Be wary defining ‘church’
REFERING to “Church and DRC people’s suffering” on April 25, I sympathise with Dr Kasongo’s comments and in particular the people of the DRC. I have to question who he’s referring to using the term “church”. If he is referring to Christians who are mainly Catholic, that is one thing.
Unfortunately, true “Messianic” believers don’t wish to be lumped with organised religions, not the least Roman Catholicism, which most people refer to as “the church”. Obviously, this “church” organisation, run by the pope, should be properly identified in Kasongo’s church.
Organised religion such as Kasongo’s church should do well to heed his cries. The pity is that humanism infests the general popular thinking and certainly could be laid fairly at the doorsteps of the “church”. Unfortunately these organised religious entities have long since replaced true faith in the Triune God with humanism.
Of course, most of the academic theologians rely on church history rather than living faith.
Modern theology is infested with quasi-faith, which results in the church’s malaise.
True Messianic believers (those who are “born” into God’s kingdom) are constantly busy with acts of faith and godly living as they have done before in the Roman church.
Nevertheless, we must pray for the African churches, many of which also embrace ancestor worship. True Christianity can’t coexist with ancestor worship and will, if left in such a state, only lead to the current inhumane lifestyle. Unfortunately, the coexistence with ancestor worship is allowed by the false church. As a result, the world can expect all of what the DRC people are experiencing. I am aware that my views will be unpopular, but then truth seldom is.
It is important for readers to realise that the church and all so-called Christians are not all the same and doesn’t imply personal perfection. There are so many quasi-Christians in the world today, which means that true believers can no longer be identified along with them.
Kasongo’s complaint against the church certainly needs attention, and the people of the DRC need to be pitied. Truly godly people should not be confused together with his church. PHILIP DANFORD Fish Hoek