Posted on 07/17/2007 7:09:27 PM PDT by Terriergal
American pastor and best-selling author Rick Warren praised Rwanda’s Vision 2020 plan, which seeks to develop the country into a middle-income economy by the year 2020.
Tue, Jul. 17, 2007 Posted: 12:45:06 PM EST
American pastor and best-selling author Rick Warren praised Rwanda’s Vision 2020 plan, which seeks to develop the country into a middle-income economy by the year 2020.
The popular preacher and social advocate visited Rwanda over the weekend to check up on the progress of his PEACE initiative-funded projects in the country.
“I have read about Rwanda’s Vision 2020. It is very good,” said Warren, in response to Rwanda’s plan, according to the Rwandan newspaper New Times. “The Bible says that without vision people perish.”.
The main goals of Vision 2020 is to reconstruct the nation and its social capital; develop a credible and efficient state governed by the rule of law; develop human resources in line with the objective to turn Rwanda into a prosperous knowledge-based economy; develop basic infrastructure including urban planning; develop entrepreneurship and the private sector; and modernize agriculture and animal husbandry.
Rwanda was one of the first countries to test Warren’s PEACE Plan two years ago. The plan addresses five “global giant” problems – spiritual emptiness, corrupt leadership, extreme poverty, pandemic diseases, and illiteracy and lack of education.
The PEACE Plan seeks to mobilize the 1 billion Christians around the world in an outreach to combat the five problems by Planting churches, Equiping servant leaders; Assisting the poor, Caring for the sick, and Educating the next generation.
“Rwanda is a small country but with a big vision, I always think that God wants to use Rwanda to reach the rest of the world,” Warren said, noting that God often likes to use small things to make big changes.
The “Purpose Driven” pastor also emphasized the importance of combined effort by the government, the business community and the Church in fighting social problems. He also called for a stronger relationship between the government and the Church.
In addition, Warren praised the Rwandan government for its intolerance of corruption, noting that it is an important quality in good leadership.
A team of missionaries from Saddleback Church is scheduled to arrive this week to help continue the implementation of the PEACE plan in the country. Rick Warren was joined by his wife Kay during his visit to Rwanda.
Jennifer Riley
Christian Post Reporter
Hmmmm?
Was that before or after it was "Promote Reconciliation"?
Oh is that what it is now? Probably before.
Religious leaders decided to have a reconciliation rally in Rwanda...we were going to kick off the peace plan...there is a verse in the Bible that says there is neither Jew nor Greek...so I quoted the verse out of Galatians...you are neither Hutu nor Tutsi, you are Rwandan, and the place exploded. We were looking at the future. (Editorial comment: Rick, do you understand that Rwanda did not exist until the Belgians created it by seizing a certain amount of African land and then insisting that three warring tribes were actually of the same nationality? It's not the U.S. Hutu and Tutsi aren't comparable to Californian and Arizonan.)
I wonder what version of the Bible he was using for that "you are neither tutsi nor hutu you are Rwandan" line. Seems there's a new one coming out every week.
Warren will do ANYTHING to keep his name and his “purpose driven” drivel in the press. ‘Tis a shame Warren and Hybles don’t get together with Osteen and Schuler for a big “Norman Vincent Peale” reunion of man pleasing false teachers.
A good bunch of goals.
Now they need Walter Williams, Star Parker, and Jesse Lee Peterson to implement them!
you mean the ones who just saw RW at the Obama rally in disguise and post here regularly?
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