I was reading an article describing the need for Jesus in Africa, written by a self described athiest. The author talks about a Christian organization that helps supply drinking water to folks living in Africa. But the point of the article is the practical success of Christian organizations in Africa, where secular ones are lacking. Just throwing money at problems is not the answer. A changed heart, through faith in Jesus Christ, is. Some may complain that Compassion has an “agenda”, but why not? Excerpts from this article are as follows……
Now a confirmed atheist, I’ve become convinced of the enormous contribution that Christian evangelism makes in Africa: sharply distinct from the work of secular NGOs, government projects and international aid efforts. These alone will not do. Education and training alone will not do. In Africa Christianity changes people’s hearts. It brings a spiritual transformation. The rebirth is real. The change is good.
Whenever we entered a territory worked by missionaries, we had to acknowledge that something changed in the faces of the people we passed and spoke to: something in their eyes, the way they approached you direct, man-to-man, without looking down or away. They had not become more deferential towards strangers – in some ways less so – but more open.
