the future vice-president of Zambia - General Godfrey Miyanda - and a few cells away, Frederick Chiluba, the future Christian President of Zambia. After prayer and worldwide pressure set Peter and his colleagues free, Frontline was one of the few ministries alerting people to the plight of the suffering Christians in Zambia. Ultimately socialism wrecked its inevitable havoc and without support from the collapsing Soviet Empire, the nation teetered on economic and social anarchy. Mass protests and nationwide prayer vigils finally forced the Zambian government to its knees. The first multi-party elections were held on October 31, 1991. The result was a crushing 5 to 1 defeat for Kaunda. The first freely elected President, Frederick Chiluba, promptly testified to the saving power of Christ and called for a day of prayer.

The Zambian government next outlawed abortion. Abortion clinics were closed down and illegal clinics were raided by the police. Abortionists were beaten and imprisoned and their equipment was smashed. The vice-president - General Miyanda - courageously made a strong stand for the right to life of the unborn at the Cairo Conference. He totally rejected the UN and WHO promotion of abortion.

Unfortunately, Satan's Wolves (I am not ashamed to call false prophets by that name) are moving every bit as fast as are we...

Peter ended his interview by telling me some of the unbelievably imbecilic things done by the bulk of American missionaries and so-called "Christian" workers who are flooding into Zambia. The "Name it, claim it and frame it" - "Health, wealth and prosperity" crowd are invading Zambia big-time. This actually is one of the counter-catches of freedom - only the bravest and most Biblical Christians risk ministering in Communist countries. But once the day of freedom comes, the 5-star, jet-setting, hyper, turbo boosted evangelists pour in. Needless to say, there is a war going on in Zambia right now. It is not only a war against the effects of socialism and humanism - it is against the superficial, insipid, artificial, nauseating, sensational and materialistic message of the antinomian, blow-dried evangelists.

Who will triumph in Africa? Christianity, or The Gospel of Candied Lies? Only God knows...

This is God's victory and only He can bring it to fruition. But we can also publish the testimony of Zambia as far and as widely as God allows. A reconstructed Zambia could be the beginning of a world wide revival. As central Africa is depopulated by AIDs, a strong Christian nation, blessed by God could spread throughout the continent. Who knows, in a few decades, we may need their missionaries to put our own nation back together again. God is sovereign, whatever judgments He brings against us will not stop His Kingdom growing until it fills the earth. Perhaps we too will have to face some dark years until we humble ourselves, repent from our sins, and seek His face. But darkness is only the absence of light. The Adversaries victories are only for a season. Our Lord's are forever. Our God reigns!

Thanks again for the ping.

[Richard Kimball]

only the bravest and most Biblical Christians risk ministering in Communist countries. But once the day of freedom comes, the 5-star, jet-setting, hyper, turbo boosted evangelists pour in.

This is SOOOOOOOOOO true. You don't see many Benny Hinn trips to Haiti, but I'll guarantee you there are a bunch of those fundamentalists the press loves to make fun of out there running clinics, drilling water wells and starting schools. Real faith is required to be in those places. BTW, if the name it, claim it, and frame it guys are right, Paul really got a raw deal: "For I will show him how he must suffer for my name"

Hang in there. Brilliant post.

[TomSmedley]

And Calvinist Christians ARE moving... as fast as we can.

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